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H. G. GEAR
H.
G. GEAR, attorney, is a native of Marietta,
Ohio, born December 1, 1842. His parents were natives of New
England and were among the early settlers of Ohio. His father, Rev. Hiram Gear, was a prominent minister
in the Baptist church, who died in 1843. The mother, whose family name was
Sage, resided in Granville, Ohio, for a number of years preceding her death,
which occurred in the spring of 1891. Our subject attended school during
boyhood, entered Marietta College and graduated in 1862. He began reading law while a
tutor in the college, and entered the law office of Judge Ewart,
of Marietta. Upon reaching his majority he came to the Pacific coast
and pursued his legal studies with Judge Van Clief,
of Downieville, and was admitted to the bar on his
twenty-first birthday, December 1, 1863. He engaged in the practice of law in
Sierra, Plumas and Lassen counties until 1870, when he returned to his native
State and remained until 1883. Coming then again to California,
he located in San
Francisco, and
since then has successfully practiced his profession here. While engaged in
general practice he has given much attention to mining law and mining
litigation. Mr. Gear was elected District Attorney of Plumas county
in 1868, and held that office two years. For the past two years he has been
Assistant Reporter of Supreme Court decisions, and has prepared an Index Digest
of the California Supreme Court Reports for sixty-seven volumes, also
Supplemental Digest to Volumes 56 to 64 inclusive, California Reports; and also
wrote a treatise on the "Law of Landlord and Tenant." Mr. Gear is a
consistent Republican, with prohibition proclivities, but not an office-seeker.
Transcribed 1-28-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 290-291, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2006 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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