Age 75y 3m 7d
Co. K. 195 Regt. Pa Vol. Infantry
The son of David & Sara (Miller) Bair, he married Margaret Elizabeth Smoker and fathered Ella (b. 08/02/51), Edwin D. (b. 01/02/54), Francis (b. 11/10/56 - death certificate claims 55), Anna M. (b. 10/01/57), Margaret Kinzer (b. 06/07/59 - married an Edwards), James S. (b. 10/27/61), Catharine A. (b. 10/17/63), and Charles F. (b. 01/23/65). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 6" tall with gray hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster March 3, 1865, as a private with Co. K in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted from Washington DC, date as yet unknown. Arrested June 21, 1865, he was turned over to the provost guard at Summit Point, West Virginia, and fined $.61 for lost equipment. A regimental court-martial found him guilty of desertion but only docked him $5.00 pay as punishment. (The fact that he did not face a general court-martial suggests there were extenuating circumstances to his desertion.) He returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866, at Washington DC. His compiled military service records spell his surname both "Bear" and "Bair," while his pension index and the company register spell it "Bear."
Co. K. 195 Regt. Pa Vol. Infantry
The son of David & Sara (Miller) Bair, he married Margaret Elizabeth Smoker and fathered Ella (b. 08/02/51), Edwin D. (b. 01/02/54), Francis (b. 11/10/56 - death certificate claims 55), Anna M. (b. 10/01/57), Margaret Kinzer (b. 06/07/59 - married an Edwards), James S. (b. 10/27/61), Catharine A. (b. 10/17/63), and Charles F. (b. 01/23/65). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 6" tall with gray hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster March 3, 1865, as a private with Co. K in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted from Washington DC, date as yet unknown. Arrested June 21, 1865, he was turned over to the provost guard at Summit Point, West Virginia, and fined $.61 for lost equipment. A regimental court-martial found him guilty of desertion but only docked him $5.00 pay as punishment. (The fact that he did not face a general court-martial suggests there were extenuating circumstances to his desertion.) He returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866, at Washington DC. His compiled military service records spell his surname both "Bear" and "Bair," while his pension index and the company register spell it "Bear."
Age 75y 3m 7d
Co. K. 195 Regt. Pa Vol. Infantry
The son of David & Sara (Miller) Bair, he married Margaret Elizabeth Smoker and fathered Ella (b. 08/02/51), Edwin D. (b. 01/02/54), Francis (b. 11/10/56 - death certificate claims 55), Anna M. (b. 10/01/57), Margaret Kinzer (b. 06/07/59 - married an Edwards), James S. (b. 10/27/61), Catharine A. (b. 10/17/63), and Charles F. (b. 01/23/65). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 6" tall with gray hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster March 3, 1865, as a private with Co. K in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted from Washington DC, date as yet unknown. Arrested June 21, 1865, he was turned over to the provost guard at Summit Point, West Virginia, and fined $.61 for lost equipment. A regimental court-martial found him guilty of desertion but only docked him $5.00 pay as punishment. (The fact that he did not face a general court-martial suggests there were extenuating circumstances to his desertion.) He returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866, at Washington DC. His compiled military service records spell his surname both "Bear" and "Bair," while his pension index and the company register spell it "Bear."
Co. K. 195 Regt. Pa Vol. Infantry
The son of David & Sara (Miller) Bair, he married Margaret Elizabeth Smoker and fathered Ella (b. 08/02/51), Edwin D. (b. 01/02/54), Francis (b. 11/10/56 - death certificate claims 55), Anna M. (b. 10/01/57), Margaret Kinzer (b. 06/07/59 - married an Edwards), James S. (b. 10/27/61), Catharine A. (b. 10/17/63), and Charles F. (b. 01/23/65). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 6" tall with gray hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster March 3, 1865, as a private with Co. K in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted from Washington DC, date as yet unknown. Arrested June 21, 1865, he was turned over to the provost guard at Summit Point, West Virginia, and fined $.61 for lost equipment. A regimental court-martial found him guilty of desertion but only docked him $5.00 pay as punishment. (The fact that he did not face a general court-martial suggests there were extenuating circumstances to his desertion.) He returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866, at Washington DC. His compiled military service records spell his surname both "Bear" and "Bair," while his pension index and the company register spell it "Bear."
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