1882 - 1964

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• Birth	20 Jan 1882	New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Feb 1964	Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
  Person ID	I107231	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Bessie Belle SHANER, b. 6 May 1886, Truro Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio
  Married	20 Feb 1909	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. James Clifford EALY, b. 24 Jan 1910, Hamilton, Ontario, Canda   2. Arthur Raymond EALY
  Family ID	F45364	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Wilbur Clifford Ealy at the age of 20 went to Indianapolis, Indiana and learned the trade of a sawsmith. In 1906 he secured a position in a saw company in Columbus, OH where he met Bessie Belle Shaner. Two years later, in 1908 he secured work in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Bessie Belle Shaner followed her love up to Canada and they were married on February 20, 1909. Eleven months later on Jan 24, 1910, their union was blessed with a baby boy. The named him James Clifford Ealy. Within the next few years Wilbur moved back to Indianapolis, IN and Bessie being pregant with the second child went to her Father's home in Columbus, Ohio and remained until July. At that time she and her sister Laura May Shaner, with baby James went to Indianapolis, Indiana. On August 2, 1912 another baby boy was born. He was named Arthur Raymond Ealy. In 1917 the family moved back to Columbus, Ohio. Again they moved in 1929, to Philadelphia, PA. James Clifford Ealy was married to Mary Charlotte Hays in Columbus in 1929 before the left in 1932. During the depression the family retuned to Columbus, Ohio to live with James H.. Shaner. In the fall of 1932 Wilbur found work in St. Louis, Missouri and on February 28, 1933 Bessie and Arthur joined him. Bessie and Wilbur Ealy lived in various locations in the St. Louis area during the rest of their lifetimes. Clifford and Mary remained in the Ohio area, upon the return from Philadelphia.