Joel Kear

b 05 Feb 1850,
d 10 Feb 1926,
bur , Sevier, Tennessee

	\|
Joel Kear
\|b 05 Feb 1796	\|
\|d 28 Jul 1871
\|
Joel Kear
\|Mary 'Polly' McCarter
\|m 18 Aug 1870
\|	\|
Sarah Huff
b 11 Jul 1809	\|
d 15 Sep 1886

Children

1	<	James Kear
2	<	Minerva Kear
3	<	Arbinzia Kear
4	<	Sarah L. 'Sally' Kear
5	<	Mary E. Carr
6	<	Elbert Carr
7	<	Matilda Carr
8	<	Joel Carr, [Rev.]
9	<	Richard E. Carr

Notes

Owned the land where Sugarlands Visitor Center and Park Headquarters Buildings are located.

Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 695. 'Mountain Ways', Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

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