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William Minear (b. 1812, d. May 14, 1852)
Notes for William Minear:
William Minear and his wife Lydia Packle Hymer had been living on their apple farm near Van Buren, Iowa.They sold their land to move south in a covered wagon and horse team.They joined Lyman Wight's Colony at the Cedars.
The family tired of living with the Colony and moved down to the Lampasas River, where once again they lived in tents.
William was killed when he went with four men to get a cow that had just had a calf.He never returned.Lydia found his horse and saddle were gone.
After Lydia buried William she gathered her six children and rejoined the Lyman Wight Colony at Hamilton, Texas.
More About William Minear and Lydia Paklehymer:
Marriage: July 09, 1834, Owingsville, Bath County, KY.
Children of William Minear and Lydia Paklehymer are:
- Amanda Minear, b. May 24, 1838, d. May 16, 1863, Bandera, TX.
- Emma Ardosca Minear, b. May 20, 1840, Van Buren County, IA, d. August 16, 1901, Bandera, TX.
- Marinda Minear, b. June 05, 1842, Van Buren County, IA, d. 1923, Charter Oaks, IA.
- Virginia Elva Minear, b. March 25, 1844, Bandera, TX, d. November 06, 1941, Bandera, TX.
- Martha Jane Minear, b. August 25, 1846, Bandera, TX, d. 1900, Bandera, TX.
- Mary Minear, b. October 25, 1848, Bandera, TX, d. November 27, 1935, Bandera, TX.
- +Joseph William Minear, b. March 28, 1851, Lampasas, TX, d. October 07, 1926, Bandera, TX.