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Cornelius Clear
B: 1821
M: April 2, 1840
D: June 5, 1867 Union City, Indiana (Hit by Train)
Buried: Union City Cemetery

Notes: "Cornelius and Mary Elizabeth (Root) Clear, lived on a farm, on west side of road, on State Line, south of Union City, Indiana." - from CLEAR Family Record by Pearl Renicker Wagoner, pub. circa 1971.

• Cornelius  Clear and his family are listed in the Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana census (Lines 18 through 27 ) which is dated July 21, 1860. (View Document)

 
Mary Rebecca Root
B: May 1823
M: April 2, 1840
D: April 1903 Wayne Township, Indiana
Buried: German Baptist "Dunkard" Cemetery
Parents: Abraham Root and Elizabeth Brumbaugh.
Notes: Mary's sister, Elizabeth, married Cornelius' brother John.
 
 
Children of Cornelius Clear and Mary Rebecca Root
 
 
1. Abraham P. Clear
 
B: July 31, 1841
D: September 10, 1864
Died in Civil War, Campbelton, Georgia
Buried: Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia   (Vieww Pension Slip)
 
 
2. Sophia P. Clear
 
B: 1842
M: February 25, 1864
D: 1922
Spouse: Jesse A. Baker
 
 
 
B: October 24, 1844 Indiana
M: February 24, 1867; May 12, 1878
D: April 17, 1890 Bond County, Illinois
Sps: Margaret Haney; Amanda Warner
 
 
 
B: November 8, 1847 Union City, IN
M: February 9, 1871 Darke Co., Ohio
D: September 10, 1924 Flint, Michigan
Spouse: Catherine Mary King
 
 
 
B: December 5. 1850
M: November 17, 1866
D: May 2, 1938 Indianapolis, Indiana
Spouse: Daniel Woodbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Mary Elizabeth Clear
 
B: 1852
M:
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Spouse: Walker Andrews
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7. Sarah C. Clear
 
B: 1855
M:
D:
Spouse: Harvey Bailey
 
 
 
B: December 11, 1858
M: March 23, 1878 Radolph, Indiana
D: June 18, 1908
Spouse: Jacob Welch
 
 
 
B: August 6, 1860
M: July 3, 1879; April 21, 1890
D: 1938
Sps: Solomon Welch; Charles A. Harshman
 
 
10. Amanda Jane Clear
 
B: 1866
M:
D: 1873
Spouse: