- BIRTH: 19 JUN 1858, Chicago,,IL
- DEATH: MAY 1883
- BURIAL: ,,,2093
Father: Edward H SEARS
Mother: Julia M JONES
_John SEARS ____________
_Edward H SEARS _|
| |_Jane (Pendry) HANCOCK _
|
|--Edward Jones SEARS
|
| ________________________
|_Julia M JONES __|
|________________________
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Notes
!S.P. May p.327 Was educated in Todd's Sem'y, Woodstock, WI, and in Wesleyan
Acad., Wilbraham, MA, and grad. with high honors. He engaged for a time in
sheep raising, and later was of firm Keefer, Sears & Co., fruit and vegetable
packers, Sterling, IL, and Sec'y and Treas. of ROck River Packing Co. At the
burning of the Co.'s building in Jan 1882, he contracted a cold, which settled
on his lungs, and from which he died.
In his business relations he was always upright and conscientious, and gave
his best energies to whatever he undertook.
His prospects were bright, and his future promising.
AMong his associates he was kind and obliging, a very agreeable companion,
and had a kind word for all. During his sickness he never complained, and to
the last exhibited a cheerful state of mind, and an indomitable will in bearing
his suffering.
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