Background
Sears, William Henry was born on March 7, 1858 in Shellsburg, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles May and Mary Ann (Smith) Sears.
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William Henry Sears
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Student normal department University of Kansas, 1882. Studied international law and diplomacy under Professor James H. Canfield, University of Kansas, 1885, 88, 89. Bachelor of Laws, University of Kansas, 1890.
Master of Laws, University of Michigan, 1892.
Career
1 son, Burton Peabody. Buffalo hunter, cowboy and teamster until 1877. Later coal miner, teacher, and in business of evaporating sweet corn, in Kansas.
Admitted to Kansas bar, 1890, later to bar Supreme Court of Kansas, of Michigan and Supreme Court of the United States.
Practiced at Lawrence, Kansas, Washington, District of Columbia, et cetera President and attorney Pentwater (Michigan) Machinery Company.
Trustee Magoffin Oil Royalty Syndicate, Washington, District of Columbia Enlisted in Kansas National Guard, 1884. Brigadier general, 1893-1895.
Judge advocate general, 1897-1899.
Assistant superintendent Indian Industrial School, Lawrence, Kansas, 1887-1888. Private secretary to the United States Senator William A. Harris, 1897-1900. Field agent and secretary to Clara Barton, president American National Red Cross, 1900-1905.
Chairman Michigan delegation to Progressive National Convention, Chicago, 1912.
Progressive candidate for Congress, 9th Michigan District, 1912, 14. Organized first school in the United States for training National Guard officers, 1894, and secured first appropriation for that purpose from Kansas legislature.
Active in securing passage, in Congress, of charter for American National Red Cross, 1900. Author amendment to National Bank Acting, fixing $25,000 minimum capitalization.
Trustee Clara Barton National Memorial Association Hoover Republican.
Achievements
Membership
Mason.
Connections
Married Alice Hibbard Peabody, June 25, 1884.
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Religion
Unitarian