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From Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913), The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884)
HENRY KEAR, son of Moses and Jemima (Nathan) Kear, natives of New York and Ohio respectively, was born May 10, 1831. Of a family of nine sons, eight are still living — Nathan, James, Milton, Moses O., Henry,
Doctor, George W. and Setli. Peter, the second son, died May 28, 1831. The family removed to this county in 1821. Mr. Kear obtained a fair education in common schools, supplementing this by attending the Ohio Wesley an University, from March, 1852, to August, 1853. He obtained his first certificate to teach at the age of eighteen, and subsequently taught nineteen terms. He was married, November 24, 1858, to Susan E. Gibbs, of New Jersey, and four children have been born to them — John C. August 23, 1859- Laura M., August 27, 1860; Mary L., August 26, 1862; Seth S., October 25, 1864. Mr. Kear has eighty acres of land, which he values at $100 per acre, besides considerable live-stock. He served one term as Justice of the Peace in Tymochtee Township, and is a prominent member of his community. He is a Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Upper Sandusky.
As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
HENRY KEAR.
Henry Kear has resided in Wyandot county since his birth in pioneer times and has not only been a witness of the growth and progress of the section but has borne his full share in the work of general improvement and development. As the years
nogle have gone by his well directed efforts have won their natural reward of success and prosperity, so that he stands today among the substantial and wealthy citizens of Upper Sandusky, where he makes his home. Mr. Kear comes of farming stock and a great deal of his life has been spent in agricultural pursuits, although for the past twenty-one years he has concentrated his attention upon the development of his insurance business. He was born in Tymoehtee township, Wyandot county, which was then Crawford county, Ohio, May 10, 1831, and is a son of Moses and Jemima (Nathan) Kear, the former a native of Tarrytown, New York, born August 29, 1797, and the latter of Ross county, Ohio, where her birth occurred Jime 4, 1803. The father of our subject was a son of Peter and Anna (Odell) Kear and he spent his early years in Tarrytown, emigrating from that city to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1812. There he grew to manhood and there his marriage occurred June 4, 1820. He had learned the trade of a gunsmith and followed this in Ross county until June, 1821, when, seeking a broader field of activity, he went to Tymoehtee township, this county, where he established himself in business in early pioneer times. He dealt largely with the Indians, who inhabited the section, and built up among them a successful and prosperous patronage until the tribe was removed to the west in 1843. Mr. Kear's mother was a daughter of Nicholas and Catharine (Kimball) Nathan. She grew to womanhood in her native section of Ross county and shared her husband's hard pioneer life. Both have passed away.
Henry Kear grew to manhood in Tymoehtee township amid the environments which fell to the lot of all pioneers. He attended the crude country schools of his day, studying in a little log schoolhouse with slabs for seats. He used goose quill pens and was instructed by teachers who never made it a practice to spare the rod and spoil the child. At eighteen he had advanced far enough to receive a certificate to teach and this occupation he engaged in for some twenty years, supplementing at an early period his district-school education by a few terms at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. Later, however, he tinned his attention to farming and devoted a great many years of his life to this occupation, abandoning it finally in order to engage in the insurance business in Upper Sandusky, with which he has now been connected for twenty-one years. He deals in all kinds of insur-
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Mr. Kear married, November 24, 1858, at Mexico, Ohio, Miss Susetta E. Gibbs, a daughter of J. P. and Cathaiine M. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Kear became the parents of four children, John C, Laiu-a M., Mary L. and Seth Sherman, who has passed away. Fraternally Mr. Kear is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has been a member for fifty-five years, being today in the twenty-eighth year of his service as financial and recording secretary. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church and, politically, he supports the man whom he considers best fitted for the position, never being influenced by party lines. He is active in public life and has served ably in various responsible positions, having; been justice of the peace for three years and a member of the board of education for more than twenty years. He is a self-made man, who, starting out in life empty-handed and handicapped by the hard conditions of pioneer life, has steadily worked his way upward, his prosperity proving his ability and industry.
Mercantile interests in Upper Sandusky find a worthy and progressive representative in Irvin R. Mankel, proprietor of one of the finest jewelry stores in the city and a young man who well deserves his growing prominence in business circles. He is a native son of the city, bom March 22, 1889, his parents being Frederick J. and Lizetta (Roszman) Mankel, the former of whom was born in Baden, Germany, in 1852 and the latter in Salem township in 1857. The father learned the shoemaking trade in his native country and came to Upper Sandusky at the age of eighteen, pursuing his chosen line of work until his death, which occurred April 5, 1893. His wife survives him and makes her home in Upper Sandusky.
Irvin R. Mankel acquired his education in the public schools of his native city, attending unto he was fifteen years
As printed in Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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