Liberty - James T. Sears, of Liberty, was killed in an automobile accident on Saturday evening.
Known survivors are two brothers, Daurell, of Summitville, and Bert, of Phillipsport. He had been employed here as a painter about thirty years, but was born in Phillipsport February twenty-ninth, 1869, a son of Isaac and Lulu Scott Sears. A funeral service will be conducted at Phillipsport tomorrow, where burial will be in the family plot.
--Middletown (NY) Times Herald, Monday, March 21, 1938, page 2
Notes: His birthdate cannot be correct as 1869 was not a leap year. His mother's name was Lanah Scott Sears.