25   WEAR VALLEY F 015.01 MMY 76 1A: b. Wear Valley. Farmer; Methodist; 8th gr. Travel to Fla. Former district committeeman. Mother: b. Gatlinburg; public school; teacher. MGP: settled in Gatlinburg and Greenbrier (Sevier Co.). Father: b. Wear Cove; public school; grocer. PGP: probably from N.C.; first settlers in Wear Valley, 1794. Wife: b. Wear Valley; 72; hw.; Methodist; 8th gr.; parental ancestry: N.C. An extremely insular and cautious man, but a model local folk informant.  Very talkative; language unaffected by schooling or reading. LP/73:LP/ 73 6 hr. 10 min.