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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. | 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 [[Bear | + | 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]] | [[Image:LewisHenriettaBearGraves.jpg|thumb|left|The tree-shaped graves of Lewis & Henrietta Bear]] |