Background
O’Rear, Edward Clay was born on February 2, 1863 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Daniel and Sibba O’Rear.
O’Rear, Edward Clay was born on February 2, 1863 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Daniel and Sibba O’Rear.
Educational public schools, Montgomery County, Kentucky. Studied law in office of Colonel John T. Hazelrigg, Morgan County, Kentucky. Doctor of Laws, Kentucky State and Kentucky Wesleyan colleges
Admitted to bar, 1882.
Republican presidential elector, 1884. County judge Montgomery County, 1894-1898. Chief justice Kentucky Court of Appeals, 7th District, 1907-1908, and reelected without opposition for term 1909-1917.
Resigned, December 9, 1911, to resume law practice.
Republican nominee for government of Kentucky, 1911. Trustee University of Kentucky, 1946.
Married Virginia Lee Hazelrigg, November 29, 1882. Married second, Mabel Taylor, November 15, 1933.