Lydia F SEARS

• BIRTH: 24 SEP 1854, Brewster,Barnstable co,MA
• DEATH: 17 AUG 1856
• BURIAL: ,,,2746

• REFERENCE: 2841

                    _Nathaniel SEARS _
 _Nathaniel SEARS _|
|                  |_Thankful WALKER _
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|--Lydia F SEARS 
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|                   __________________
|_Lydia ELLIS _____|
                   |__________________

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Lydia F SEARS

• BIRTH: 1834, Boston,,MA
• DEATH: AUG 1834, Ae 4 Wks
• BURIAL: ,,,3229aiv

• REFERENCE: 3413

                  _Andrew Haskell SEARS _
 _Clark SEARS ___|
|                |_Rachel STETSON _______
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|--Lydia F SEARS 
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|                 _______________________
|_Hannah SPRING _|
                 |_______________________

Lydia Francis SEARS

• BIRTH: 19 JUN 1854, Plymouth,,MA
• BURIAL: ,,,2416

• REFERENCE: 2289

• MARRIAGE: 22 JUN 1880, Plymouth,,MA

                      _Thomas SEARS ____
 _Elbridge G SEARS __|
|                    |_Rebecca COLLINS _
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|--Lydia Francis SEARS 
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|                     __________________
|_Lydia Ann VAUGHAN _|
                     |__________________

Lydia Gibbens SEARS

• DEATH: ABT 1857
• BURIAL: ,,,1986

• REFERENCE: 3614

• MARRIAGE: 10 MAY 1830, Boston,,MA

1. Samuel Foster HAVEN

• MARRIAGE: 3 DEC 1872

                  _Jonathan SEARS _
 _Freeman SEARS _|
|                |_Abigail HALL ___
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|--Lydia Gibbens SEARS 
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|                 _________________
|_Lydia BADLAM __|
                 |_________________

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Lydia H SEARS

• BIRTH: 28 NOV 1815
• DEATH: 27 FEB 1839
• BURIAL: gr-st,,,1774

• REFERENCE: 1601

                _Joseph SEARS ___
 _Henry SEARS _|
|              |_Thankful CLARK _
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|--Lydia H SEARS 
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|               _________________
|_Rhoda HOWES _|
               |_________________

Lydia Holmes SEARS

• BIRTH: 13 MAR 1879, Denver,,CO
• BURIAL: ,,,4003

• REFERENCE: 5317

                      _Jasper Peck SEARS ____
 _Jasper Peck SEARS _|
|                    |_Lydia (Holmes) COUCH _
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|--Lydia Holmes SEARS 
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|                     _______________________
|_Annie Love GEORGE _|
                     |_______________________

Lydia Merilla SEARS

• BIRTH: 18 OCT 1828, Dover,,VT
• DEATH: 14 SEP 1847
• BURIAL: ,,,2282

• REFERENCE: 2190

                   _Ebenezer SEARS _
 _Ebenezer SEARS _|
|                 |_Jane WHITE _____
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|--Lydia Merilla SEARS 
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|                  _________________
|_Diana JONES ____|
                  |_________________

Lydia N SEARS

• BIRTH: 10 AUG 1854, Harwich,,MA
• BURIAL: ,,,2763

• REFERENCE: 2849

                     _Lot SEARS _______
 _Benjamin SEARS ___|
|                   |_Jemima MARCHANT _
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|--Lydia N SEARS 
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|                    __________________
|_Phebe W KENDRICK _|
                    |__________________

Lyman SEARS

• BIRTH: ABT 1799, Caldwell Manor,,Quebec,Canada
• DEATH: 1857/1861, ,Missisquoi Co,Quebec,Canada

• REFERENCE: 3205

1. John C SEARS
2. Miriam Jane SEARS
3. Lucinda SEARS

                   _James SEARS ________
 _Hezekiah SEARS _|
|                 |_Elizabeth OLMSTEAD _
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|--Lyman SEARS 
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|                  _____________________
|_Roxana _________|
                  |_____________________

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Lyman SEARS

• BIRTH: 16 MAY 1858, ,Buckhorn,Ontario,Canada
• DEATH: 21 AUG 1908, Harrison,,MI
• BURIAL: Harrison,,MI

• REFERENCE: 5217

                 _Hezekiah SEARS _________
 _David SEARS __|
|               |_Lavina VAN_VALKINBURGH _
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|--Lyman SEARS 
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|                _________________________
|_Susan PIXLEY _|
                |_________________________

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!Eric Palmer-From Michigan's HEARTLAND 1900-1918 by Forrest Meek Log schoolhouses were not unheard of in Clare County, even back in the 1870's, but most were of "frame construction." Sheridan had one log school on Section 35, and Grant had one on Section 21, but beyond this, they were scarce. The reason is that the county had lots of sawmills in the early days, and it was easier to build with lumber. After Meredith was dissolved as an incorporated townin 1899, the permanent population had re-located itself onto that fertile farmland there was in the township. A few families began farming in section 31, so a schoolhouse was required. Lyman Sears, the Harrison Jeweler, and Charlie Butts headed up a "bee" which built a log school house in 1900. The cracks between the logs were chinked with chips, then plastered and white washed. Two windows were on the north and south sides. Inside, the floors had wide, rough planking and a teacher's desk which had been nailed together from wide boards. Student's desks were commercially manufactured but the ones purchased were all for older children. The wee ones had trouble climbing onto their seats. The school itself was scheduled to be established in Section 32, but the old railroad grade cut west of there in Section 31, so one acre of land on a small knoll just over the line was selected as the site, in order to make use of the Meredith railroad grade. The children climbed wooden steps to get to the boarded-in school yard. A plank was fastened onto the top of the fence, and in nice weather, the children clambered up on it to eat their lunches. On the school property was an abandoned cook stove, left there by the lumbermen. The boys rigged it for operation, then covered it with boughs of sumac for a clubhouse effect. A neighbor boy who didn't attend school came over before recess and started a fire so that the children could cook food brought from home. Eggs and potatoes baked in ashes were the normal fare. Memories of those burned potatoes were selective, and the pupils of the log schoolhouse remembered the delicious times they had in their "wig-wam" as they called it.