U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Minear, David S. (1840-1911) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 443-444 David S. Minear, son of Enoch Minear, of German descent, was born in St. George 1840, and has lived there all his life. All the others of the family manifested a strong passion for traveling and speculation; but he remained steadily at his work at home. In his life we have no stirring stories of adventure, or no narrow escapes from foes and storms and floods, as we have in the history of his brothers. But, as a citizen, he has done his share for the good of his county and State. His life has been that of a farmer, except seven years spent in the merchandise business at St. George. He has been an officer frequently. During the war he was clerk of the county court. In 1867 he married Mary Jane, daughter of William R. Parsons. Their children are: Creed W., Joseph P., John W., C. Bruce and Mary Catharine. He owns a large and valuable farm at St. George, commencing at the town and extending down the river more than a mile. It is the land on which stood the fort at St. George in 1776, and with the exception of S. E. Parsons' farm, is the oldest improvement in the county, and is the site of the first permanent settlement in the county. Minear was not in the regular army during the war, but had experience in the fortunes of hostilities, having been taken prisoner by the Rebels, and escaped, after being shot at several times. The surroundings of his dwelling are among the most desirable in the county. A fine grove of fruit trees and arbors of grapevines surround his house on every side, making it in summer a scene of quietness and beauty, that has all the advantages of town and the secludedness of the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a double-tombstone in Saint George Cemetery, Saint George, Tucker County, West Virginia MINEAR Mary J. David S. 1848-1893 1840-1911 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------