Joseph Fears & America Penn "My Great-Grandparents" By Ewing Fears Best
Joseph Reuben Fears was born
2-22-1856 i
n
Springport, Henry County,
KY [confirmed and updated
12/27/04]. He was the son of Jesse Fears (1833
- 1883) and Elizabeth
Hickman Evins Fears (1834 - 1923). He was an
attorney in Henry County, KY
and later a County judge. On 3-23-1887, in Franklin
County, he married America
"Maggie" Penn at the Antioch Church.
Maggie was the daughter of Robert Franklin
Penn [1831-1894] and America Franes Riner
[1831-1901]. from
Franklin County, KY. Joe Reuben and Maggie had
6 children [all born in
Henry County]: John Carroll [my
Grandfather] b. 7-10-1889, Anna Mae b.
12-18-1890, Morgan Penn b.
6-13-1896, Virginia Ethington b. 10-18-1898, Joseph
Reuben, Jr. b. 6-23-1902,
and America Kathleen b. 2-7-1909. Note*
John Carroll Fears married
Mary Generose Edelen in 1920 |