Sarah Carlyle Choate of Cambridge, MA, was married in 1877 to J. Montgomery Sears, one of the wealthiest men in New England, who for many years had the dubious distinction of the paying the highest real estate taxes in Boston. The Sears had one child, also called J. Montgomery, who died at age 32 in an automobile accident in 1908.
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1905
"J. Montgomery Sears Killed under Auto." Boston Globe August 13, 1908
1905
"Passed Away at Southboro Home." (obituary for J. Montgomery Sears). Boston Globe June 2, 1905