Peter D. Bear reports that Ludwig Bear's father was Daniel Bear
As shown below, Volume III of the 1906 book "History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania" states, "Ludwig Bear, son of Daniel Bear (1), was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and later removed to Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where he cultivated a farm, and owned and managed a distillery and a tannery, in all of which undertakings he was most successful. He was a Whig and a member of the Lutheran church. He was twice married; the name of his first wife is not preserved; his second wife was Catherine Shaulis, who died March 3, 1854. Ludwig Bear died September 4, 1820. He had five children by his first wife, and seven by the second, among whom was a son, Daniel."
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