Richard Warren Sears
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About
Founder of the Sears, Roebuck and Company department store franchise with partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck.
Before Fame
He worked in telegraphy and as a railroad station agent. He started out selling gold-filled pocket watches in Chicago rail stations.
Trivia
He published his first Sears catalog in 1893, selling only watches. He was offering clothing, plows, silverware, bicycles, and athletic equipment by 1897.
Family Life
He married Anna Lydia Meckstroth in June 1868.
Associated With
He was a close childhood friend of Almanzo Wilder, future husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
