MEARS: James Allen Mears (1841-1927) Descendants

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James Allen Mears - Sarah Jane Hoverton

abt 1841 MS - January 11, 1927 Lee Co., MS

James Allen Mears (1841-1927)

First Cousin to my Gt Grandfather, G. W. Mears

Son of George Washington Mears and Melinda C. Adair

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It is believed that James Allen Mears was the first of the children to be born after the family arrived in Mississippi. Like his brothers, James fought in the Confederacy - enlisting at Iuka, MS on October 1st, 1861 as a private. His great grandson, Paul Allen Mears gives us this account:

"He was assinged with his older brother, Ervin J. Mears to Company I, 26th Mississippi Infantry. James was sent immediately to Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was then transferred on January 5, 1862 to Fort Donelson, TN. He was wounded January 7th and on February 16th Fort Donelson surrended to General U. S. Grant. Almost the entire garrison was sent to a prison camp in Indiana. On September 10, 1862, the prisoners were exchanged and returned to their units. Eventually James and his brother, Ervin were sent to Virginia where they were participants in 6 battles. Ervin was wounded slightly at the Battle of the Wilderness and my great Grandfather James was severly wounded at Petersburg on September 16, 1864, and sent to General Hospital, Howards Shore in Richmond. On October 8, 1864, he was 'sent home to die'. Records show that he was discharged October 10, 1864. He recovered, married his sweatheart. . .James Allen Mears died of 'old age' January 1, 1927, his body still containing a bullet from the War Between the States."

Sometime around October 1864, he married Sarah Jane Howerton (Dec 1841 Alabama - Feb 1919 north of Tupelo, MS), d/o Thomas Jefferson Howerton and Amelia Roberts.

They are both buried at the Friendship Cemetery at Gunstown, Lee Co., MS.

This picture, sent to me by Jerry Mears, was taken in 1910 at the age of 73.


    Children of James Allen Mears and Sarah Jane Hoverton


    William Luther Mears (July 23, 1865 - May 11, 1954)

  1. William Luther 'Willie' Mears

    --b. July 23, 1865 Lee Co., MS
    --d. May 11, 1954 Lee Co., MS)
    ----buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Guntown, Lee, Mississippi
    --m/1 Anna Frances 'Dollie' NEAVES
    --Septembr 15, 1889 Lee Co., MS
    ----b. July 18, 1872 Alabama
    ----d. July 20, 1905 Mississippi
    ------buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Guntown, Lee, Mississippi
    --m/2 Mollie C. HILL
    --February 14, 1907
    --Probably Lee Co., MS
    ----b. Decmeber 15, 1870 Mississippi
    ----d. March 16, 1928 Lee Co., MS
    --m/3 Ida BROOKSHIRE
    --December 30, 1928

    Photos: Courtesy of Paul Allen Mears

    William Luther Mears and wife, Anna Frances (Neaves)
    Married September 15, 1889 Saltillo, Lee Co., MS

    William Luther Mears, wife Anna Frances (Neaves) and children

    Children of Willie and Dollie


  2. Alice (Mears) Bailey

    --b. December 1869 Lee Co., MS
    --d. February 3, 1914 MS
    --m. James A. 'Jim' BAILEY
    --September 22, 1887 Lee Co., MS
    ----b. July 28, 1864 Mississippi
    ----d. April 20, 1920 Lee Co., MS

    Children of Alice and Jim


    • Everett H. 'Arthur' Mears


    • Minnie C. Bailey


    • James Marlin Bailey


    • Leila M. Bailey


    • Irby H. 'Betty' Bailey


    • Helen Bailey


    • Beulah Vay Bailey


    • Romie Bailey


  3. JamesThomas Mears

    --b. Dec 12, 1870 Lee Co., MS
    --d. 1943 Lee Co., MS)
    --m. Jerusha PETTIGS
    --April 17, 1904 Lee Co., MS

    Children of James and Jerusha


    • Algie Mears


    • Birvile (?) Mears


    • Cora M. Mears


    • James D. Mears


    • Woodrow W. Mears


    • Thomas Quitman Mears


    • Clifton R. Mears


    • Mary Olean Mears


    G. W. Mears and Henrietta (Phillips)

  4. George Washington Mears

    --b. Dec 12, 1871 Lee Co., MS
    --d. March 15, 1949 Lubbock, TX)
    ----buried Lubbock City Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas
    --m. Henrietta PHILLIPS
    --November 9, 1892 Lee Co., MS
    ----b. April 1, 1872 Alabama
    ----d. November 8, 1948 Lubbock, Texas)
    ------d/o David Phillips and Nancy CAMPBELL

    G. W. Mears and wife, Henrietta (Philips) - 1946

    Their boys in 1910: Bonnie, Jack, Curtis, Robert, Clyde, James, Lee

    Sons of G. W. Mears and Henrietta (Phillips)

    Children of George and Henrietta


  5. John F. Mears

    --b. 1875 MS
    --d. unknown
    --m. Fannie Unknown

    Children of John and Fannie


  6. Norman Major Mears

    --b. Jan 3, 1877 Lee Co., MS
    --d. March 30, 1939 Lee Co., MS
    ----buried Friendship Cemetery, E. of Guntown, Lee Co., MS
    --m. Daisy STRICKLAND
    --1896 MS
    ----b. August 28, 1878 Alabama
    ----d. April 15, 1951 Lee Co., MS
    ------buried Friendship Cemetery, E. of Guntown, Lee Co., MS
    ------she m/2 Mr. McVEY
    ------d/o Jim Strickland and Fannie ?

    Children of Norman and Daisy


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