Joel Kear

1850 - 1926  (76 years)

• Name	Joel Kear
  Born	5 Feb 1850	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Feb 1926
  Buried	Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I171	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Joel Kear,   b. 5 Feb 1796, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jul 1871  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah Huff,   b. 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Sep 1886  (Age 77 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1838
  Family ID	F1202	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary "Polly" McCarter,   b. 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jun 1937  (Age 83 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1870
  Children	+ 1. James S. Kear,   b. 1871, Tennessee ,   d. 1957  (Age 86 years) + 2. Minerva Kear,   b. 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jun 1965  (Age 91 years) + 3. Arbinzia Kear,   b. 14 Mar 1876,   d. 8 Apr 1898  (Age 22 years) + 4. Sarah L. "Sally" Kear,   b. 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years) + 5. Mary E. Carr,   b. 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee ,   d. 1937  (Age 58 years) + 6. Elbert H. Carr,   b. 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Nov 1953  (Age 71 years) + 7. Matilda "Tilda" Kear,   b. 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jan 1974  (Age 87 years) + 8. Rev. Joel L. Carr,   b. 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee ,   d. 18 May 1981  (Age 91 years) + 9. Richard Evans Carr,   b. 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Sep 1981  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Feb 1850 - Tennessee Buried - - Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 449a, 30 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0449a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 260, page 404a, line 14, 29 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 695.