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CHARLES LYMAN CREAR
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CHARLES LYMAN CREAR, of Rutherford, was born in Albany, N. Y.,
on the 2d of August, 1847. He is the son of William James Crear and
Mary J. Seaton, natives of the Isle of Man. Mr. Crear was educated in the public schools of New York City, and in 1863 enlisted in the War of the Rebellion, serving about eighteen months in the Seventy-first Militia Regiment, the One Hundred and Second Regiment, and the Fifty-sixth New York Volunteers. During the past thirty-one years he has been associated with the New York News Company, of which be is now cashier. In public as well as in business life Mr. Crear is well known. He has served three terms of three years each as Councilman of Rutherford, N. J., where he resides, and is President of the Lincoln League, a strong Republican organization. His political affiliations have always been with the Republican party, in which he has taken an active interest. He is a member of the Union Club of Rutherford, of Rutherford Council, Royal Arcanum, of Boiling Springs Lodge, F. and A. M., and of Gershom Mott Post, G. A. R. He is also a member and Treasurer of the Rutherford Athletic Association. As a citizen he is public spirited, progressive, and highly respected. Mr. Crear married Jessie L. Stewart, daughter of William James Stewart, one of the pioneers of Rutherford, N. J. They have one son, Lyman Durando Crear, who enlisted in Company L, Second New Jersey Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War, and was afterward transferred to Colonel Torrey's " Rough Riders." He is now employed by the North Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company, of Hackensack.
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