Editing Lewis Bear

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| subject_name   =Lewis Bear
| image_name     =LewisBear.jpg
| image_size     =180px
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| date_of_birth  =[[October 20]], [[1831]]
| place_of_birth =[[Wikipedia:Oettingen in Bayern|Oettingen, Bavaria]], Germany
| date_of_death  =[[July 18]], [[1895]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation     =Businessman
| religion       =
| spouse         =[[Henrietta Kugelman]]
| parents        =
| children       =[[Morris Bear]]<br/>[[Max L. Bear]]<br/> [[Sallie Bear Kahn]]<br/> [[Bertha Bear Rosenau]]<br/> [[Jake Bear]]
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'''Lewis Bear''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]) was a German immigrant who founded the [[Lewis Bear Company]] in [[1876]].

A native of [[Wikipedia:Oettingen in Bayern|Oettingen, Bavaria]], Bear moved to the United States in 1848, serving with the [[Confederacy]] during the [[Civil War]] and operating a spirits business in Greenville, Alabama until prohibitionist laws there pressured him to relocate. He moved his family to Pensacola in [[1876]] and set up shop at 118 South [[Palafox Street]]. The [[Lewis Bear & Company]] was initially a combination grocery and chandlery, and Bear soon partnered with [[C. J. Heinberg]] to expand the business.

In [[1892]] the company constructed [[Lewis Bear Building|its own building]] at [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Main Street]]. The new warehouse and office building held a variety of groceries, building materials, animal feeds, liquor, and other merchandise.

[[Image:LewisHenriettaBearGraves.jpg|thumb|left|The tree-shaped graves of Lewis & Henrietta Bear]]
Bear passed away in [[1895]] and is buried in the [[Temple Beth-El Cemetery]]. The business was carried on by his sons [[Morris Bear|Morris]] and [[Max L. Bear|Max]], as well as [[Adolph Greenhut]]. In addition to Morris and Max, Lewis Bear had three other children: Sallie Bear Kahn, Bertha Bear Rosenau, and Jake Bear.

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==References==
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*[http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/cemeteries/templebeth-el.htm Temple Beth-El Cemetery listings]
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