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Robert Duke Wear

(1854-1919)

Robert Duke Wear was born at Verona, Mississippi on February 26, 1854. "By profession Mr. Wear is a lawyer, and resides in Granbury, Texas. He was married in 1876 to Miss Cora Leeper. The poems of Mr. Wear have appeared quite extensively in the periodical press . . . ." [Thos. W. Herringshaw (ed.), Local and National Poets of America 927 (Chicago: American Publishers' Association, 1890)]

Poetry

Robert D. Wear, Beauty, a Romance From Real Life: Written in Verse: Together with a Few Poems (Fort Worth: Published by the author, 1885)