Husband Edward Henry Bair 1 2 3
Born: 6 Mar 1859 - Congruity, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 29 Jul 1925 4
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Father: Henry Nicholas Hacke "H. H." Bair (1825-1873) 1 2 5
Mother: Elizabeth Eliza Keener (1824-1894) 5 6
Marriage: 14 Oct 1885 - Latrobe, Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 7 8
• Biographical Sketch: George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926).
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Wife Esther Mary Suydam 4 8
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Father: Joseph L. Suydam ( - ) 4 8
Mother: Mary White ( - ) 4 8
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1 M Paul Suydam Bair 4 7 8
Born: 20 May 1887 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 7
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Spouse: Margaretta Skene ( - ) 4
Marr: 1 Nov 1917 4
2 M Kenneth Henry Bair 4 7 8
Born: 25 Jun 1889 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
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Spouse: Willetta M. Sparks ( - ) 9
Marr: 3 Mar 1918 9
3 F Helen Bair 4 8
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Spouse: Vance E. Booher ( - ) 4
4 M Edward H. Bair, Jr. 9
AKA: Edward Hart Bair 4 8
Born: 9 Apr 1895 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 9
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Died: 30 Jul 1918 - France 9
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5 F Esther Bair 4 8
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Spouse: Robert L. Brock ( - ) 4
6 M Joseph Lawrence Bair 4 8
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General Notes: Husband - Edward Henry Bair
He was educated in the public schools in Salem township and at the New Salem Academy. He was made a teacher at the age of sixteen years in Salem township, Westmoreland County. After teaching for three years he was elected principal of the New Salem schools and during three summers, in partnership with I. E. Lauffer, had charge of the New Salem Academy. He was elected in 1881, principal of the Scottdale public schools, and after two years resigned to locate in Greensburg for the purpose of reading law. Here he took charge of the Ludwick schools. Two years later he drifted into the real estate business. He passed the preliminary law examination and registered with Beacon and Newill (attorneys), but owing to the rapid growth of his real estate business, he abandoned further law studies and thereafter was largely interested in Greensburg real estate.
For many years he was identified with numerous enterprises, having promoted the Westmoreland Electric Company; the Westmoreland Light, Heat and Power Company; the Greensburg Southern Street Railway Company; the Westmoreland Realty Company; the Iron City Land Company; the Atlantic Land Company, and many public enterprises. He was the senior member of the firm of Bair and Lane; vice-president of the Greensburg Furnace Company; treasurer of the Greensburg and Cambridge Spring railway, and a director of the Merchants' Trust Company, besides being largely interested in numerous other enterprises in Westmoreland County.
In his religion he was identified with the Reformed church of Greensburg, and in politics was a Democrat. Mr. Bair was a member of Westmoreland Lodge, No. 518, F. and A. M. of Greensburg; Olivet Council Lodge, No. 13, Urania Chapter, Lodge No. 192; Kedron Commandery, Lodge No. 18, K. T., A. A. S. R. Valley of Pittsburg, and Syria Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., and was secretary of the Greensburg Masonic fund.