Robert Bear, son of Sebastian and Helen Somsen Bear, was born January 7, 1919 at Jamestown. He married Kathleen Rahlf, daughter of William and Alice Leininger Rahlf, at Binford on October 17, 1945. She was born July 26, 1927.
The couple had seven children: Ramona, Robert, Rahlf, James, Kathleen, Matthew and Virginia.
The Bears bought their farm on section 28 in 1946.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 95B