William Bare and Almira Thompson

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Husband William Bare ¹

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           Born: 20 Jun 1831 - York Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Apr 1897 - Miami Co, OH 1
 Cause of Death: Suicide
         Buried:  - near New Carlisle, Clark Co, OH

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         Father: John Bare (1808-1878) 2
         Mother: Jane Hoops (1807-1882) 2

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Almira Thompson ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1906 1
         Buried:  - near New Carlisle, Clark Co, OH

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Bare

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At the time of his death he owned three fine farms and had considerable money besides. He bequeathed various sums to relatives and to three different churches, and to cemeteries; in all about ten thousand dollars, and the residue to his wife. She, at the time of her death, was worth $35,000.00 or $40,000.00. They lived and dressed very plainly but set an excellent table, and were very hospitable and kind.

The following information was obtained from C. H. Mills, Grove City, Ohio:
"William Bare committed suicide on Good Friday, 1897. He was a very large man; weighed 365 pounds, and was 5 feet around the waist. Was 6 ft. 2 in. tall and increasing in weight. He visited us about six months before he shot himself, and I never saw a more jolly and good-natured man than he was. He was worth about $60,000.00 when he died and left the bulk of it to a boy he had raised."

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General Notes: Wife - Almira Thompson

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She probably had a birth-right membership in the Society of Friends (Quakers) at the time of her marriage.

1 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 117.

2 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 116.