John was the son of John and Martha Jane (Mattie) Warden Grear, and grandson to Raleigh County pioneers (then Fayette County, Virginia), Thomas Warden and Martha Black Warden. He married Laura Hester Ball about 1883, and was widowed between 1908 and 1910. Laura was the daughter of James P (the P probably stands for Pinkney) and Ardelia Nettle Ball, and the niece of McDowell C and Eliza Rachel Ball Warden.
After being widowed, John married Emily I or J (Emma) Smith Matheny on the 21st day of January 1914 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. He appears to have no surviving children with Emma, she had at least 1 son, Charles E Matheny from her previous husband, William.
John and Laura's known children are:
Willie Lee Grear Via (1886–between 1921 & 1925)
George W Grear (1888–1907)
James Pinkney Grear (1891–1977)
Lonnie Edgar Grear (1894–1965)
Ardelia Belle (Delia) Grear Sumner (1896–1979)
Louisa Grear (1898–)
John Franklin Grear, Junior (1901–1984)
Note, there was at least one more child, because in Laura's 1900 United States census record, she had given birth to 7 children, but only 6 were living.
Below are links to John's records at the West Virginia Archives:
Marriage Record for Emma Matheny
Death Certificate
Death Register, Second page, line 7
After being widowed, John married Emily I or J (Emma) Smith Matheny on the 21st day of January 1914 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. He appears to have no surviving children with Emma, she had at least 1 son, Charles E Matheny from her previous husband, William.
John and Laura's known children are:
Willie Lee Grear Via (1886–between 1921 & 1925)
George W Grear (1888–1907)
James Pinkney Grear (1891–1977)
Lonnie Edgar Grear (1894–1965)
Ardelia Belle (Delia) Grear Sumner (1896–1979)
Louisa Grear (1898–)
John Franklin Grear, Junior (1901–1984)
Note, there was at least one more child, because in Laura's 1900 United States census record, she had given birth to 7 children, but only 6 were living.
Below are links to John's records at the West Virginia Archives:
Marriage Record for Emma Matheny
Death Certificate
Death Register, Second page, line 7
John was the son of John and Martha Jane (Mattie) Warden Grear, and grandson to Raleigh County pioneers (then Fayette County, Virginia), Thomas Warden and Martha Black Warden. He married Laura Hester Ball about 1883, and was widowed between 1908 and 1910. Laura was the daughter of James P (the P probably stands for Pinkney) and Ardelia Nettle Ball, and the niece of McDowell C and Eliza Rachel Ball Warden.
After being widowed, John married Emily I or J (Emma) Smith Matheny on the 21st day of January 1914 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. He appears to have no surviving children with Emma, she had at least 1 son, Charles E Matheny from her previous husband, William.
John and Laura's known children are:
Willie Lee Grear Via (1886–between 1921 & 1925)
George W Grear (1888–1907)
James Pinkney Grear (1891–1977)
Lonnie Edgar Grear (1894–1965)
Ardelia Belle (Delia) Grear Sumner (1896–1979)
Louisa Grear (1898–)
John Franklin Grear, Junior (1901–1984)
Note, there was at least one more child, because in Laura's 1900 United States census record, she had given birth to 7 children, but only 6 were living.
Below are links to John's records at the West Virginia Archives:
Marriage Record for Emma Matheny
Death Certificate
Death Register, Second page, line 7
After being widowed, John married Emily I or J (Emma) Smith Matheny on the 21st day of January 1914 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. He appears to have no surviving children with Emma, she had at least 1 son, Charles E Matheny from her previous husband, William.
John and Laura's known children are:
Willie Lee Grear Via (1886–between 1921 & 1925)
George W Grear (1888–1907)
James Pinkney Grear (1891–1977)
Lonnie Edgar Grear (1894–1965)
Ardelia Belle (Delia) Grear Sumner (1896–1979)
Louisa Grear (1898–)
John Franklin Grear, Junior (1901–1984)
Note, there was at least one more child, because in Laura's 1900 United States census record, she had given birth to 7 children, but only 6 were living.
Below are links to John's records at the West Virginia Archives:
Marriage Record for Emma Matheny
Death Certificate
Death Register, Second page, line 7
Inscription
Father
John Frank
Grear
Nov. 4, 1858
Dec. 3, 1941
He is not dead, but sleepeth.
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