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Samuel Wear

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Samuel Wear

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Mar 1852 (aged 85)
Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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In memory of Samuel Wear
Born May 25, 1766
A revolutionary soldier said to have organized the first Masonic Lodge in Jefferson County. A member of the Presbyterian Church. Died March 15, 1852.

Revolutionary War Soldier - North Carolina under Maj. Tipton, Capt. Samuel Wear, Sr., Cols. John Sevier and Charles Robinson. Marker by Birmingham Territory Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 1, 2005.

Samuel Wear was born in Tennessee to John Wear and Nancy Moore Wear. He married Sarah Bean on March 16, 1789 in Greene County, Tennessee. They had children Jacob, Samuel, Margaret, Robert and Pleasant Wear. She apparently died in Tennessee, before the family moved to Alabama. Sometime after 1820, Samuel married Sally White.
---taken from the Samuel Wear Biography by Deborah Goodwin (a reunion handout)
In memory of Samuel Wear
Born May 25, 1766
A revolutionary soldier said to have organized the first Masonic Lodge in Jefferson County. A member of the Presbyterian Church. Died March 15, 1852.

Revolutionary War Soldier - North Carolina under Maj. Tipton, Capt. Samuel Wear, Sr., Cols. John Sevier and Charles Robinson. Marker by Birmingham Territory Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 1, 2005.

Samuel Wear was born in Tennessee to John Wear and Nancy Moore Wear. He married Sarah Bean on March 16, 1789 in Greene County, Tennessee. They had children Jacob, Samuel, Margaret, Robert and Pleasant Wear. She apparently died in Tennessee, before the family moved to Alabama. Sometime after 1820, Samuel married Sally White.
---taken from the Samuel Wear Biography by Deborah Goodwin (a reunion handout)


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