WILLIAM O. WEAR, proprietor and publisher of the "Calloway Times," is one of the newspaper men of this region who has fairly earned the right to dominate public opinion, and is responsible for much of the progress which has been made of recent years in this section of the state. He is an experienced man in his line and understands the grave responsibilities resting upon him.
He was born at Murray, Kentucky, January 21, 1847, a son of A[rchibald] H[ugh] Wear, and a member of one of the aristocratic Southern families. The name was originally spelled Weir, and those bearing it came to the American Colonies from Scotland, locating first in Virginia, from whence migration was later made to Alabama and thence to Kentucky.
A. H. Wear was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1817, and died at Murray, Kentucky, in November, 1903. His parents came to Calloway County, Kentucky, when he was a lad, and here he was reared, educated and married. After the Town of Murray was organized A. H. Wear settled in it and continued to make it his home until his death. He was the pioneer druggist of the place and of Calloway County, and two of his sons still conduct his original store. He was a strong democrat. The Christian Church had in him one of its earnest members and generous supporters. A Mason, he was a member of Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M., for many years, and for fifty years served it as treasurer.
He was married to Sallie Meloan, who was born at Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1830, and died at Murray, in 1910.
Their children were as follows: William O., who is the eldest;
Samuel, who died at Murray when still a boy; Emily J., who died at Murray when she was seventy years of age, was the wife of Edmund Starks, a farmer, now deceased; Lucy, who died in Florida, was the wife of the late D. W. Jones, a merchant while living at Murray, but a farmer after going to Florida, where he, too, passed away; Andrew M[eloan], who is a saddler and harnessmaker, lives at Jackson, Tennessee; John M., who died at Los Angeles, California, was also a saddler and harness maker; D[avid] M., who was a farmer, died at Murray in 1918; H[ugh] P[erry], who is engaged in conducting his father's old drug store at Murray; Mattie E., who is unmarried, resides at Murray; J. V., who died at La Center, Kentucky, was a newspaper publisher; B. B., who is a partner of his brother, H. P.; and E[dwin] W[ilder], who is the publisher of the "La Center Advance," lives at La Center, Kentucky.
William O. Wear attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from its high school in 1867. Upon leaving school he went into his father's drug store. In 1875 he established the "Calloway Times," and has been its sole proprietor ever since. This is the official democratic paper of Calloway County, and is the leading pioneer newspaper still in existence in this part of the state. The plant and offices are on Fifth Street, and the former is equipped with modern machinery and appliances for the proper conduct of a first-class newspaper. This journal circulates in Murray and Calloway and surrounding counties.
Mr. Wear is a strong democrat, and has served in the Murray City Council, and was elected to succeed himself. He is a member of the First Christian Church, and belongs to Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M.; Murray Chapter No. 92, R. A. M.; and Murray Council, R. and S. M. His residence on Fifth Street, which he owns, is one of the finest in the city. During the late war Mr. Wear used his paper to promote all of the local activities, and through its columns and personally was an effective participant in all of the drives in behalf of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and similar organizations.
In 1869 he was married at Murray to Miss Mary Linn, a daughter of R. C[onn] Linn and his wife Jane (Irvan) Linn, farming people, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wear became the parents of the following children:
Sallie, who married W. E. King, a machinist, resides at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Reubie, who is unmarried, lives with her parents; and Boyd, who lives at Murray, is assisting his father in the paper. At one time he belonged to the Kentucky National Guard. Mr. Wear's grasp of public affairs is clear and comprehensive, and he knows how to present them and local topics of special interest in such a manner as to meet with the approval of his readers. He has always been fearless in his support of those measures he deemed to be for the good of the majority, and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel of progress whenever there was necessity for such exertion.
-History of Kentucky In Five Volumes
Charles Kerr, Editor
Chicago: American Historical Society,1922
He was born at Murray, Kentucky, January 21, 1847, a son of A[rchibald] H[ugh] Wear, and a member of one of the aristocratic Southern families. The name was originally spelled Weir, and those bearing it came to the American Colonies from Scotland, locating first in Virginia, from whence migration was later made to Alabama and thence to Kentucky.
A. H. Wear was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1817, and died at Murray, Kentucky, in November, 1903. His parents came to Calloway County, Kentucky, when he was a lad, and here he was reared, educated and married. After the Town of Murray was organized A. H. Wear settled in it and continued to make it his home until his death. He was the pioneer druggist of the place and of Calloway County, and two of his sons still conduct his original store. He was a strong democrat. The Christian Church had in him one of its earnest members and generous supporters. A Mason, he was a member of Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M., for many years, and for fifty years served it as treasurer.
He was married to Sallie Meloan, who was born at Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1830, and died at Murray, in 1910.
Their children were as follows: William O., who is the eldest;
Samuel, who died at Murray when still a boy; Emily J., who died at Murray when she was seventy years of age, was the wife of Edmund Starks, a farmer, now deceased; Lucy, who died in Florida, was the wife of the late D. W. Jones, a merchant while living at Murray, but a farmer after going to Florida, where he, too, passed away; Andrew M[eloan], who is a saddler and harnessmaker, lives at Jackson, Tennessee; John M., who died at Los Angeles, California, was also a saddler and harness maker; D[avid] M., who was a farmer, died at Murray in 1918; H[ugh] P[erry], who is engaged in conducting his father's old drug store at Murray; Mattie E., who is unmarried, resides at Murray; J. V., who died at La Center, Kentucky, was a newspaper publisher; B. B., who is a partner of his brother, H. P.; and E[dwin] W[ilder], who is the publisher of the "La Center Advance," lives at La Center, Kentucky.
William O. Wear attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from its high school in 1867. Upon leaving school he went into his father's drug store. In 1875 he established the "Calloway Times," and has been its sole proprietor ever since. This is the official democratic paper of Calloway County, and is the leading pioneer newspaper still in existence in this part of the state. The plant and offices are on Fifth Street, and the former is equipped with modern machinery and appliances for the proper conduct of a first-class newspaper. This journal circulates in Murray and Calloway and surrounding counties.
Mr. Wear is a strong democrat, and has served in the Murray City Council, and was elected to succeed himself. He is a member of the First Christian Church, and belongs to Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M.; Murray Chapter No. 92, R. A. M.; and Murray Council, R. and S. M. His residence on Fifth Street, which he owns, is one of the finest in the city. During the late war Mr. Wear used his paper to promote all of the local activities, and through its columns and personally was an effective participant in all of the drives in behalf of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and similar organizations.
In 1869 he was married at Murray to Miss Mary Linn, a daughter of R. C[onn] Linn and his wife Jane (Irvan) Linn, farming people, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wear became the parents of the following children:
Sallie, who married W. E. King, a machinist, resides at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Reubie, who is unmarried, lives with her parents; and Boyd, who lives at Murray, is assisting his father in the paper. At one time he belonged to the Kentucky National Guard. Mr. Wear's grasp of public affairs is clear and comprehensive, and he knows how to present them and local topics of special interest in such a manner as to meet with the approval of his readers. He has always been fearless in his support of those measures he deemed to be for the good of the majority, and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel of progress whenever there was necessity for such exertion.
-History of Kentucky In Five Volumes
Charles Kerr, Editor
Chicago: American Historical Society,1922
WILLIAM O. WEAR, proprietor and publisher of the "Calloway Times," is one of the newspaper men of this region who has fairly earned the right to dominate public opinion, and is responsible for much of the progress which has been made of recent years in this section of the state. He is an experienced man in his line and understands the grave responsibilities resting upon him.
He was born at Murray, Kentucky, January 21, 1847, a son of A[rchibald] H[ugh] Wear, and a member of one of the aristocratic Southern families. The name was originally spelled Weir, and those bearing it came to the American Colonies from Scotland, locating first in Virginia, from whence migration was later made to Alabama and thence to Kentucky.
A. H. Wear was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1817, and died at Murray, Kentucky, in November, 1903. His parents came to Calloway County, Kentucky, when he was a lad, and here he was reared, educated and married. After the Town of Murray was organized A. H. Wear settled in it and continued to make it his home until his death. He was the pioneer druggist of the place and of Calloway County, and two of his sons still conduct his original store. He was a strong democrat. The Christian Church had in him one of its earnest members and generous supporters. A Mason, he was a member of Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M., for many years, and for fifty years served it as treasurer.
He was married to Sallie Meloan, who was born at Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1830, and died at Murray, in 1910.
Their children were as follows: William O., who is the eldest;
Samuel, who died at Murray when still a boy; Emily J., who died at Murray when she was seventy years of age, was the wife of Edmund Starks, a farmer, now deceased; Lucy, who died in Florida, was the wife of the late D. W. Jones, a merchant while living at Murray, but a farmer after going to Florida, where he, too, passed away; Andrew M[eloan], who is a saddler and harnessmaker, lives at Jackson, Tennessee; John M., who died at Los Angeles, California, was also a saddler and harness maker; D[avid] M., who was a farmer, died at Murray in 1918; H[ugh] P[erry], who is engaged in conducting his father's old drug store at Murray; Mattie E., who is unmarried, resides at Murray; J. V., who died at La Center, Kentucky, was a newspaper publisher; B. B., who is a partner of his brother, H. P.; and E[dwin] W[ilder], who is the publisher of the "La Center Advance," lives at La Center, Kentucky.
William O. Wear attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from its high school in 1867. Upon leaving school he went into his father's drug store. In 1875 he established the "Calloway Times," and has been its sole proprietor ever since. This is the official democratic paper of Calloway County, and is the leading pioneer newspaper still in existence in this part of the state. The plant and offices are on Fifth Street, and the former is equipped with modern machinery and appliances for the proper conduct of a first-class newspaper. This journal circulates in Murray and Calloway and surrounding counties.
Mr. Wear is a strong democrat, and has served in the Murray City Council, and was elected to succeed himself. He is a member of the First Christian Church, and belongs to Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M.; Murray Chapter No. 92, R. A. M.; and Murray Council, R. and S. M. His residence on Fifth Street, which he owns, is one of the finest in the city. During the late war Mr. Wear used his paper to promote all of the local activities, and through its columns and personally was an effective participant in all of the drives in behalf of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and similar organizations.
In 1869 he was married at Murray to Miss Mary Linn, a daughter of R. C[onn] Linn and his wife Jane (Irvan) Linn, farming people, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wear became the parents of the following children:
Sallie, who married W. E. King, a machinist, resides at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Reubie, who is unmarried, lives with her parents; and Boyd, who lives at Murray, is assisting his father in the paper. At one time he belonged to the Kentucky National Guard. Mr. Wear's grasp of public affairs is clear and comprehensive, and he knows how to present them and local topics of special interest in such a manner as to meet with the approval of his readers. He has always been fearless in his support of those measures he deemed to be for the good of the majority, and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel of progress whenever there was necessity for such exertion.
-History of Kentucky In Five Volumes
Charles Kerr, Editor
Chicago: American Historical Society,1922
He was born at Murray, Kentucky, January 21, 1847, a son of A[rchibald] H[ugh] Wear, and a member of one of the aristocratic Southern families. The name was originally spelled Weir, and those bearing it came to the American Colonies from Scotland, locating first in Virginia, from whence migration was later made to Alabama and thence to Kentucky.
A. H. Wear was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1817, and died at Murray, Kentucky, in November, 1903. His parents came to Calloway County, Kentucky, when he was a lad, and here he was reared, educated and married. After the Town of Murray was organized A. H. Wear settled in it and continued to make it his home until his death. He was the pioneer druggist of the place and of Calloway County, and two of his sons still conduct his original store. He was a strong democrat. The Christian Church had in him one of its earnest members and generous supporters. A Mason, he was a member of Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M., for many years, and for fifty years served it as treasurer.
He was married to Sallie Meloan, who was born at Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1830, and died at Murray, in 1910.
Their children were as follows: William O., who is the eldest;
Samuel, who died at Murray when still a boy; Emily J., who died at Murray when she was seventy years of age, was the wife of Edmund Starks, a farmer, now deceased; Lucy, who died in Florida, was the wife of the late D. W. Jones, a merchant while living at Murray, but a farmer after going to Florida, where he, too, passed away; Andrew M[eloan], who is a saddler and harnessmaker, lives at Jackson, Tennessee; John M., who died at Los Angeles, California, was also a saddler and harness maker; D[avid] M., who was a farmer, died at Murray in 1918; H[ugh] P[erry], who is engaged in conducting his father's old drug store at Murray; Mattie E., who is unmarried, resides at Murray; J. V., who died at La Center, Kentucky, was a newspaper publisher; B. B., who is a partner of his brother, H. P.; and E[dwin] W[ilder], who is the publisher of the "La Center Advance," lives at La Center, Kentucky.
William O. Wear attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from its high school in 1867. Upon leaving school he went into his father's drug store. In 1875 he established the "Calloway Times," and has been its sole proprietor ever since. This is the official democratic paper of Calloway County, and is the leading pioneer newspaper still in existence in this part of the state. The plant and offices are on Fifth Street, and the former is equipped with modern machinery and appliances for the proper conduct of a first-class newspaper. This journal circulates in Murray and Calloway and surrounding counties.
Mr. Wear is a strong democrat, and has served in the Murray City Council, and was elected to succeed himself. He is a member of the First Christian Church, and belongs to Murray Lodge No. 105, A. F. and A. M.; Murray Chapter No. 92, R. A. M.; and Murray Council, R. and S. M. His residence on Fifth Street, which he owns, is one of the finest in the city. During the late war Mr. Wear used his paper to promote all of the local activities, and through its columns and personally was an effective participant in all of the drives in behalf of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and similar organizations.
In 1869 he was married at Murray to Miss Mary Linn, a daughter of R. C[onn] Linn and his wife Jane (Irvan) Linn, farming people, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wear became the parents of the following children:
Sallie, who married W. E. King, a machinist, resides at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Reubie, who is unmarried, lives with her parents; and Boyd, who lives at Murray, is assisting his father in the paper. At one time he belonged to the Kentucky National Guard. Mr. Wear's grasp of public affairs is clear and comprehensive, and he knows how to present them and local topics of special interest in such a manner as to meet with the approval of his readers. He has always been fearless in his support of those measures he deemed to be for the good of the majority, and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel of progress whenever there was necessity for such exertion.
-History of Kentucky In Five Volumes
Charles Kerr, Editor
Chicago: American Historical Society,1922
Gravesite Details
With Sallie
Family Members
Children
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William Obadiah Wear
1848–1923
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Emily J. Wear Starks
1850–1919
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Lucy A. Wear Jones
1853–1895
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Andrew Meloan Wear
1855–1929
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John McElrath Wear
1857–1916
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Daniel Mathewson Wear
1859–1917
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Hugh Perry Wear
1861–1940
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Mattie Elma Wear
1863–1952
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James Valentine Wear
1865–1920
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Barnett Burns Wear
1868–1932
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Edward Wilder Wear
1871–1960
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