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8 November 1866 Danbury, Connecticut, USA

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George was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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son of Charles Sears and Betsey Smith

m. Sarah Gregory

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GEORGE SEARS
Co. C. 17 Inf.
Conn. Vols.
Died Nov. 8, 1866.
AE. 43.
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BirthBirth — 1823
12 March 1823
Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, USA
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Death Date: 08 Nov 1866
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Age: 43
Birth Date: 1823
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03411-1
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
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Film Number: 3198
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'Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F76X-42J : 3 December 2014), George Sears, 08 Nov 1866; citing Danbury, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,198.'
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Wooster Cemetery Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

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Wooster Cemetery Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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