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Lucinda Redmon Orear, 1823–1852 American portrait painter active in St. Charles, MO

1. Self Portrait, 1835 2. Charles Wheeler (1795-1873), c. 1845 3. Permelia Redmon Wheeler (1816-1881), c. 1845

Lucinda Ethell Redmon was the daughter of George W. Redman [sic] and Lucy Ethell. George and his family emigrated from Kentucky and settled in St. Charles in 1828. He is listed in the 1830 census with his wife, 4 children and 6 slaves. He died in 1831 and his widow did not remarry.

Lucinda married Major Nelson Catlett Orear (1818-1905) in 1846. Maj. Orear was connected with the press of St. Charles as well as the manufacturing and commercial interests of the city and county. They were the parents of three children, Medorah, Adelia, and John. Lucinda died in 1852 at the age of 29, after the birth of her third child. Orear married his second wife, also of the Orear family, in 1854. They had 11 children. Orear died in 1905 in Orearville, MO.

Lucinda’s sister Permelia married Charles Wheeler, a lawyer, in 1834.

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#i believe that naming one's daughter 'medora' says something about one's literary tastes #and as orear's other children were not so fancifully named i imagine Lucinda was the byronist of the family #the redmon family history is oddly evasive about orear of orearville's business 'connections'#if the date is correct Lucinda painted the self portrait at the age of 12 #but unless I am completely mistaken both she and Permelia look to be dressed in the style of the late 30s #maybe early 40s #p sure sleeves were still big af in 1835 #lucinda redmon orear

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