Person:William Bair (2)

1870 Census
Name: William Bair
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Age in 1870: 28
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Wabash, Adams, Indiana (Adams is just north of Jay County)
Post Office: Linn Grove
Household Members:
William Bair 28
Sarah Bair 24
Isabell Bair 3
Carrie Bair 10/12
John Bair 56 = father

1880 Census:
Name: William Bair
Event Place: Wabash, Adams, Indiana
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Silversmith
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1841
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
HOUSEHOLD
William Bair Self 39 Pennsylvania, United States
Jemima Bair Wife 35 Indiana, United States
Belle Bair Daughter 12 Indiana, United States
Laura Bair Daughter 9 Indiana, United States
Bertha Bair Daughter 0 Indiana, United States
CITING THIS RECORD: FamilySearch [2]

Name: William Bair
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 11 Indiana Cavalry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 roll 3
Note: Jay County, Indiana
Source Information: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.

Military Service: On 23 Jan Company B of the 11th Cavalry was sent to Indianapolis (to wait for horses), then in May to Nashville (still without horses). At that point, they voluntarily chose infantry duty. In June they were sent to guard the railroad running from Stevenson to Huntsville, Alabama. In November, 1864 the regiment was attached to District of Northern Alabama, Department of the Cumberland. The unit was then mounted, and was actively engaged during November and December in the operations about that city, and after the battle of Nashville joined the pursuit of Hood's forces, as far as Gravelly Springs, Alabama where it remained on dismounted duty from January 7 to February 7, 1865 when it crossed to Eastport, Mississippi. The 11th Cavalry then became a unit in the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, up to May 12, 1865. The 11th Indiana Cavalry then transferred to the District of Kansas, Deparment of Missouri. The unit embarked for St Louis, where it was remounted and marched to Rolla, Missouri, reaching there June 26. From Rolla it moved to Fort Riley and Council Grove Kansas, and was stationed in detachments along the Santa Fe route. It was ordered to Fort Leavenworth on September 1, and was mustered out September 19, 1865. During the lifetime of this military unit it gained 63 new recruits. 108 men were lost through desertion, and another 8 were unaccounted for. Regiment deaths during service were 2 Officers and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 160 Enlisted men by disease for a total of 174. [3]

General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934:
Name: William Bair
State Filed: Indiana and Indiana and Kansas
Widow: Jemima A Bair
Relative: Contest Widow Sarah E. Bair
Roll Number: T288_17
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

1.   American Civil War Soldiers.

   Source Information:
   Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.

   Tombstone shown: [1]