The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
CAPTAIN BEAR DEAD.
LIVED AT TANNERY SINCE 187O-WAS
SUPERINTENDENT OF CARROLL OAK
TANNING COMPANY FOR YEARS
CAPTAIN OF COMPANY c, SIXTH
MARYLAND INFANTRY DURING The
CIVIL WAR-COMMANDER OF THE
G. A. R. THIS CITY FOR Is YEARS.

Captain James Shellman Bear, a
leading resident of this county, died
at his home at Tannery, in his S3rd
year, OF inIrmities of age, Sunday
morning, at / o'clock.
Captain Bear was born in Balti-
more on July Il, 1884. and that city
was MS home Lntil the close OF the
Civil War. H was d son of Dr.
Michael Shellm&n Bear, prominent
and skillful physician and surgeon,
and Of Matilda Chase Bear, nee
Ridgely, OF Annapolis. He was a
brother of Dr. +. K. Bear, William H.
Bear, Arthur p Bear and Mrs. John
" ilsOn Brown, of Baltimore, who pre-
deceased him; one sister, Mrs. Gra-
ham Ridgely, of Baltimore, and three
children, DR.. Harry r. Bear and Miss
Blanche X. Bear, of Tannery, and
James S. Bear, Jr., OF Baltimore, sur
Vive him. He was lineally descended
from George Bear and John She'll
man, who came from Germany to
Frederick county in the 18th century.
John Shellman was one OF the sur
VivorS of BraddOck's defeat and
Henry Bear served under Captain
Peter Mantz throughout the ReyOlu-
tiOnary War. His father, DR.. Michael
). Bear and several uncleS served in
the war of 1872 and took part in the
defense OF Baltimore. Captain Bear
was educated at private and prochial
schools, at Loyola College and St.
Mary's Military Academy.
At the time of the Baltimore riot in
April, 1861, when the sixth Massa-
chusetts was attacked while passing
through the city, Captain Bear took
sides with the troops and the same
night with party OF citizens seized
the Pikesville arsenal and helped
hold it until United States troops
took possession. He served through
the Civil War in the First Maryland
Volunteer Infantry, under Col John
r. kenly. He entered the service as
second lieutenant of Company A, June
80, 1861, and was promoted to first
lieutenant of Company A, November
l, 1861. He was wounded and taken
prisoner May %, 1862, at Front Roy
al, Va, and was confined at Charles
ton, Belle Island, and Libby prisons.
Exchanged and returned to his regi-
ment, he was for gallant service pro-
/ AAAONNO ~ |AtN StpICtlIlSy VI NOLl pan y
G, December IS, 1862, and served to
the end of the conflict. Prominent as
Grand Army man, he was a member
of the Grand Army Club of Baltimore,
and of Burns Post this city. For
many years he has been commander
of the latter, and also served as De-
partment Commander of MARYLAND,
and as an officer on the staff of the
ntI al Il
G. A r.
At the end of the war he purchased
and Tor five years conducted a farm
near ReisterstoWn. In 1866, he mar
ried Susan K, eldest daughter of
Henry b. Fessler, of Frederick, who
died in 1914. In 1870 he formed a
partnership with his brother, Arthur
+. Bear, as A. p Bear & Bro, and
purchased the Schlosser Tannery, at
Tannery, assumed personal charge of
the tannery and has since resided
there. In 1880, when the plant was
sold to England & Bryan, and later
when re-OrganiZed as the Carroll Oak
RAINING Company, he remained con-
tlnuOuSly in charge as superintendent
until he retired from active business.
He was originally a Whig in politics:
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860,
was a staunch Republican, and one of
the pioneer leaders of the party in
Carroll, but never aspired to office.
lie was one of the original volunteer
tIremen of Baltimore City.
He was also agent for the Western
Maryland Railroad and postmaster at
Iannery for many years
The funeral took place Tuesday
morning. The services were conduct
ed by Rev. J. G. Fields, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. The body was
brought to this city for burial on the
ll.7l train. The cortege was met Ell
the station by members of Burns
Post, Grand Army of the Republic
under command of Adjutant John Fl.
Mitten; a detachment from Company
II, Maryland National Guard, under
First Lieutenant Harry G. Berwager.
and a troop of Boy Scouts, under
Scoutmaster Augustus Shriver, and
marched in line on each side Of the
hearse to the cemetery. Following
the religious services at the grave the
Grand Army ritual was read. The
long roll was beaten by Earl Brown. |
and taps sounded by Musician Paul
and three volleys fired over
the grave by a firing squad by Sar-
geant Peter SANTOS, Corporal Arthur |
G. Englar, Privates William Byers. !
John Magins, Nevin Long, Robert .
Long, William Stoner, Samuel Myers, |
Leland Jordan and Labon Baker. The |
body bearers were H. PeytOn Cor ,
such, Judge James A. C. Bond. George |
R. Gehr T. w. Mather, Sr., Joseph B. |
Boyle, Elias o. Grimes, B. w. Heagy
and Jesse C. Sharrer. The honorary
Dallbearers were the 19 members of |
the Burns Post, of which Captain
Bear had been commander for years.
F. G.. Sharrer, funeral director.
Courtesy Night.
Our merchants last spring set aside