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Brice Jacob Bear

28 Nov 1872 – 10 May 1917

Birth	28 Nov 1872
Death	10 May 1917
Cemetery	Boiling Springs Cemetery Decatur , Macon County , Illinois , USA
Added by	janet donner on 02 Mar 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34165619

Bio

He married Edith Good on Jan 31 1900 in Decatur, Illiois Herald & Review 5/12/1917 Funeral services for Brice Jacob Bear will be conducted Sunday morning in the Boiling Springs church under the auspices of Warrensburg lodge No 959,AF&AM. Burial will be in the Boiling springs cemetery. He was a member of Macon Chapter,No 21,Royal Arch Masons of Decatur. He was elected director of the Boiling Springs cemetery association in 1902 and served as clerk and treasurer until his death. His death Thursday came suddenly as his condition was not regarded as serious until a few hours before he succumbed. While busy at his spring farm work April 16,he suddenly became ill in the field and was assisted in getting to he house. There he was under the care of a trained nurse and a week before his death he was taken to St. Marys hospital. He lived all his life on the old Bear homestead in the Bearsdale community. His father Samuel Bear bought the land for $14 an acre. He died when Brice was a small boy . Obituary furnished by Janet Donner

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Family

Parents

• Samuel Bear 1812–1880
• Anna Catharine Christlieb Bear 1829–1908 FaG

Spouse

• Edith Good Bear 1880–1945 FaG

Siblings

• Sgt John M. Bear 1842–1864
• Mary Jane Bear Shirey 1844–1891
• Alfred Wesley Bear 1849–1917
• William Line Bear 1851–1923
• 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

Children

• Opal Marie Bear 1901–1976 FaG
• Wilson David Bear 1914–2005 FaG

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