John Sears was born March 10, 1830 in Logan county, Kentucky and died december 3, 1864. He married Martha E. Wells. She was born 1815. They had 10 children.
1. Eveline Sears was born 1837. She married Thomas Porter.
2. Minerva A. Sears was born 1838. She married Granville H. Mansfield in 1857.
3. Ruben H. Sears was born July 3, 1840 and died October 8, 1866. He is buried in Sears Cemetery Todd county, Kentucky.
4. Mahala Sears was born 1842. She married Jarrett R. Shelton on October 30, 1860.
5. George W. Sears was born 1844. He married Virginia D. Harrison on November 11, 1875 in Todd county, Kentucky.
6. Martha T. Sears was born 1845. She married Benjamin A. Wells in 1870.
7. Mary L. Sears was born 1847. She was not listed in the 1850 Census. died 1858.
8. Laura E. Sears was born 1849.
9. Robert L. Sears was born about 1851.
10. Nancy Sears was born 1854.