Loucinda Sheets was born April 11, 1826 to Absolom Bower and Catherine "Katie" Sheets, who were never married. She married Elias Lewis Bare who was born November 9, 1809.
1. Leander (Lee) Bare born about 1841. He was killed in the Civil War at Gettysburg.
2. Pharr (Farrow) Bare born about 1842. Served in the Civil War.
3. Hamilton Bare born about 1843. Served in the Civil War.
4. Absolom Bare born about 1844. He was killed in the Civil War.
5. George Bare born about 1846.
6. Ellen Bare born about 1848.
7. Mary Bare born about 1850.
8. Briget Bare born about 1851.
9. Catherine Bare born about 1853.
10. Margaret Bare born about 1855.
11. Bartlett Bare born October 15, 1856 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
12. Harrison Bare born about 1859.
13. Matilda Bare born about 1862.
14. Emma Jane Bare born February 23, 1862.
15. Freelin Bare born August 8, 1865 in Waggoner, North Carolina.
Elias Lewis Bare died March 1880. He is buried in Freel Bare Family Cemetery, Ashe County, North Carolina. She died May 26, 1878.
"Elias and Lucinda had four sons, Lee, Farrow, Hamilton, and Absolum, who served. Lee was killed July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg. On the night before the Battle of the Wilderness which took places on the 5-6 of May 1864, Absolum was seen by his first cousin Jesse Bare, but he was never heard from again. Farrow survived the war, but was later killed in a shooting accident at Cicero Bare's." from http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cathysgenealogy/genealogy/bare.htm