Mcnear Family History & Genealogy

Howard Terbell McNear of Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA was born on January 27, 1905, and died at age 63 years old on January 3, 1969. Howard McNear was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery Section 323 Row A Site 12 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, in Los Angeles.

Howard F Mcnear of Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA was born on November 29, 1921, and died at age 76 years old on September 25, 1998.

Allen H Mcnear of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on November 29, 1912, and died at age 68 years old in March 1981.

Fred Mcnear of Savannah, Chatham County, GA was born on October 16, 1919, and died at age 71 years old on November 1, 1990.

Edgar Jr Mcnear of Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA was born on November 20, 1922, and died at age 62 years old in June 1985.

James E Mcnear of Rochester, Beaver County, PA was born on November 24, 1923, and died at age 72 years old on November 29, 1995.

Harry L Mcnear of Rochester, Beaver County, PA was born on June 5, 1922, and died at age 46 years old in September 1968.

Charles S Mcnear of Chester, Delaware County, PA was born on September 24, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on June 2, 2008.

Gilbert Mcnear of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on December 8, 1916, and died at age 64 years old in August 1981.

Erman W Mcnear of Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois was born on August 26, 1910, and died at age 62 years old in April 1973.

Glennis H Mcnear of Albright, Preston County, WV was born on January 5, 1928, and died at age 69 years old on December 15, 1997.

William Samuel McNear of San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA was born on June 2, 1917, and died at age 79 years old on March 18, 1997. William McNear was buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-2 Site 807 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella.

William H Mcnear of Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania was born on May 4, 1919, and died at age 62 years old in June 1981.

William H Mcnear of Albright, Preston County, WV was born on March 4, 1914, and died at age 62 years old in March 1976.

Bernard Mcnear of Fountain Run, Monroe County, Kentucky was born on March 28, 1922, and died at age 44 years old in November 1966.

John D Mcnear of Rochester, Beaver County, PA was born on December 15, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on June 3, 1998.

Willie M Mcnear of Alcoa, Blount County, TN was born on March 29, 1921, and died at age 69 years old on May 10, 1990.

Arvest Mcnear of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio was born on September 19, 1909, and died at age 74 years old in October 1983.

Archie Mcnear of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on September 29, 1891, and died at age 85 years old in December 1976.

Maxie attended church as a child. When she was young and in love she eloped one Sunday morning with John Collins. Her Father was sitting in church when his wife whispered to him that she thought Maxie was gone to get married. He jumped up in middle of service and loudly said “Good God I’m going home” and stomped out. That was May 29, 1927. Maxie was a farmer’s wife which had lots of chores but she also worked in a shirt factory for around 40 (?) years. She put cuffs on men’s dress shirts for many years. That came in handy at home because her husband John was a petite man and needed all sleeves shortened. She was a very accomplished seamstress. She said she never spent one dime of her paychecks. She only spent the money she got from carpooling in her car. She won the South Eastern Fair pie contest first place many, many years in a row with her secret ( never revealed to anyone) pecan pie. She made a dozen at a time and froze the other 11. One year she said she needed to give someone else a chance to win and didn’t enter the contest. But unbeknownst to her, her daughter sneaked a frozen pie into the contest and you guessed it, it still won! She was upset but I believe still secretly pleased. Her husband milked a sweet cow every day and she put the milk bucket in the pie safe to separate. She then churned delicious butter which was known by all her neighbors as creamy and delicious. After many years of doing it manually, she finally got an electric churn. She froze most of it and people would come by, go get what they wanted and leave her the money in a jar. She had a series of dogs that were all named “Flossie”. Her great granddaughter April was so excited to see her chihuahua again and was very surprised when a huge black dog also named Flossie appeared instead. She had a rule that if the boys killed an animal they had to eat it. So, we ate every kind of meat you can imagine including snake. It was years before I realized that she didn’t eat that wild meat herself. She loved to fish and ate fish almost daily. She sat on a 5 gallon bucket with water in it to put the fish in. One day she was on a bank fishing and broke her ankle badly. She was horrified that she was dirty and didn’t want a doctor to see her like that so they had to bring her home first for a shower before going to the hospital. She was stern looking a lot and began smiling more and telling about her adventures after she joined the Senior traveling group in town. They went all over in a comfy bus. Her husband being a most contented man didn’t share her love of traveling and now she had friends to go with her. She finally spent some of the money she had saved for so long.