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JACOB HOMER SEARLES
Civil War Patriot
My 3rd Great Grand Father
 
 


Jacob Homer Searles is the 3rd great grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Rose
through the following path;

1. Jacob Homer Searles 1842 of OH, WV, & IA, and Josephine Jividen 1838 of WV & IA

2. Charlie M. Phillips 1859 of IA and Ida May Searles 1861 of IA

3. Albert David Phillips 1879 of IA & NE and Bessie Susie Scheer 1881 of KS & NE

Then 3 more generations down to myself.

1) Jacob was born 1842 in Meigs, Co., OH. He fought in the Civil War.
 The following was taken from The Soldiers Discharge Book 1&2 Vol 1 page 296;

1a) Enlisted Nov. 20 -1861 age 25 Ohio In company C - 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Ohio. Transferred on 01 April from company C to compact K.
He was a Blacksmith.

1b) 1st Corporal, unit Company K, 13th Regiment,
West Virginia Volunteers, Infantry. enrolled Oct 03, 1863.
Discharged June 22, 1865 at Wheeling West Virginia.
Age 22 yrs, 5'8", fair comp, eyes brown, hair dark, occupation; Blacksmith.

Discharge: Suffers from shell wound and chronic disease.


2) Proof of Marriage: "Mason Co. West Virginia Marriages,
June 29, 1850-April 01, 1861, Marriage Book 2, Page 014"
Searls (no "E") Jacob H. and Jividen, Josephine 24 Aug 1860

3) Jacob and Josephine lived in Onawa, Iowa, then moved to Sioux City, Iowa.

1870 CENSUS:

4) 1870 Meigs County, Ohio, Columbia Twp Census Searls,
Jacob H age 29 Blacksmith 250 200 Ohio
Josephine 32 keeping house VA
Jasper 07 VA
James 06 VA
Flora 04 OH
Edgar 02 OH

5) 1880 Pike Co. OH, Pebble Twp. Searles,
J H 39 blacksmith OH OH OH
Josephine 40 VA VA NY
Jasper N. 18 Farm Hand VA VA VA
James 16 VA VA VA
Flora J. 14 OH VA VA
Edgar J. 12 OH VA VA
John A. 10 OH VA VA
Homer C. 08 OH VA VA
Charles 06 OH VA VA
Josephine 04 OH VA VA

LAND:

 6) Feb 24, 1874: Harvey and Eliza M. Wells to Jacob H. Searles:lot 534, 533, 547
Town of Wellston, Jackson Co., OH, witness Josephine M. Ogle

7) The 1876 book -- Centennial Sketches, Map & Directory of Union Co., Iowa 1876
lists a Searl in New Hope Township on the NW 1/4 of Section 13,
New Hope Township. In the directory listing the following entry is made:
Searl, J. M. /  Illinois / Thayer (post office)/  farmer /  1873 (came to county)
 13 (section)/  160 (acres owned).

 8) Dec 5, 1874: Harvey and Eliza Wells to Jacob H. Searles, Jackson Co. Ohio,
town of Wellston lots 536 and 428. witness Julia B. Foraker.

 9) April 14, 1877: Henry and Eliza Wells to H.H.Searls, Jackson Co., OH,
Wellston lot 427. Witness Waldo Murray.

10) Deed Book 11 pg 33, Apr 14, 1877: J.H. Searles to Harvey Wells,
Jackson Co., OH, Wellston lot 428. Witness W.W.Girton.

11) Apr 17, 1877: Deed book 11 pg 26 Jackson Co., OH: J.H.and Josephine Searles
to Wm. B. Lewis, St lot 427 & 428. Witness W. W. Guton.

12) Mar 11, 1881: Deed book 13, pg 555: Jacob and Josephine Searls to
Wm. B. Lewis, Jackson Co., OH, lot 534 Wellston. Witness James E. Searls.


1900 CENSUS

13) 1900 Census Monona Co., IA, Onowa Twp p 191 Searles, Jacob H.
Nov 1840 59, 38 yrs married, OH, OH, WV
Josephine, Mar 1838, 62 yrs, 10 children, 09 living WV, NC, NY

OBIT

14) Obit: Sioux City Journal on June 1, 1903
DEATH'S SUMMONS IS SUDDEN
Jacob H. Searles Drops Dead at His Home, Aged 63 Years Jacob H. Searles,
age 63 of 106 Sixth Street, a real estate man who had an office in the
Masonic Temple, last evening carried a bucket of water upstairs at his residence,
and upon reaching the top, gasped from the exertion and died within five minutes.
Mrs Searles was near his side when he began to choke and cry for breath,
and she assisted him to his bed. To lie down caused him pain and he had to be
propped up. A Doctor was sent for, but before the Physician could arrive,
Mr Searles was dead.

>>>>>>>"Mr Searles contracted eczema (poss meant Emphysema?) in the army during the Civil War, <<<<<<<<

Mrs Searles said, and this bothered him all the time. He frequently complained
of his heart being weak. Today, however, he had not complained and he seemed
in his usual health. He always liked to cook the Sunday dinner and he did the cooking
for the dinner today, having his own way in the kitchen and greatly enjoying himself.
This evening he went out to the yard and brought a bucket of water upstairs.
The exertion of climbing up the stairs must have brought on the attack, for I know
nothing else which could. He clutched at his throat as he gasped for breath, but the only
relief we could give him was to hold him up. It seemed to me that he choked to death.
" Mr Searles family came to Sioux City eleven years ago from Onawa, where they had
 resides for many years. He was a member of the Hanson Post G.A.R., of Onawa.
Although Mr. Searles was a native of Ohio, having been born in Meggs County,
Ohio, he served through the war with a West Virginia regiment. The wife and nine
children survive Mr Searles.
The children are as follows:
Homer, a clerk for L.O. Harrow; (probably in Sioux City)
Mrs R.E. Pack of Cole's Addition (probably Sioux City);
Jasper, Onawa; John and Mrs Flora Ashby, Eaton, Colorado;
James a patient at the state hospital in Cherokee
 (Cherokee State Hospital in Cherokee Iowa);
Edgar J., a patient at the state hospital in Yankton
 (Yankton State Hospital in Yankton Iowa);
Charles, Chicago;
Mrs Blanch Sloan, Kennebec Iowa.
No arrangements for the funeral have been made last night.

15) Another Obit: Tribune on June 1. 1903
HE EXPIRED QUICKLY
Jacob H. Searles, Aged 63, Dies of Heart Failure. While carrying a bucket
of water upstairs, at his home, 106 6th Street, Jacob H. Searles, a real estate
man was taken suddenly ill last evening about 7:00 clock. Ten minutes later he died.
He expired before a physician could reach him. His ailment was fatty degeneration
of the heart. Mrs Searles was at his side when he began to choke and gasp for breath.
He reached the top of the stairs, but had to be carried to his bed. The man frequently
complained of trouble with his heart, but yesterday he seemed unusually well. The
exertion of carrying the the bucket of water upstairs is credited with having brought on
 the fatal attack.The family lives in the upstairs rooms at the sixth street address.
Mr Searles office was in the Masonic Temple, Fifth and Douglas Streets. (Sioux City)
(I can't read all the info of next paragraph but this is part of what it says) The family
came from Onawa (Iowa) in 18?? and lived in Sioux City all but two of the years of
which they had returned to Onawa. Deceased was a member of the Hanson
Post G.A.R. of Onawa. He served through the war in a West Virginia Regiment.
He was from Meggs County. Ohio. and died at the age of 63 years.

1920 CENSUS:

16) 1920 Census, Woodbury Co. IA, Sioux City, page
Horace 34, IN, unk, unk Blanch 37, wife, IA, OH, IA
Carlisle S. 19, son IA, IN, IA
Ruth O. 15, dau, IA, IN, IA
Samuel 09, IA, IN, IA
SEARLES, JOSEPHINE 82, MOTHER IN LAW, WIDOW, WV, UNK, WV

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