Frederick Stear and Mary A. Stiteler
Husband Frederick Stear 1 2
AKA: Frederick Steer 3 Born: Abt 1812 - Northumberland Co, PA Christened: Died: 10 Dec 1889 1 Buried:
Father: George Steer ( - ) 4 Mother: Rachel Crissman ( - ) 4
Marriage: 1836 - Indiana Co, PA 5
Wife Mary A. Stiteler 1 3
Born: Abt 1814 - Northumberland Co, PA Christened: Died: Sep 1892 1 Buried:
Father: Peter Stiteler ( - ) 6 Mother: Elizabeth Fleck ( - ) 6
Children
1 F Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stear 1 7
AKA: Elizabeth Rachel Steer 5 Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Susan Stear 1 7
AKA: Susan Steer 5 Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:Spouse: William Moser ( -Bef 1913) 1 5
3 M David Stear 1 7
AKA: David Steer 5 Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:Spouse: Susan Niel ( - ) 5
4 M Peter Stear 1 9
AKA: Peter S. Steer 8 Born: 18 Mar 1834 - Porter Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sarah Neal ( - ) 10 Marr: 1 Mar 1866 7
5 F Eliza Catharine Steer 1 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 Buried:
6 M John C. Stear 1 7 11 12
AKA: John C. Steer 5 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sarah McHenry ( - ) 12 13
7 M William M. Stear 1 7
AKA: William Steer 5 14 Born: 18 Feb 1849 - Porter Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hulda J. London (1853- ) 5 15 Marr: 26 May 1871 - North Point, Indiana Co, PA 16
8 M Joseph C. Steer 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 Buried:
9 M George Steer 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 Buried: Status: Twin
10 F Maria Steer 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Twin
11 F Melissa Stear 7
AKA: Sarah M. Stear,1 Sarah Melissa Steer 5 Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1898 Buried:Spouse: James Brown ( - ) 1 5 7
12 M Gilbert Steer 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Frederick Stear
He received but few opportunities to gain an education in his boyhood. As a young man he settled on a farm one and a half miles north of North Point, Pennsylvania, on the old Stear homestead in Jefferson County, and there continued to live until his death, at the age of seventy-six years, his wife passing away when seventy-seven. A Democrat in politics, he served in the capacity of constable and in various other offices, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.
He and his wife were married in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and made their home there until 1836, when they removed to Porter township, Jefferson County, where he carried on farming. He walked back to Northumberland County during the harvest season in pioneer days. He cut the first tree at Smicksburg, and was prominently identified with pioneer interests. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was a Republican until after the Civil War, when he became a Democrat.
Notes: Marriage
One source lists twelve children; another source states that he and his wife had fourteen children, seven of whom died young.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1191.
2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1520.
3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 417, 481.
4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 480.
5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 481.
6 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 416.
7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1521.
8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 457, 481.
9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 771, 850, 1520.
10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 771, 850, 1521.
11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 479.
12 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 161.
13 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 479, 481.
14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1299.
15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1192, 1299.
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Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1192.
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