Person:Leonard Sears (1)

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Leonard Sears
d.20 Feb 1859 Onawa, Iowa
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Name Leonard Sears
Gender Male
Birth[2] 12 May 1802 Windsor County, Vermont
Marriage 16 Sep 1827 Canton, New Yorkto Delia Foote
Death[2] 20 Feb 1859 Onawa, Iowa
References
  1.   Foote, Abram William. Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants; Also a Partial Record of Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907-1932)
    p. 123, 1907.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hazen, Celeste Pember. John Pember, the history of the Pember family in America. (Springfield, Vermont, United States: C.P. Hazen, c1939)
    p. 97, 1939.

    He went to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1854 as a pioneer and in 1856 went to Onawa where he held the first public offices of town, built the first barn and first floored house.