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'''Lewis Bear''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]) was a Bavarian German immigrant and who founded the [[Lewis Bear Company]] in [[1876]]. A native of [[ConfederateWikipedia:Oettingen in Bayern|Oettingen, Bavaria]] veteran who , Bear moved to Pensacola from 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]]. A year later he established The [[Lewis Bear & Company]] was initially a combination grocery on and chandlery, and Bear soon partnered with [[C. J. Heinberg]] to expand the business. In [[1892]] the company constructed [[Bear Block|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 [[Lewis Temple Beth-El Cemetery]]. The business was carried on by his sons [[Morris Bear|Morris]] and [[Max L. Bear Company|Max]], as well as [[Adolph Greenhut]] — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor. 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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