‘The Life and Experiences of Stanley Marshall Sears July 7, 1940 — An Accumulation of Memories ‘The purpose of this book is to leave a history of the Sears, James, Gallozzi and Julian families for present and future generations through my life ‘experiences. I hope that family members will continue to add to thi ‘documentary to fill in the areas that I have either forgotten, didn’t know of or have made incorrect entries. I have used many pictures to help apturerenew the history of the families. As of April 24, 2009 this book contains the following breakdown: 170 Total Pictures, (SI of Devin) 228 Pages 54847 Words 241,590 Characters 653 Paragraphs 5,441 Lines Bom on July 7 1940 in a small town, FenwickbaFrank, just outside of Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia. My parents were Avery (Jack) Sears and Artie May James Sears. ‘My father, was born in Webster County West Virginia on August 9", 1910, He migrated across the Appalachian Mountains from Pocahontas County with his parents and grandparents. It was an old family rumor that my great grandfather, an immigrant from Germany, was engaged in a fight with a fellow logger and killed him during a knife fight at a logging camp. The story goes that the entire family left in the cover of darkness, in a wagon, to escape retaliation from the deceased’s family. They eventually settled in Richwood WV where my dad took a job at the local clothespin factory. My dad’s nickname, Jack, evolved from his job as a “Water jack” at the factory.My dad had four brothers; Ralph, Born in Pocahontas Cty, 9/15/1916, died on July 24, 1991, Eugene Born in Nicholas Cty, 7/2/1919, Paul Bom in Nicholas Cty, 11/21/1921and Junior Born in Nicholas Cty 3/29/1924. Six sisters; Goldie 1912 Bom in Braxton Cty, Mable 1914, Born in Braxton Cty, ‘Wanda Born in Nicholas Cty, 1923, ‘Thelma Sears Clark, Born in Nicholas Cty 4/19/1927, Elvery Sears Queen, Elvery had one daughter, charlotte Starcher and two sons, Roger and Steve Queen, Bom in Nicholas Cty, 7/17/1929, died February 7, 1992, Richwood Cemetery and Emma Jene Sears Kyer, Husband, Donald Kyer, Emma Jene had two sons, Jody and Donald Kyer, and one daughter, Donna Jean Kyer, Born in Nicholas 9/26/1936, died May 13, 1987 Richwood Cemetery. ‘The family had very little in the way of income during the late nineteen twenty’s and nineteen thirties due to the great depression and little formal education. My Grand parentsparents’ names were Burn Monroe Sears, born in Clay Cty, March 6,1886, and died on December 12, 1956 he is buried at the Richwood Cemetery and Abby Carpenter Sears, born in Webster Cty, on September 2,1887, and died June 29, 1969, she is buried in the Richwood Cemetery“My Dad and his Brothers Eugene and Paul