Walter James Sears

Background

Sears, Walter James was born on July 10, 1869 in Douglas Company, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles May and Mary Ann (Smith) Sears.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Chillicothe, O., 1889. B.Ph., Ohio State University, 1894.

Career

Advertising and sales manager Sears & Nichols Company, food manufacturers, 1897-1910. President Sears & Simpson Company, printers and publishers, 1911-1920. President Sears & Nichols Company, 1915-1922.

President Sears & Derr Company, food manufacturers, since 1924.

Achievements

• Walter James Sears has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as private Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War. Mason, Elk.

Connections

Married Jessie M. Carpenter, December 20, 1904. Children: Lorine C., Walter James, Mary P. Reporter and editor, 1894-1897.

Father:

Charles May Sears

Mother:

Mary Ann (Smith) Sears

Spouse:

Jessie M. Carpenter

child:

Walter James Sears

child:

Mary P. Reporter and editor Sears

child:

Lorine C. Sears

child:

1894-1897 Sears