Wesley R. Orear

Birth Date

c1821

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Boyle County, Kentucky, postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda F. Greenwood Orear. Stepfather of Amanda D. Greenwood. Postmaster in Boyle County in 1850. Postmaster in Boyle County in 1860. Postmaster in Boyle County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 362A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 885.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 157B.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Boyle County, KY, July 1863, p. 7.

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