Judge Edward Clay
O'Rear
(1863-1961)
Individual Narrative
1. Edward Clay O'Rear II, Genealogical Charts and papers of the O'Rear (Orear) Family: Film 106; Microfilm Roll 106, Kentucky Historical Society Library, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as O'Rear Papers.
2. Ibid.
3. Joan Robert Gioe, Biographical Sketches fromKentucky Genealogy and Biography by W. H. Perrin, 1887, Volume # 1, Bath and Montgomery Counties (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Researchers, 1994), p. 27-28. Hereinafter cited as Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio.
4. O'Rear Papers: Film 106.
5. Gioe, Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio., p. 27-28.
6. Lee Hunt Hoffman Personal Notes and Papers , Library of Lee H. Hoffman.
7. Mrs. Gladys Lee Aiken, 1870 U. S. Census Montgomery County, Kentucky (Springfield, Missouri: Mrs. Gladys Lee Aiken, ca 1996), p. 33. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census Montgomery Co, Ky.
8. O'Rear Papers: Film 106.
9. Gioe, Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio., p. 27-28.
10. Edward Clay (II) Orear, Sketches of the O'Rear Family of Stafford County, Virginia (Frankfort, Kentucky: O'Rear Family Reunion at Attalla, Alabama, 15 Jul 1978). Hereinafter cited as Orear Sketches.
11. Judge Ed O'Rear Describes Life in Morgan County, Licking Valley Courier, West Liberty, Kentucky, 18 Oct 1951, Section 2, p.1-3. Hereinafter cited as Licking Valley Courier.
12. Family History Department, 1880 United States Census and National Index., CD-ROM (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 2001), p.373B. Hereinafter cited as 1880 Census & Index.
13. Licking Valley Courier, 18 Oct 1951, Section 2, p.1-3.
14. Ibid.
15. Gioe, Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio., p. 27-28, says West Liberty instead of Salyersville.
16. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear, Consol's Chief Counsel in Kentucky," The Check Board (Jan-Feb 1950): p. 3, has 1886 at age 19. Hereinafter cited as "Judge Edward C. O'Rear.".
17. O'Rear Papers.
18. Gioe, Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio., p. 27-28.
19. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Virginia Tobin O'Rear, Colonial State Virginia No. 9661, has 29 Nov 1882.
20. Orear, Orear Sketches.
21. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 4.
22. Ibid.
23. Orear, Hist. Montg. Co, KY BAR, p.117.
24. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 5.
25. Orear, Orear Sketches.
26. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Magisterial District No.4, Montgomery County, Kentucky, ED # 64, SD # 10, p. 9, Line 37, Dwelling 186, Family 202, National Archives and Records Administration Micropublication Series T623 Film Reel 545.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Crutchers Schoolhouse Precinct, Franklin County, Kentucky, SD 7, ED 49, P1A/F115, Line 1, Edward C. O'Rear, National Archives and Records Administration.
30. Ibid., Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, SD 10, ED 128, p. 15A/5, Line 182, Ed C ORear.
31. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 5.
32. Orear, Hist. Montg. Co, KY BAR, p.117.
33. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 5.
34. Hoffman Personal Notes and Papers.
35. 1920 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Franklin County, Kentucky, SD 7, ED 89, p. 82A/113, Line 13, Edward C. ORear, National Archives and Records Administration.
36. 1930 U. S. Census Population Schedule, Franklin County, Kentucky, SD 3, ED 37-10, p. 19B, Line 80, Edward ORear, National Archives and Records Administration.
37. Mrs. Virginia Lee Hazelrigg O'Rear, Death Certificate No. 24318 (29 Dec 1944), Department of Human Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Death Cert - Va. H. O'Rear.
38. Gail Mitchell, "E. C. O'Rear," e-mail message from <gailbmitchell@hotmail.com> (unknown address) to Lee H Hoffman, 1 May 2007. Hereinafter cited as "E C O'Rear.".
39. Edward Clay O'Rear and Mabel Taylor marriage, in Marriage Register, Vol. 15, p. 95, Kenton County Clerk, Kenton County Courthouse, Independence, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Marr Reg.
40. Mitchell, "E C O'Rear," e-mail to Hoffman, 1 May 2007.
41. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 5.
42. Hoffman Personal Notes and Papers.
43. Kentucky Death Index, online <http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/>, Vol. 042 Certificate 20537, Death Volume 61. Hereinafter cited as Ky Death Index.
44. Bliss Frye, editor, "Judge Edward C. O'Rear", p. 6.
45. Orear, Orear Sketches.
46. Robert Ripley, "Believe It Or Not," The Lexington Herald, Kentucky (26 May 1958). Hereinafter cited as "Believe It Or Not.".
47. Edward Clay O'Rear I Cemetery Marker, Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky; Lee H. Hoffman, 19 Feb 1999, Old side near bridge, west of road crossing bridge to new side.
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