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Essay Archive - Richard Warren Sears and Sears, Roebuck, & Company
Richard Warren Sears and Sears, Roebuck, & Company
Richard Warren Sears was born on December 7, 1863, in Stewartville,
Minnesota. He was the son of James Warren and Eliza A. Sears, both of English
ancestory. His father led anything but a happy life. He had failed in his quest
for gold during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and was a bitter soldier in the
Civil War, which he blamed on politicians. He had earned a sizable sum of money
working as a blacksmith and a wagonmaker, but he lost it all in a stock-farm
venture. Richard's father gave up soon afterwards, leaving Richard to b....
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