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Ellen Nevada Colyer^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1877 - 1957

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• Birth	8 Apr 1877  [3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1957  [3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I0845	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles Granade Colyer,   b. 8 Aug 1832, Pulaski Co., Kentucky ,   d. 11 Apr 1910, Somerset, Ky
  Mother	Louisa Jane Meece,   b. 21 Aug 1842, Pulaski Co., Kentucky ,   d. 13 Jan 1931, Somerset, Ky
  Married	14 Jul 1861	Pulaski Co., Kentucky (shotgun wedding ?)
  Family ID	F254	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Cuthbert "Bert" Whitfield Sears,   b. 1878,   d. 1945
  Children	> 1. Ollie Sears,   b. 1904,   d. 1982   2. Raymond Sears,   b. 12 Jul 1906,   d. 9 Mar 1908   3. Naomi Elizabeth Sears,   b. 14 Feb 1915, Ft. Worth TX
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Status: Located
  		Henry and Samantha Warren; RS Keeney; history of Clay Hill Baptist Church Ruth KY See here https://curtisamerica.com/documents/LouisaColyerpension.pdf where R.S. Keeney files affidavit in support of Lousia Jane Meece Colyer confederate pension application. She was wife of Charles Granade Colyer.

  
  

  Documents		Edith Colyer Curtis research notes re: Granade Colyer home
  		1900 census Charles Granade Colyer
  		Ellen Colyer Sears death cert 1957

  
  

• Notes

  According to handwritten letter from Louisa Jane Colyer, mother to Ellen, in 1913 to examiner of her confederate pension State of Kentucky on site, Ellen lived at 2122 North Houston Street, Ft. Worth TX Ellen went to Lawrenceburg College near Corbin, Ky. and taught school for several years before she was married and she boarded with the grandparents of John Sherman Cooper, who was later the U.S. Senator from Kentucky. She taught grades 1-5 for ayear after the was married. She taught in the school district where C. W. Sears lived. Bert and Ellen had three children, Ollie B., Raymond and Naomi Elizabeth. Ellen and her husband and their daughter Ollie moved to Texas and worked in the store for Sam Colyer in Ft. Worth. After a year or two Bert Sears bought a half interest in the store. In 1915 Sam Colyer's mother Louisa Jane Colyer wanted him to return to Ky. Ellen was very active in her church. She was in the choir and made the communion breat that was used in services for many years. She was an excellent cook and made homemade bread, biscuits, fruitcakes, pies and preserved or canned many things such as chow-chow, relish, pickled peaches, and jellies. Her home was warm and friendly and a gathering place for their children, grandchildren and friends. They were good parents, neighbors and friends to have. Both Ellen and Bert are buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Tx. Ellen Sears Birth 8 Apr 1877 Death 23 Jul 1957 Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Plot Rose Garden Memorial ID 113083694




• Sources

  [S05099] Dean Hunter of Lexington Ky research/gedcoms etc., Dean Hunter. [S28007] Jean Grumbling http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jcgrumbling4. [S14494] Alice Colyer Gala. Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998 [S05088] Collierj.ftw--Tim Jeffries, Cincinnati OH, Tim Jeffries, Cincinnatti OH. Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998 [S27813] ColyerV2.FTW. Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998 [S01737] Richard Curtis files.