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Sears, Isabel Modalena Whitney, 1848-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1848 - 1941

Biographical History

Isabel M. Sears (1848-1941) was a woman in Utah and Kentucky.

Isabel Modelena Whitney, also known as Belle, was born on November 2, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Newel Kimball Whitney and Emmeline Blanche Woodward. She worked as a school teacher in Salt Lake City prior to her marriage to Septimus Wagstaff Sears (1844-1903) on April 11, 1869. They had eight children. Sears died on December 1, 1941 in Campbell, Kentucky.

Citation:
Familysearch.org, via WWW, Mar. 1, 2013 (Isabel Modelena Whitney; b. Nov. 2, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah; parents: Newel Kimball Whitney and Emmeline Blanche Woodward; m. Apr. 11, 1869 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Septimus Wagstaff Sears (1844-1903); eight children; d. Dec. 1, 1941 in Campbell, Ky.)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Mar. 1, 2013 (Isabel M. Sears; Belle M. Sears; Isabel Sears; Belle Whitney; Isabel Modelena Whitney; b. Nov. 2, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah; parents: Newel Kimball Whitney and Emmeline Blanche Woodward; m. Apr. 11, 1869 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Septimus Wagstaff Sears (1844-1903); d. Dec. 1, 1941 in Campbell, Ky.; worked as a school teacher)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears correspondence, 1865

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains two letters by Whitney focusing on family and personal matters, dating from around 1865.

Dates: 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children

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