Source; Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892
Name: John R. Wear
Spouse: Lydia Ann Collins
Date: 31 Dec 1846
County: Shelby State: Indiana
John Robert Wear married second; 20 February 1868, Shelby County Indiana, Mary E. McCurtchin, born; about 1841, Ohio.
Source; E-mail from Bob McGill Tulsa OK. 11 June 1999
My son-in-law descends from John R. Wear, born 1827, Warren County Ohio, married Lydia Collins, 31 December 1846, John Wear, was son of; Robert Wear (1790-12 October 1897), Carl Junction, Jasper County Missouri, and Catherine Pope, born 1794, Prob. Washington County Pennsylvania, died post 1860 prob. Shelby County Indiana, her parents were Samuel Pope (1761-1837) and Phoebe Lee, daughter of William Lee, who was in Washington County Pennsylvania, About 1790. Robert Wears parents were Samuel Wear (bc.1760-1823, either Warren County Ohio or Shelby County Indiana and Sarah ?
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. and then down to me Marilyn Pederson
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Lydia Ann Collins, born March 6, 1828, Lydia Ann Wear, died 5 April 1866, buried Sandhill Cemetery Shelby County Indiana.
Heirs of John Wear born 1827, and Lydia Ann Wear (nee COLLINS) born 6 March 1828.
John Robert Wear, born December 24th. 1859, Indiana
Heirs of John Robert Wear and Arabell Wear, Arabell Wear was born December 5th. 1860, in Ohio,
Carrie Wear, born December 9th. 1880, in Kansas
Claude Silas "Jack" Wear, born 23 August 1882, in Missouri
Melvin Wear, born 15 January 1884, in Kansas
Ellen May Wear, born 10 August 1891, in Missouri
End of Journal record for Lydia Ann (Collins)Wear
Note: I had made a request for a picture of her cemetery marker :here is what was sent back : The pic of her Marker is not here, although I was notified that the request had been made
Source; Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892
Name: John R. Wear
Spouse: Lydia Ann Collins
Date: 31 Dec 1846
County: Shelby State: Indiana
John Robert Wear married second; 20 February 1868, Shelby County Indiana, Mary E. McCurtchin, born; about 1841, Ohio.
Source; E-mail from Bob McGill Tulsa OK. 11 June 1999
My son-in-law descends from John R. Wear, born 1827, Warren County Ohio, married Lydia Collins, 31 December 1846, John Wear, was son of; Robert Wear (1790-12 October 1897), Carl Junction, Jasper County Missouri, and Catherine Pope, born 1794, Prob. Washington County Pennsylvania, died post 1860 prob. Shelby County Indiana, her parents were Samuel Pope (1761-1837) and Phoebe Lee, daughter of William Lee, who was in Washington County Pennsylvania, About 1790. Robert Wears parents were Samuel Wear (bc.1760-1823, either Warren County Ohio or Shelby County Indiana and Sarah ?
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. and then down to me Marilyn Pederson
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Lydia Ann Collins, born March 6, 1828, Lydia Ann Wear, died 5 April 1866, buried Sandhill Cemetery Shelby County Indiana.
Heirs of John Wear born 1827, and Lydia Ann Wear (nee COLLINS) born 6 March 1828.
John Robert Wear, born December 24th. 1859, Indiana
Heirs of John Robert Wear and Arabell Wear, Arabell Wear was born December 5th. 1860, in Ohio,
Carrie Wear, born December 9th. 1880, in Kansas
Claude Silas "Jack" Wear, born 23 August 1882, in Missouri
Melvin Wear, born 15 January 1884, in Kansas
Ellen May Wear, born 10 August 1891, in Missouri
End of Journal record for Lydia Ann (Collins)Wear
Note: I had made a request for a picture of her cemetery marker :here is what was sent back : The pic of her Marker is not here, although I was notified that the request had been made