Bear, John,
Farmer, S. 21; P.O. Edenville; born Jan. 25, 1821, in Baden, Germany; in 1846,
came to Pennsylvania; in 1847, removed to Ohio; then to Richmond, Ind.; in
1851, returned to Philadelphia; in 1853, removed to New York; in 1861, traveled
with the American Circus for six months; then returned to New York; in 1862,
removed to Hilton Head, S.C.; in 1865, returned to New York; then went to
Germany; the same year came to Bucks Co., Penn.; in 1866, came to his present
farm. Married Lizzie Bechtel in July 1868; she was born in 1835, in
p.586,
--Taken from “The History of Marshall
County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its
Cities, Towns, &r.,” and published by Western Historical Company of
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