Celia Mary SEARS (1825 – 1889) daughter of Susan GILBERT
Samuel Campbell HOAGLAND (1855 – 1940) son of Celia Mary SEARS
Frederick Judson “Fred” HOAGLAND (1880 – 1961) son of Samuel Campbell HOAGLAND
Helen Marie HOAGLAND (1907 – 1965) daughter of Frederick Judson “Fred” HOAGLAND
Capt. Frank Hunt BOSWORTH II (1933 – ) son of Helen Marie HOAGLAND
Me the daughter of Capt. Frank Hunt BOSWORTH II
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When Susan GILBERT was born on March 8, 1800, in Dryden, New York, her father, She married Richard Sears. She then married Edward Lester on February 22, 1847, in DuPage County, Illinois. She died on September 15, 1873, in Elgin, Illinois, at the age of 73, and was buried there.
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Susan was buried in Elgin first in Channing Cemetery, then her remains were transferred after the historical closing of that cemetery, to Bluff City Cemetery, where her daughter, Celia Mary (Sears) Hoagland is buried. She is buried in one mass grave with other family members as noted on the interment document from Bluff City Cemetery. I was able to obtain the interment list from a genealogy angel in Elgin, Illinois. She was my fourth great grandmother.
Susan’s second husband, Edward Lester, is buried with his first wife in DuPage, Illinois. Both Susan and Edward were residents of Elgin, Illinois at the times of their deaths. It is noted in his will that five dollars be left for Susan and the remainder of his estate involving property in DuPage and finances was to be left to his children from the first marriage. His son was executor of the will.
Susan (Gilbert) Sears Lester is the grandmother of Richard Warren Sears, the founder of Sears Roebuck and Company.
Susan (Gilbert) Sears with picture of her husband, Richard Sears Jr.
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Bluff City Cemetery – Celia M. Hoagland is listed on this document for Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, IL. The Mary listed as interred in 1990 is actually Mary Wells Hoagland, 2nd wife of Fred Hoagland. Susan Sears, Celia’s mother is the last person listed on this list of interments. All except Sam, Maria and Fred are buried in one grave (en mass) after been moved from the Chandler Cemetery in Elgin.
The Tenderly Rose Collection 