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William H Bear

Birth: 17 Apr 1839
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
Death: 31 Aug 1893 (aged 54)
Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96217693/william_h-bear: accessed ), memorial page for William H Bear (17 Apr 1839–31 Aug 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96217693, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by DSH (contributor 47399957).

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This is a Civil War pension record for William H. Bear of the 11th Missouri Cavalry.

Both the 1865 and the 1885 Coffey County, Kansas State census reports record William's service in the 11th Missouri Cavalry. In addition, an 1885 GAR record from the Allison Post in Burlington, states that he served as a Hospital Steward, (H S) as do Civil War records. The GAR record shows that he enlisted in March of 1863 and served until August of 1865.

William H. Bear is listed on the 1865 California Township, Coffey County, Kansas State census with the family of Samuel West. H. C. Bear (Hannah) 21, and Lillian, age 2, born in Missouri, are also listed.

Family information lists Hannah's maiden name as West. Hannah C. Bear, age 16, was also listed with the family of Samuel West in Breckenridge County (now defunct) Kansas Territory in 1860. This family is also listed in Daviess County, Missouri in 1860, where there is a RootsWeb marriage index listing for Hannah C. West and William H."Barr" 8 Sep 1859.

William H. Bear is listed as the Register of Deeds in Burlington (town) in the 1870 and 1875 census reports. The 1875 census lists Frank (Francis in 1870) as age 8 and Don as age 4. Hannah is listed as age 31, born in Indiana, on the 1875 census. William H. Bear is listed as age 36, born in Missouri, in 1875.

William H. Bear married Carrie E. Cain 9 April 1879 in Coffey County, Kansas. (Coffey County, Kansas, marriage index) Hannah Bear was listed in Bentonville, Arkansas, in 1880 with sons Francis, 18, and Don, 9, both born in Kansas. ---- Carrie Cain was a daughter of Abner & Pleasant (nee Chapman) Cain, #57078390.

The 1880 Burlington, Coffey, Kansas census lists William H. Bear as a lawyer, born in Ohio, with Carrie, born in Indiana. William H. Bear is listed as a merchant with C. E. Bear, age 44, and Alice, age 3, on the 1885 Burlington, Coffey, Kansas, census. Carrie E. Bear received a Civil War widow's pension in Oct of 1893. Carrie E. Bear, widow of William H. Bear is listed in several Kansas City, MO city directories. She is listed with her daughter, (Allie P.) Mrs. Barney A. Perry, (#97456229) in 1915 in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Family information lists William H. Bear as a son of Peter and Lucy (nee Everly) Bear, who were both born in Ohio and married in 1838 in Montgomery County, Indiana. (marriage index) They were listed in Daviess County, Missouri in 1850. William H. Bear was age 11 in 1850 and age 21 in 1860. His birthplace is listed as Missouri in Daviess County, Missouri census reports with his parents.

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