Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Searing S. Stelle

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Searing S. Stelle (deceased) was born in Preble County, Ohio, July 20, 
1820, and was the son of Alexander and Pheebe (Marsh) Stelle. The 
father moved to Ohio when young and died in that State in 1826, at the 
age of sixty. The mother was born May 14, 1787, in New Jersey, and in 
1828 removed from Ohio to Illinois. In 1836 she moved to Washington 
County, Ark., where she died May 11, 1884. She was a member of the 
Primitive Baptist Church, and the mother of six children, five of whom 
lived to be grown: John (deceased), Isaac (deceased), Nancy, Searing 
S. (deceased), Timothy (deceased), and Hannah, widow of Archibald 
Smith. The mother of these children married Reding Putman, and bore 
him one son, Reding who is now living in Fayetteville. When Searing S. 
Stelle was about twenty-three years of age he married Miss Elizabeth 
Landers. who was born in Washington County, Ark., January 26, 1820. To 
them were born six children: Sarah E., wife of J. D. Carlisle; John 
T., who was born June 16, 1850, was married to Miss Martha Baker, 
daughter of Eli Baker, October 27, 1881, and became the father of two 
children, Ella, born March 20, 1884, Pearl, born January 12, 1887; an 
infant (deceased), William A. (deceased), Alexander P., born October 
9, 1857, and an infant (deceased). The mother of these children died 
June 7, 1861, and Mr. Stelle was married April 11, 1869, to Mrs. 
Catherine Wakfield, widow of Henry Wakfield, the daughter of Robert 
and Elizabeth Reed, and to them was born, July 30, 1870, a daughter, 
Elizabeth. Mr. Stelle died May 3, 1888. He was an honored, respected 
citizen, a member of the Christian Church, and his death was lamented 
[p.1022] by his many friends and acquaintances. The family are 
Republicans in their polities, and the widow and her daughter are 
members of the Christian Church.