JOHN MICHAEL SEARS DIED AT SUN CITY, KANSAS ON 08-12-1914. (HE WAS BORN ON 09-19-1838 NEAR CARLISLE IN NICHOLAS CO. KY) HE IS BURIED NEAR SUN CITY IN BARBER CO. 1/IS THERE A GRAVE OR CEMETERY REGISTER OF BARBER COUNTY? JOHN MICHAEL SEARS MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE, CHARLOTTE HASTINGS (BORN 06-03-1841 IN DAVIESS CO. IN) INDIANA BEFORE THEY CAME TO KANSAS. ABOUT 1859, THEY FIRST SETTLED IN VALLEY FALLS, JEFFERSON CO. (ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN THERE. SOMETIME AFTER THE WAR, THEY MOVED SOUTH TO BARBER CO. CHARLOTTE DIED 03-21-1876 AND IS BURIED AT SUN CITY, BARBER CO. JOHN MICHAEL SEARS (OR J.M.AS HE REFERRED TO HIM SELF) WAS A WORKER OR OWNER OF A GENERAL STORE AND A STABLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN MEDICINE LODGE. (THAT IS THE STORY THAT HAS COME DOWN TO DESCENDANTS.) DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH SEARS FAMILIES IN AND AROUND BARBER CO. KANSAS. PLEASE EMAIL txgmajor@hotmail.com . I WILL RESPOND TO ALL EMAIL. THANKS/RICH PULLEN