Hiram Lewis Gear
Hiram Lewis Gear was born on December 1, 1842, in Connecticut to Hiram and Jerusha Gear. His father died in 1843. He grew up and attended school in Middletown, Connecticut, and the family moved to Marietta, Ohio, in the 1850s. He attended Marietta College, and he married Cornelia Van Clief on July 5, 1863. They had at least four children: Emma, born around 1864; Albert, born around 1867; George, born around 1868; and Hiram, born around 1869. He worked as a lawyer in Plumas, California, and by 1870, he owned $500 of real estate and $3,000 of personal property. They moved to Xenia, Ohio, in the 1870s, and by 1880, he was working as a preacher. They moved to San Francisco, California, in the late 1800s, and he resumed his work as a lawyer. His wife died in July 1913, and he passed away in Alameda County, California, on April 12, 1919.
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| (3360) | Gear, Hiram Lewis | 1842-12-01 | 1919-04-12 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 7
- (9088) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, 28 August 1862
- (9091) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, undated
- (9096) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, 18 November 1862
- (9107) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, 19 March 1863
- (9114) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, 14 May 1863
- (9116) [recipient] ~ George R. Gear to Hiram L. Gear, 3 June 1863
- (9350) [writer] ~ Hiram L. Gear to George R. Gear, 6 July 1865
People - Records: 6
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; California Death Index, 1905-1939, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; Who’s Who on the Pacific Coast, 1913, available from Ancestry.com
