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Eli Sears
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Eli Sears

6 Nov 1841 - Jan 1921
bornJackson County, Missouri, USA
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
SchooltblData
BiographyFreighter, farmer, and rancher.
Came to Tempe in 1884.
Went to Texas in 1863; and then to Los Angeles, California, in 1866; to Phoenix in 1880; and to Tempe in 1884. He hauled freight from Maricopa.
Lived at Farmer and 13th Street (c1892) and 935 Farmer (c1914), -23..
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BIO-Sears
BIO-Hardin
TH-120.09, Ellen Stewart Hardin, Remembering (1983)
Federal census (Tempe), 1910
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Tempe CD, 1892-1921, 1923
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Person TypeIndividual