I am looking for information on my great-grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Mears, who was born October 30, 1840 in IL. She was first married to a WISEMAN before 1860, then she married my great-grandfather, Micajah Parker, in 1865 AR.

I found something interesting listed on the 1850 Pope County, AR census. In the Yates household, there are two MEARS girls listed (Rachel S. Mears, 13, and Nancy E. Mears, 10) who were born in IL. This could be my Nancy Elizabeth Mears. The following is the info on the family:

John H. Yates M 72 NY
Susanah Yates F 74 NC
Mary WEBB F 37 TN
William E. Bowen M 21 IL
Rachel S. MEARS F 13 IL
Nancy E. MEARS F 10 IL
James R. C. Webb M 5 MO

Have you ever seen these surnames, YATES, WEBB, BOWEN, in relation to your MEARS family??? I know that Mark Mears out of White County, IL married a Mary Bowen. This would explain William Bowen (a son by a previous marriage???). If Mary WEBB is Nancy's mother, the info Nancy provided on later census records would hold true. Nancy indicated her mother was born in TN, and she was born in IL (as was her father- MEARS).