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New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =Lewis Bear | image_name =LewisBear.jpg | image_size =180px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =October 20, 1831 | place_of_birth =[[W...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Lewis Bear
| image_name =LewisBear.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| 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 =
| signature =
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{{for|the current president of the [[Lewis Bear Company]]|Lewis Bear, Jr.}}
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'''Lewis Bear''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]) was a Bavarian immigrant and [[Confederate]] veteran who moved to Pensacola from Greenville, Alabama in [[1876]]. A year later he established a grocery on [[Palafox Street]] — the [[Lewis Bear Company]] — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor.

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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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[[Category:Natives of Germany|Bear, Lewis]] [[Category:People buried in the Temple Beth-El Cemetery|Bear, Lewis]]

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