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Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 4:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Feb 2007 4:42PM GMT
Surnames: Cearley, Bowers
Hi any one out there with info on the Cearley's of Fannin and Union would be great.. My great great great grandfather was Wesley Cearley born 28 Oct 1831 death 3 Jan 1899 he married Theresa Bruce on 19 Oct 1850 they had 10 children then Franklin Cearley was his son he married Elmina Emeline Owenby on 31 Dec 1872 from that union came my grandmother Ollie Vandora Cearley who married John Caleb Bowers they had 4 children Ruby,Mattie,Dewey.and Loyde ,Dewey is my mothers father her mother was Stella Ann Cearley

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 4 Jun 2006 12:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cearley, Kerley, & related of NC, OK, VA, MA, and more
Hi Sue Ann,

My wife is a Cearley from the same clan, I have oodles of info. About 14 generations worth. What can I help you with?

Scott

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 4 Jun 2006 12:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cearley, Kerley, & related of NC, OK, VA, MA, and more
A bit more....
Wesley Cearley was a blacksmith and also a minister of the Gospel, first pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Union Co. GA. He was born Oct. 28, in either 1830 or 1831 in Wilkes Co., NC, probably near the family home near Taylorsville. He died Jan 3., 1899 (or 1901) and is buried at Mt. ZionBaptist Church Cemetary, Union Co., (Ivy Log Community) GA. It is possible, but undocumented, that he moved with his parents and family to GA in the 1850's period due to a gold strike in that area. There are quite a few Cearleys / Kerleys in that area today, where GA, NC, and TN meet.

Wesley married Theresa Rebecca Bruce, of the area Bruce family. The Bruce family and Cearley family have intermarried several times. She was born September 4, 1824 in Habersham, GA, and died December 29, 1900 in Union Co. Ga. She is buried at the same church cemetary.

Together they had 9 children.

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 4 Jun 2006 1:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Jan 2007 1:02AM GMT
Surnames: Cearley
Hi Scott,
Thanks so much for the help.My Grandmother is a Cearley her name is Stella Ann she was born on 09/02/1908 but I am having a hard time finding out who her parents were she married Dewey Landis Bowers in May 7,1930 and they had 5 children one was an infant when he died. Any info you would be willing to share would be greatly apprecitated.you can find me on yahoo as calisuzy43

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 4 Jun 2006 9:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cearley, Kerley, & related of NC, OK, VA, MA, and more
Hi again...
Before I impart lots of names to you, perhaps you won't mind a suggestion from someone who has been doing this for 15 years.

When you make a post, you must be careful not to write things the way your brain says them.

For example, when you say, "Dewey is my mothers father her mother was Stella Ann Cearley", I know that you know what you mean. However I don't know if you mean that Stella Ann Cearley was Deweys wife, or mother, or your mother, etc.

If you are saying that Stella Ann Cearley (where Cearley is her maiden name) married Dewey Bruce, then it would seem that Dewey and Stella were likely cousins. This is not unusual, especially in the Cearley clan!

We see that your ggg-grandmoher Theresa Bruce has a brother named Robert B. Bruce. Robert B. Bruce married Catherine Campbell Cearley the sister of your ggg-grandfather Wesley Cearley.

So, are you looking for your mothers side of the Cearley clan, or your fathers side? If you are looking for more info on your mothers side, send me some details on her, like dates, as I have more than one Stella Cearley listed.

Scott


Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 4 Jun 2006 11:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Jan 2007 1:02AM GMT
Hi Scott,

Ok Stella Ann Cearley married Dewey Landis Bowers on May 7, 1930 they are my grandparents on my mothers side. Stella was born 09/02/1908 and died in Pontiac Michigan in 1983

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

gabrielson (View posts)
Posted: 5 Jun 2006 10:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you know who Stella parents were?

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 6 Jun 2006 2:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Jan 2007 1:02AM GMT
No I do not that is what has been holding me back on finding any information.

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

gabrielson (View posts)
Posted: 6 Jun 2006 10:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
This is in the IGI records... from Social Security...
Stella BOWERS
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1908
Death Date: Mar 1984
Social Security Number: 363-34-6008
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 48170
Localities: Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan

ALso my records show a Stella Cearley born about 1906 in West Plains, Howell, MO as the daughter of George Monroe Cearley, born march 1868 in Union GA and wife Amanda C. Waldroup. Not sure if this is your Stella.

Scott

Re: Cearley's of Georgia

Posted: 22 Jan 2007 1:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
I am having a hard time finding my grandmother Stella Ann Cearley I do not know who her parents are all I know is she is from either Tenn or Georgia.
She married Dewey Landis Bowers and they had 5 children
Marie,Edna,Lena,Robert,and a infant that died right after birth
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