Jacob H. Bair b. 1814

/ Kirstin Miller

Jacob Bair 4th great grand uncle on RootsMagic tree

Jacob Bair was born in Stark County, Ohio in 1814 to Abraham and Elizabeth Harter Bair. Abraham, the father, died at 46, in 1830 and Elizabeth married Jehu Grubb, of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty but, not recognized as part of the family until 2000 or so -another story, Wikipedia link to the story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu_Grubb .

In 1868 at age 54, with land and/or money from his 2nd father Jehu, Jacob began building The Jacob H Bair House, now a private residence and on the National Register of Historic Places, photo at Wikipedia http://bit.ly/1NvvUvH.

In September 1871 Jacob’s farming skills were on exhibit at the 22nd Ohio State Fair held in Springfield Ohio. Jacob raised 92 bushels of barley on 2 acres of land, this is verified by 2 additional people then recorded in the Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture.

Jacob married, had a family and stayed in Plain City, Stark, Ohio,

Jacob Bair b. 1814, brother of George Bair b. 1816, father of Elizabeth Bair b. 1834, mother of Fiana Druckenbrod b. 1854, mother of Lola Miller b.1880, mother of Faber Miller b. 1905 m. Gladys Cable

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