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John G. Wear

b. 1840

Biography

John G. Wear was born in Green county, Missouri in 1840 and later moved to Lawrence county, Mo. He served as a Colonel in the Confederate army and after the war returned to Lawrence county to resume the study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1874 he was elected to represent the Eighteenth Senatorial District in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly, and in 1882 moved to Poplar Bluff to practice law.

Details

Occupation
Lawyer
Military Service
Served as a Colonel in the Confederate army
Birth Year
c. 1840

Birth year is estimated from the yearbook class level, not a recorded fact.

Address
Court House, Poplar Bluff
Birth Place
Green county, Missouri

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