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William Line Bear

2 Dec 1851 – 28 Mar 1923

Birth	2 Dec 1851
Death	28 Mar 1923
Cemetery	Boiling Springs Cemetery Decatur , Macon County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Heather Abrahamson on 10 Apr 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34163938

Bio

William is the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Myers) Bear. William L. Bear, for many years a resident of Macon county, died at his home, 1837 North Gulick Ave, Wednesday night. He was seventy-one years old last December. His death was caused by pneumonia. He had been in ill health for some time, but had seemed on the way to recovery when he suffered a relapse and last Thursday pneumonia developed. Mr. Bear was born in Newville, Pa. on December 2, 1851. He and Miss Flora Bradon were married December 30, 1870.{1874 per the Illinois SOS Marriage Index} He was a member of the Church of God and also of the Modern Woodmen. Besides his wife, he is survived by the following children: Otto Bear, Mrs Irene McDaniel and Mrs. Myrtle Dillinger of Decatur and Len Bear of Farmer City. He also leaves a brother, S. E. Bear, and a sister, Mrs. E. Rysinger of Bearsdale, and a grandson, Virgil Bear. Decatur, IL Review March 29, 1923 p3

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Family

Parents

• Samuel Bear 1812–1880

Spouse

• Flora Agnes Braden Bear 1853–1926 FaG

Siblings

• Sgt John M. Bear 1842–1864
• Mary Jane Bear Shirey 1844–1891
• Alfred Wesley Bear 1849–1917
• Joshua Evans Bear 1854–1854
• Samuel Ephraim Bear 1856–1942
• Emma Clarissa Bear Reisinger 1865–1941
• Adella Levina Bear 1868–1868
• Minnie Rebecca Bear 1870–1873
• Brice Jacob Bear 1872–1917

Children

• Otto Braden Bear 1877–1936 FaG
• William Leonard "Len" Bear 1879–1924 FaG
• Myrtle Alzina Bear Dillinger 1881–1964 FaG
• Laura Irene Bear McDaniel 1885–1941 FaG
• George Owen Bear 1887–1918 FaG

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