William Hamler Fear
- Born: 15 Dec 1775, Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Marriage (1): Mary Delilah Lanter
- Died: 3 Oct 1861, Decatur, Indiana, USA at age 85
- Buried: Center Grove Cemetery
General Notes:
His father emigrated from Britain, his name might have been John or Edmund Fear.
William and Mary moved from Harrison, Kentucky to an 80 acre tract of thickly wooded land six miles west of Greensburg, Decatur county, Indiana in 1835. Three years later he bought and moved to an eighty acre tract near to and just west of Newburg. Here too it was vast wilderness, giant treees, briars, bushes and brush. He cleared it an built a typical log cabin. There were just a few settlers, no roads, wild turkeys, panthers, wolves and wild cats, and squirrels so many they could eat and destroy acres of corn.
Children:
Irma Fear 1814-1840
Mary Ann Fear 1815-1903 m. Gartin
Benjamin F Fear 1816-
Edmond Fear 1817-1861
William G Fear 1820-1882
James Fear 1822-1887
John Henry Fear 1823-1920
Henry Newton Fear 1831-1919, born in Campbell, KY
Nancy Ann Fear 1833-1856
Martha Frances Fear 1837-1923 m. Webb
In 1920 John, Newton and Frances were still living. John in Jackson county, Newton in Blackford county and Frances in Bartholomew.
William married Mary Delilah Lanter. (Mary Delilah Lanter was born on 15 Jan 1796 in Orange, Virginia and died on 18 Nov 1865 in Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana, USA.)
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