Drucilla Mears

Abt 1835 - 1912  (77 years)

• Name	Drucilla Mears  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1835	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	The 1850 census puts her birth at 1835, her 1860 marriage puts it at 1837, her 1875 marriage puts it at 1835, but her tombstone shows 1830.
  Gender	Female
  Census with parents	1850	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as Drusilla Mears, age 15 in HH#854 headed by Robert Mears, a 52 year old miller.
  Census with husband	1860	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	She was shown as Drucilla Bell, age 24 in HH#227 headed by Robert Mears, age 60. Also listed was Lorenzo Bell, a 23 year old sailor, who was evidently her husband.
  Marr Name	Drucilla Bell
  Marr Name	Drucilla Hussey
  Record ID	806
  Death	1912  [3]
  Burial	J. W. Taylor Cemetery, Temperanceville, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bartholomew Mears, (I),   b. Abt 1641   d. Dec 1682  (Age 41 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Euphamy Wilson,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1840  (Age 65 years)  (Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 sisters
  + 1. Sarah 'Sally' Mears,   b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1850  (Age < 24 years) ╚═ James W. Bull,  m. 2 Jan 1843 + 2. Drucilla Mears,   b. Abt 1835, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1912  (Age 77 years) ╚═ Lorenzo D. Bell,  m. 1 May 1860 ;   Peleg Hussey,  m. 25 Feb 1875 + 3. Mary J.W. Mears,   b. 1 Jul 1839, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Nov 1909  (Age 70 years) ╚═ Jones Floyd Terry,  m. 6 Mar 1856
  Person ID	I806	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	Robert Mears,   b. Abt 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ann 'Nancy' Stant,   b. Abt 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Dec 1824	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Samuel Stant and Samuel Walston were the securities on the M.L.B. of Robert Mears of Shad. and Ann Stant of James.
  Family ID	F1685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lorenzo D. Bell,   b. Abt 1837, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 May 1860	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was shown as Lorenzo D. Bell, a 22 year old oysterman, the son of Jodiah & Elizabeth Bell and she was shown as Drucilla Mears, age 23, the daughter of Robert & Nancy Mears. They were married at Pocomoke Church by E.W. Stickney. Raymond Stant said both were over age 21.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Tressa Bell,   b. 5 Mar 1861, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Dec 1922, Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 61 years) ╚═ Daniel Boston Marshall  (Age 59 years)  m. 25 Dec 1878;    ╚═ (--?--) Silverthorn  m. Aft 1911 + 2. Sallie A. Bell,   b. Abt 1864, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Dec 1936, Belinda, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 72 years) ╚═ William Thomas Marshall  (Age 84 years)  m. 28 Jun 1885
  Family ID	F858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Peleg Hussey,   b. 1819, Lincoln Co, Maine d. 1896 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1875	Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as Peleg Hussey, a 55 year old widowed blacksmith, born in Lincoln Co, ME and living in Acc Co, VA, the son of Lamuel & Rebecca Hussey and she was shown as Drucilla Bell, a 40 year old widow, born and living in Acc Co, VA, the daughter of Robt. & Nancy Mears. They were married by W.J. Twilley.
  Children	+ 1. Americus Vespucius Hussey,   b. 4 Jan 1876, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Oct 1918, Newport News, Virginia (Age 42 years) ╚═ Edna Pervilla Trader  (Age 80 years)  m. 21 Jan 1897
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1835 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 May 1860 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - J. W. Taylor Cemetery, Temperanceville, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551. [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S7] 1860 Accomack County, Virginia, Federal Census, (National Archives Microfilm), 7. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.