John Cears Kear Family
A History of the John Cears/Kear family
Elizabeth Pring
Elizabeth
Pring, daughter of Mary Ann KEAR and Richard PRING, was born on 19 June
1823, in Licking County, Ohio [note
1]. She died on 16 June 1861 [note
2]. Elizabeth married Isaac Brittson, Jr., on 26
November 1840, in Van Wert County, Ohio [note
3]. Isaac was born on 27 September 1818, in Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, to Isaac
BRITTSON, and died on 23 March 1891 [note
4]. Isaac and Elizabeth are buried in the Harrison
Baptist Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio [note
5].
Isaac
"was reared from the
age of twelve years on his father's farm in Adams County, Indiana, came
to Van Wert County in early
manhood. . . . After marriage [to Elizabeth, they] settled on wild land
in the central part of Harrison Twp." Isaac was first a Lutheran but
later became a Methodist." [note
6]
After
the death of Elizabeth, Isaac married Sarah POMEROY, who died on 13
January 1881, age 41 years 6
months, and is buried in the Harrison Baptist Cemetery, Van Wert
County, Ohio [note
7]. He then married Mrs. Mary
M. Hillard on 8 Oct 1882 in Adams
County, Indiana [note
8].
Elizabeth and Isaac Brittson had eight children:
1. Mary Margaret BRITTSON, born 30 Nov 1841.
2. Daniel BRITTSON, born 6 March 1844.
3. Jeremiah BRITTSON, born 23 April 1846.
4. Martha BRITTSON
5. John BRITTSON
6. Jenny BRITTSON
7. Lucina BRITTSON
8. William BRITTSON
1. Pring Bible, owned by Hazel Pring Wilson.
2. Ibid. [Return to text]
3. Marriage Book, No 1, Van Wert County, Ohio, 1840-1855, p 2. [Return to text]
4. Record of Mercer and Van Wert Counties, (Chicago: A.W. Bowen a Co., 1896), "Biographical History of Van Wert County," p 70. (His tombstone reads 1892.)
5. Van Wert County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions, (Van Wert County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society: 1992), vol. 5, p. 169. [Return to text]
6. Record. [Return to text]
7. Van Wert County. [Return to text]
8. Index to Marriage Records, Adams County, Indiana, 1845 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A - Z Inclusive, Book D, p. 519. [Return to text]
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