Descendants of Richard Sears

Ninth Generation

(Continued)


9201. Kenneth Malcolm Sears (Lewis Elkanah , Elkanah Howes , William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 30 Apr 1918 in Melrose, MA. He died 5 Feb 1982 in Hastings, MI.

ES div 30 Apr 1973, Royal Oak, MI

CONFLICT:SSDI shows d. May 1982
DEAT CONT lp. 48091 (Warren, Macomb, MI)
DEAT CONT 024-01-9583

Kenneth married Living

They had the following children:

  11008 F i Living
  11009 F ii Living
        Living married Living
  11010 M iii Living

9203. Living (Lewis Elkanah , Elkanah Howes , William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard )

Living married Living

They had the following children:

  11011 M i Living
        Living married Living
  11012 M ii Living

9206. Living (Lelia Estelle "Stella" Sears , Elkanah Howes , William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard )

Living married Living

They had the following children:

  11013 M i Living
        Living married Living
  11014 M ii Living
  11015 M iii Living

9207. Leslie Ray Jr Sears Maj Gen (Leslie Ray , Elkanah Howes , William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 18 Jan 1928 in S Weymouth, MA. He died 5 Apr 1985 in Treasure Island, Pinellas, FL and was buried Apr 1985 in Bourne, MA.

Letter to the Boston Traveler possibly written in 1948 due to vote reference
when Les was a business school student at Boston University. (ad for American
Airlines says Travel to Chicago in 4 hrs 25 min on reverse of letter)
"When the Secretary of Agriculture issues such statements as to
hold the wheat crop on the farm and reduce the production of cattle he is
acting contrary to the interests of the people all over the country, including
the farmer.
If the farmer produces less than he is capable of, prices will stay up and
although his income now might be increased slightly he will continually pay
more for all the other commodities of life. In order for the consumer to buy
food he must ask higher wages which eventually reflect back to the farmer in
everything he buys.
Food is practically the only major commodity whose price has not stayed level or started to decrease. Why have the prices of radios, automobile tires, shoes and other products started the downward trend? Simply because of increased production and the supply has met the demand. Food is our most important commodity and its price above all should be down.
Farm income since the war has been the highest ever and farm debt has been
reduced to nothing. It is time these profits were passed on to the consumer.
Let the Deaprtmetn of Agriculture wake up and stop worrying about the farm vote next fall and start doing something about the increasing food prices."

MILITARY: Official US Army Biography - General Sears was born in S. Weymouth, MA. He served with the US Navy as an electronic technician on the aircraft carrier, USS Boxer out of Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay, during 1946-48 and upon his discharge attended Boston University where he received hisBachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1950.
General Sears entered the Army in 1951 and was assigned as radar officer,
685th Anti -Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, MA.
After serving three years in Germany with US Army, Europe, as an anti-aircraft artillery platoon leader and assistant finance oficer, he attended the Finance Officer's Basic Course, Ft Benjamin Harrison, IN.
Upon graduation he was assigned as Finance and Accounting Officer,
Springfield Armory, MA. Two years later he became a student at the Harvard
Business School, Boston, and in 1960 received his Master's degree in Business
Administration.
He was subsequently assigned as an automatic data processing systems staff
officer, Office, Chief of Finance, Washington, DC. He was a key individual in
the development of the computerized payroll system-Joint Uniform Military Pay
System (JUMPS).
In 1963-64 General Sears attended the Command and General Staff College,
Ft Leavenworth, KA. After graduation he was ordered to Vietnam where he became Chief, Management Section, Office of the Comptroller, US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).
Returning to the United States, General Sears served as a member of the
Department of the Army Board of Inquiry on Army Logistics Systems (Brown Board) from Jul 1965 until APril 1967 at which time he was designated Chief, Cost Research Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Army. He was subsequently named Chief, US Army Field Operation Cost Agency.
After graduating from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1969 he
became Military Assistant and Executive Officer, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Financial Management). He became Assistant Director of
the Army Budget in July 1971.
General Sears was designated Comptroller, Headquarters, US Army Materiel
Command, Washington, DC, on 1 Dec 1972.

Citations and Decorations-
Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Boston Herald article- Oct 20, 1941 Les was a Life scout.
Boy Scouts at Jamboree at East Weymouth. Richard Park, Charles A Jordan Jr., Kenneth Park, Dexter Dyment, Leslie Sears, Edward Frederickson, members Troop 9,Old Colony Council, E Weymouth, MA. Nearly 100 Boy Scouts from troops in 23 cities and towns of Norfolk and Plymouth counties closed their annual two-day fall camporee yesterday with an exhibition of scouting craftsmanship before 350 onlookers at the Clapp memorial field in E Weymouth.

DEATH: OBITUARY: - St Petersburg Times - Leslie R Sears, Jr., 57, of
Treasure Island, FL died Friday (April 5, 1985) at home. Born in S Weymouth,
MA, he came here in 1977 from Arlington, VA and retired as a Major General from the Army in 1976.
He graduated from Boston University in 1950 and enlisted in the Army in 1951 as a Lieutenant. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1960 with his Master's degree and was designated a Baker Scholar for his high academic
achievement. He held many finance and budget positions in Europe and the Far
East and served on the Department of the Army General Staff. He served as
comptroller of the Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command in
Washington, DC until his retirement after 30 years active service. Locally he was a realtor and appraiser/consultant with several realty firms. He was past commodore of the Bath Yacht Club, past president of Isle of Palms Civic
Association and member of Pasadena Community Church, where he was a member of
the Chancel Choir. Survivors include his wife Claire; a son Leslie Ray Sears
III, Duncan, OK; two daughters, Marilyn Sager, St Petersburg, and Pamela
Cooper, Kittery, ME; a sister Sabra Martin, S Yarmouth, MA, and one
granddaughter. Lewis Mohn Funeral Home, Seminole. Burial to take place at
Bourne National Cemetery, Cape Cod, MA.

Major General Les Sears was lovingly described as the humble general at his
funeral. He would never use rank or authority to influence a situation but
would rather gain the respect of others through an engaging smile and well
established knowledge as an expert in any field he chose to study. He was a
loving father and husband and his children are very proud of his
accomplishments.

SSDI: lp. 33706 (St Petersburg, Pinellas, FL); 013-20-4166

Biography and Genealogy Master Index, 2d ed, Gale Research, ISBN 0-8103-1094-5, p140; WhoAm 78

Yarmouth Register, 26 Jul 1957, p 4, East Dennis - Mr and Mrs Leslie R Sears, Jr and family [Ray, 5; Marilyn, 3] are visiting Mr Sears' mother, Mrs Leslie Sears, at her home on Main Street.

Leslie married Living

They had the following children:

  11016 M i Living
        Living married Living
  11017 F ii Living
        Living married (1) Living
        Living also married (2) Living
  11018 F iii Living
        Living married Living

9208. Living (Leslie Ray , Elkanah Howes , William , Elkanah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard )

Living married Allen E Martin. Allen died 1990 in S Yarmouth.

They had the following children:

  11019 M i Living
        Living married Living
  11020 M ii Living
        Living married Living
  11021 M iii Living
        Living married Living

9210. Anna Sears (Henry Darrah Sears , Anna Atherton Clark , Lot Clark , Temperance Sears , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born Dec 1894 in , MA. She died 18 Apr 1994.

John W Sears Archive: b., m. d. date, had four siblings

Anna married Living

They had the following children:

  11022 M i Living
        Living married Living
  11023 M ii Living
        Living married Living

9220. Winthrop Montgomery Sears (Eben Warden , Eben , Ebenezer , Hannah , Edmund , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 7 Sep 1893 in Winthrop, MA. He died 1986 in Sandwich, NH.

John W Sears Archive: middle name, b., d., m1., m2.

Winthrop married Mildred Locke. Mildred was born 1892. She died 1956.

John W Sears Archive

Winthrop and Mildred had the following children:

  11024 M i Winthrop Ellsworth Sears was born 18 Oct 1921 in Lynn, MA. He died 14 Dec 1985 in Nahant, MA.

John W Sears Archive

Boston Globe Obit-16 Dec 1985-Winthrop E Sears, 64, of Nahant and Moultonboro,
NH, retired proprietor of the Winthrop M Sears and Sons Construction Co of
Nahant, was pronounced dead at the Atlanticare Medical Center in Lynn after he
was stricken with a heart attack Saturday evening in his home here.

A Lynn native, Mr Sears was educated in Swampscott schools and was serving in
the Naval air force when he was wounded during the Japanese attack on Pearl
harbor in 1941. Later he saw action at Guadalcanal, the Fiji Islands and at
the Battle of Midway.

Retired since 1983, Mr Sears had been on the board of directors of Equitable
Cooperative Bank in Lynn and the Camp Rotary YMCA in Lynn. He was past
president of the Nahant Lions and of the Lake Kanasatka, NH Watershed Assn.

In Nahant, he was active in the Village Church, and was on both the Johnson
School Building Committee and the Nahant Insurance Committee. He was also
former building inspector.

A private pilot and owner of a small plane, Mr Sears also was involved with the
Boy Scouts' Air Explorers at Logan Airport and was a member of the Aircraft
Owners Association.

A Mason, he was a member of the Wayfarers Lodge in Swampscott, all Scottish and
York Rite bodies and the Aleppo Temple Shrine and Victory Chapter of Eastern
Star.

A Nahant resident for 38 years, he leaves his wife of 41 years, Calantha
(Doane); four daughters, two sisters.

A memorial service will be held in Village Church, United Church of Christ,
tomorrow at 11 am.
        Winthrop married Living
  11025 F ii Living
        Living married Living
  11026 F iii Living
        Living married Living

9223. Albertine Everett Cummings (Josiah Sparrow Cummings , Lydia Sparrow , Josiah Sparrow , Rebecca Knowles , Joshua Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born in W Newton, MA. She died 1928 in W Newton, MA.

Albertine married William Jameson, son of Charles M Jameson. William was born in Baltimore. He died in Brooklyn Navy Ho.

They had the following children:

  11027 F i Mary Elizabeth Jameson was born 25 Mar 1868 in Baltimore, MD. She died 27 Nov 1941 in Avon, CT and was buried in Oxford, NY.
        Mary married James Dewitt Hitchcock Dr on 4 May 1898. James was born 8 Oct 1850. He died 9 Apr 1916 in Oriskany, NY.

9228. Mary Ann Dickinson (Amos Dickinson , John Dickinson , Mehitable Knowles , Elisha Knowles , John Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born 4 Oct 1828 in Cherry Valley, NY. She died 22 Feb 1899 in Killingworth, CT and was buried in Farm Hill Cem, Middletown, CT.

Mary married Oliver Dixon Harris, son of William Jr Harris Capt, on 4 Jun 1848 in Middletown, CT. Oliver was born 20 Apr 1825 in Middletown, CT. He died 22 Sep 1907 in Middletown and was buried in Farm Hill Cem.

They had the following children:

  11028 F i Polly Imogene Eudora Harris was born 4 Aug 1852 in Middletown, CT. She died 3 Dec 1941 in Middletown, CT and was buried in New Farm Hill.
        Polly married Edgar W Stevens, son of David Stevens, on 19 Jan 1871 in S Baptist Church, New York city. Edgar was born 28 Jun 1848 in Middletown, CT. He died 4 Oct 1907 in Middletown, CT.

EPW p.11 Occup: butcher
  11029 F ii Ellen "Nell" Harris was born Apr 1854 in , CT. She died 1937.
  11030 M iii Nathan Willie B Harris was born 1857. He died after 1878.
  11031 M iv Oliver Jr Harris was born 1859. He died 1862 in Drowned.
  11032 F v Edna Harris was born 20 Aug 1871. She died 20 Nov 1871.
  11033 M vi Robert Harris was born 22 Jul 1873. He died 18 Jun 1876.

9232. Living ( , , , Abigail Knowles , Paul Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard )

Living married Living

They had the following children:

  11034 F i Living
        Living married Living

9242. Living (Sophronie Chapman , Sophrina Howes , Abigail Crosby , Sarah Wing , Mary Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard )

He had the following children:

  11035 M i Living
  11036 M ii Living

9246. Sarah Agnes "Sadie" Gill (William Henry Gill , Beniah H Gill , Abigail "Nabby" Knowles , William Knowles , Willard Knowles , Mary Sears , Paul , Richard ) was born 1903. She died 1940.

BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Dennis Souther 70540.774@compuserve.com;
1839-1956; Letter dtd 27 Feb 1996; ;

Sarah married Ansel Abel Valli. Ansel was born 1900. He died 1962.

BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Dennis Souther 70540.774@compuserve.com;
1839-1956; Letter dtd 27 Feb 1996; ;

Ansel and Sarah had the following children:

  11037 F i Living
        Living married Living

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