Elizabeth Ann BearAge: 90 years1837–1927
- Name
- Elizabeth Ann Bear
- Given names
- Elizabeth Ann
- Surname
- Bear
- Married name
- Elizabeth Ann Troutman
Shared note: Mary Etta Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Samuel L Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Frank Samuel Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | July 21, 1837 27 27 |
 Death of a mother | Martha Bowman August 13, 1844 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | Samuel L Troutman — View this family January 10, 1867 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ella Troutman October 8, 1867 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ella Troutman October 18, 1867 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Etta Troutman October 2, 1868 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a son #3 | Frank Samuel Troutman January 26, 1873 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a father | Jacob Bear October 5, 1891 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Andrew Jackson “Jack” Conover — Mary Etta Troutman — View this family June 28, 1893 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Frank Troutman Conover April 22, 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Frank Troutman Conover July 11, 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Albert Taylor Conover October 21, 1897 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Frank Samuel Troutman — Clara Elizabeth “Lizzie” Barner — View this family January 24, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Martha Evelyn Troutman November 18, 1901 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Bruce Franklin Troutman February 25, 1904 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Jack Barner Troutman June 14, 1906 (Age 68 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel L Troutman June 17, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Frances Elizabeth Troutman January 31, 1912 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ruth Carol Troutman December 23, 1913 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 80 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | November 10, 1927 (Age 90 years) |
| Obituary | Elizabeth A Bear Obituary November 11, 1927 (1 day after death) Shared note: Elizabeth A Bear Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boiling Springs Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jacob Bear Birth: November 27, 1809 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 5, 1891 — Macon, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Martha Bowman Birth: July 26, 1809 — Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 13, 1844 — Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Marriage: April 12, 1831 — Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
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6 years herself |
Elizabeth Ann Bear Birth: July 21, 1837 27 27 — Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Death: November 10, 1927 — Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Samuel L Troutman |
| husband |
Samuel L Troutman Birth: March 1, 1843 26 25 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: June 17, 1910 — Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Ann Bear Birth: July 21, 1837 27 27 — Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Death: November 10, 1927 — Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: January 10, 1867 — Macon, Illinois, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Ella Troutman Birth: October 8, 1867 24 30 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: October 18, 1867 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Mary Etta Troutman Birth: October 2, 1868 25 31 — Bearsdale, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: February 10, 1948 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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4 years son |
Frank Samuel Troutman Birth: January 26, 1873 29 35 — Bearsdale, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: September 1, 1958 — Bearsdale, Macon, Illinois, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Bear - Household
Southampton, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel L Troutman - Household
ED 154 Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel L Troutman - Household
Ed 49 Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel L Troutman - Household
ED 110 Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Ann Bear - Household
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| Obituary | Elizabeth A Bear Obituary and Family Listing
Elizabeth is the daughter of Jacob and Martha Bowman Bear. She married Samuel Troutman on January 10, 1868, in Macon County, IL. Elizabeth died at the home of her son, Frank S Troutman, of Bearsdale. She had been failing health for some time and had been confined to her bed for the last ten days.
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| Name | Mary Etta Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
Obituary documents the following family members: parents Samuel and Elizabeth Bear Troutman, husband Andrew Jackson Conover, son Albert T Conover, brother Frank Troutman, and sister-in-law Mrs Anna M Boland
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| Name | Samuel L Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
Samuel was born the son of Peter and Mary Polly (Bruce) Troutman, in Fulton Couty, IN.
At the age of nineteen, Samuel enlisted into the Civil War. Enlisted as a Private on 9 August 1862. Enlisted in Company B, 116th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Sep 1862. Mustered Out Company B, 116th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 May 1865.
After the war, Samuel joined his parents in Decatur, IL, to which city the had relocated themselves.
He married Elizabeth A Bear on January 10, 1868, in Macon County, IL. Following their marriage, the young couple took up residence on a farm near Bearsdale, having purchased a tract of 160 acres. For 45 years, Samuel would actively engage in the improvement and development of his farm. About 1890, Samuel erected a grain elevator in Bearsdale, for buying and selling grain from the local farmers. He then retired to a home in Decatur, IL. He continued to own the farm ground that he originally bought and received a good annual income from it.
He was survived by his wife, his son, Frank S Troutman, who resides on the family farm and his daughter, Mary Etta, the wife of A.J. Conover.
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| Name | Frank Samuel Troutman Obituary and Family Listing
Obit: Thur. Sep. 4, 1958. Prairie Post Newspaper.
Frank S. Troutman, 85, of R.R. 3 Decatur, died Aug. 31 at his home.
He was born Jan. 26, 1873 near Bearsdale, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth A. Bear Troutman. He was married to Clara Elizabeth Barner on January 24, 1900, in Belle Plaine, KS. She died in 1952.
Mr. Troutman was a retired farmer living in the Bearsdale area all of his life. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and the A.T.A.
He leaves a son Bruce, Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Cole; Mrs. Ruth Buckley and Mrs. Frances Beall, all of Decatur.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Dawson and Wikoff Funeral Home with burial in Boiling Springs Cemetery.
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