Bruce Littleton Mears

1886 - 1967  (81 years)

• Name	Bruce Littleton Mears  [1]
  Birth	1886	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Was Living	1910	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Census	1920	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  Record ID	1368
  Death	1967  [2]
  Burial	Downing's Cemetery, Oak Hall, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	In 1995 his temporary funeral home marker showed him as Bruce L. Mears, 1886 - 1967.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bartholomew Mears, (I),   b. Abt 1641   d. Dec 1682  (Age 41 years)  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Dany Trader,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. Bruce Littleton Mears,   b. 1886, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1967  (Age 81 years) ╚═ Verna Mary 'Marie' Ellis,  m. 27 Oct 1910   2. Eulah Blanche Mears,   b. Abt 1888, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. John Hundley Mears,   b. 9 May 1891, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Mar 1954, Pocomoke City, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age 62 years) ╚═ Mary Gaskins Lankford,  m. 18 Aug 1910 + 4. Lottie Mears,   b. 1893, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1982  (Age 89 years) ╚═ Daniel Killmon,  m. Abt 1915   5. Percy Talmage Mears,   b. Abt 1895, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Melvin Cecil Mears,   b. Abt 1899, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Maggie Mears,   b. Abt 1901, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ (--?--) Solum,  m. Abt 1918 + 8. Earl Preston Mears,   b. Abt 1908, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Estella Read,  m. Abt 1928
  Person ID	I1368	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	John Henry Clay Mears,   b. Abt 1861, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Ellen Tyler,   b. 23 Aug 1865, Poulson, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 26 Jul 1961, Accomack County Nursing Home, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 95 years) Other Partners: ╚═John Coleburn Spence,   b. Abt 1862, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Aug 1936, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)  m. Abt 1932
  Marriage	Abt 1885  [1]
  Family ID	F16949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Verna Mary 'Marie' Ellis,   b. 1894, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1966 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1910	MD-VA Line, Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Baby Mears,   b. Abt 1918, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Living
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1886 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Downing's Cemetery, Oak Hall, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S890] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Mears - Bartholomew Mears, (New Church, VA: Self Published via Photo Copy, 1989), p. 45, 890. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S291] Worcester Co, MD Marr #4, 1906-1917, 291. [S286] 1920 Accomack Co, VA, Census, 286.