History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A. Battey
Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 353-54.       [Bivinsville Precinct]

GEORGE LEAR was born in 1820, in Todd County.  His father and mother were
George and Nancy (Shuffle) Lear.  The father died about the year 1854, aged
sixty.  The mother died in 1864, aged about fifty-five.  George began for
himself at the age of twenty-five.  He rented from his father for several
years before buying.  He came to this farm in 1860.  He first bought 212
acres good land, and has been buying and selling land since. He was in the
United States Army about four months, and, while in the service he was
taken with the measles and became disabled, and was discharged in
consequence, and has been on the sick list ever since.  He was married in
1856 to Miss Julia A. Stevenson, of this county.  These parents have five
children--three daughters and two sons.  Mr. Lear is one of the respected
and responsible old settlers of this county.  Mary E. was married August
9, 1877, to Jesse Joines, of Illinois.  These parents have three
children--one daughter and two sons.  Four months after the birth of the
youngest child, Joines left for Illinois, seemingly without cause, and it
is reported that he has married another woman.  The children of Mrs.
Joines are: Noah S., George H. and Dora A.  The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Lear are: Mary E., Eliza Lavina J., Martha A., John Wesley, George Thomas.

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