William R. Nair and Helen Virginia Wilkins

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Husband William R. Nair ¹

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           Born: 28 Feb 1822 - Highland Co, VA 1
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           Died: 28 Sep 1878 - Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Nair (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Betty [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Wife Helen Virginia Wilkins ²

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         Father: Henry M. Wilkins (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Harry Wilkins Nair ^{3 4}

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           Born: 9 May 1847 2
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         Spouse: Ada E. Reeves (1852-1905) 3 4
           Marr: 12 Oct 1869 2

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2 M William Nair ²

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           Died: 1909 - Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
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3 F Jennetta S. Nair ²

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         Spouse: John W. Mars (      -Bef 1914) 2

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4 F Mary Ella Nair ²

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5 F Margaret Nair ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Ford (      -      ) 2

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6 F Atlanta Nair ²

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         Spouse: John S. Randolph (      -      ) 2

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7 M Hugh Elmer Nair ²

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8 M John T. Nair ²

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9 M Charles Nair ²

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General Notes: Husband - William R. Nair

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His youthful years were spent in his native county, and as a young man he moved to Rock Bridge County, Virginia, where he became the owner of a large plantation that rivaled the paternal homestead in size. The work on his land was performed by negro labor, but he was in advance of his neighbors in that he paid for the time they were employed. He was the only Whig sympathizer in the locality and because of his opposite views his communion with his neighbors was not of the most enjoyable type. In 1859 he sold his Virginia property, in order to escape what he had come to believe was the curse of human slavery, and purchased four hundred acres of land near Mount Victor, Hardin County, Ohio. His land was nearly entirely covered with timber, the market value of which was high, the plentiful growth induced by the abundant moisture from the Scioto river, which flowed through his property. The same agency that increased the value of his possessions also formed fever breeding swamps, from which the entire family became diseased, their malady being the health-sapping "fever and ague," so well known to those living in the marshy lowlands. To escape this they moved after two years residence in that locality, in 1861 coming to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, renting the Cochran farm at Darlington until 1864, when he acquired one hundred and seventy acres of land in Big Beaver township, the old Imbre farm at the head of Wallace's Run. This was the family home until 1874, when he sold his property to the Harmony Society, settling in Beaver Falls, there becoming the proprietor of a feed store. He had been in this business only a year when he was stricken with paralysis, death resulting from this cause a year later. He and his wife were believers in the United Presbyterian faith.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 167.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 168.

3 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 713.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 168, 248.