from Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol 17 #2 page 66

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OBJE:_META	<metadataxml><content><line><p>"Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly" Vol 17 Number 2 page 66<br><br>BEAR-LITHIA CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Page County<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contributed by <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dorothy Boyd Rush<br><br>1724/ DEN 15 NOVE ISD JACOB&nbsp; BAER GEBOREN. / ABER DER GERECHTE OB / <br>ER GLEICH ZU ZEIT / LICH STIRBT ISD ER&nbsp; / DOCH IN DER RUHE / DEN<br>SEINE SELE GE / FAELD GOT DARUM / EILET ER MID IHM AUS / DEM BOESEN<br>LEBEN / W. HEIT 4.7.14 ISD / GEST. A.D. 12 FEB 1783.<br><br>(Translation: 1724 / On Nov. 15 was Jacob Baer born.&nbsp; "But the <br>righteous (man) even if he dies too early, is after all at rest,<br>for his soul pleases God . . . . Therefore he hastens with him out<br>of this evil life."&nbsp; Wisdom (Weisheit) 4:7, 14.&nbsp; Died 12 Feb. 1783.)<br><br>1726 / IST ANA BAR / BARA BAERIN / UND DEIN LEBEN / LANG HABE GOTT /<br>VOR AUGEN UND / IM HERZEN UND / HUETE DICH DAS DU / IN KEINE SUENDE<br>WIL / LIGEST UND THUST WIL / DER GOTTES GERBOT / TOBI 4.6 / IST<br>GEBORN 1726 / IST GE / STOR. A. / D. 27 N. 1791.<br><br>(Translation: 1726 / was Anna Barbara (Mrs. ) Baer "And all your life keep God before your eyes and in your heart, and guard yourself that you consent to no sin nor transgress God's commandment. " Tobit (Tobia) 4:6.&nbsp; Was born 1726. Died A. D. Nov. 27 1791.)<br><br>Until recently there was a third legible sandstone marker in this cemetery, which is situated near the locally famous Bear-Lithia Spring just north of Elkton, Virginia on route 340.&nbsp; The third stone was much more recent than the other two, being at the same time larger, thinner and less deeply cut.&nbsp; It is now broken and weathered beyond repair.&nbsp; It used to read: "Jacob Bear departed this life May 17, 1827, aged 61 yrs. 5 mos. and 17 days."&nbsp; This Jacob Bear is known to be the son of the previously mentioned Jacob and Barbara Baer (Bear).<br><br>According to local DAR records, there was also, in years past, a small aged footstone inscribed J.B.S. in the cemetery, suggesting that in fact three generations of Jacob Baers (Bears), paternal grandfather, father, and son, had the same final resting place, despite the fact that the spelling of their name gradually evolved from the German "Baer" to the English "Bear."&nbsp; Others who are interred in this graveyard have no stones to mark their resting.</p></line></content></metadataxml>
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Alive Dead Death>100 Death<=100 Birth>100 Birth<=100 Roots Leaves
Given names	Surname	Sosa	Birth		Place		Death		Age	Place	Last change
Jacob Whiskey Bear Jr Jacob Whiskey Bear (Bar-Barr-Baier-Baer-Bear-Bare) II Father: Jagley Jack Jacob Bär Bear Mother: Mary Barbara Wilson				November 15, 1724 1735	299	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Rockingham County, Virginia, USA	8	February 12, 1783 February 12, 1788 February 12, 1783	241	58	Bear Lithia Spring, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Bear Lithia Spring, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Bear Lithia Spring, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA	Never	M	YES	YES

Both alive Widower Widow Both dead Roots Leaves Not married Marriage>100 Marriage<=100 Divorce Multiple marriages
Given names	Surname	Age	Given names	Surname	Age	Marriage		Place		Last change