1854 - 1910 (56 years)
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Name |
William S Baer |
Born |
28 May 1854 |
Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
09 Nov 1910 |
Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
15 Nov 1910 |
New Bethel Zion Cemetery, Grimville, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
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Baer, William S. & Amanda Husband William S. Baer - Died Nov. 9, 1910 - Aged 56Yrs. 5MO. 11Days -- Wife Amanda Baer - Died Dec. 20, 1928 - Aged 70Yrs. 3Mo. 23Days |
Person ID |
I194183 |
Strausstown Roots |
Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
Father |
Heinrich Baer, b. 25 Jan 1823, Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 07 May 1899, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 76 years) |
Mother |
Catherine Schollenberger, b. 18 Jun 1822, d. 20 Oct 1887 (Age 65 years) |
Family ID |
F50628 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Amanda Braucher, b. 27 Aug 1858, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Dec 1928, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years) |
Married |
15 May 1880 |
Dunkel's Church, Lenhartsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Last Modified |
14 Sep 2017 |
Family ID |
F62922 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), p. 1083.
William S. Baer, who is extensively engaged in agricultural operations in Windsor township, where he owns an excellent farm of sixty-one acres of fertile land, was born May 28, 1854, in Greenwich township, Berks county, son of Henry and Catherine (Schollenberger) Baer.
The immigrant ancestor of the Baers of Berks county, Pa., was Hans Baer, who after landing at Philadelphia spent a few years in the vicinity of Germantown, but before 1750 settled in Weisenburg township, now in Lehigh county. The old Hans Baer farm is pointed out to this day as the Kershner farm, and is located near Claussville. Hans Baer had four children, namely: John, Adam, Jacob and Barbara. Barbara married Henry Fetter; John removed to Windsor township, Berks county, his descendants residing in Hamburg and in Windsor, Perry and Bern townships; and Adam took up land near the old Hans Baer farm in 1773, this property still being in the possession of his descendants. He had a family of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters.
Jacob Baer, great-great-grandfather of William S., was the third son of the ancestor. He inherited the old farm and also acquired several other large tracts, having in all over 500 acres of land. He had twelve children, six daughters and six sons, and to each of the latter, namely Jacob, Daniel, John, Henry, John Adam and Hans Adam, he gave a farm.
John Adam Baer, son of Jacob, residing in Weisenburg township, Northampton (now Lehigh) county, until 1812, when he removed to Maxatawny township, Berks county, settling on what is known as the Hartman farm, about one mile northeast of Kutztown. His wife was Susanna Knerr, and to them were born ten children: Jonathan, John, Peter, Charles, Solomon, Eva, Lydia, Betsy, Susanna and Polly. ...
William S. Baer acquired a good education in the public schools and later attended the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, Pa. He was reared on the farm, working for his father until twenty-two years of age, and in 1886 purchased his father's farm upon which he has resided to the present time. Excellent buildings adorn this property, the large brick residence with double porch in front presenting a fine appearance, while the old barn, which was destroyed by lightning in 1886 was replaced by Mr. Baer in the same year by a new Swiss barn, seventy feet in length. Mr. Baer is a progressive and enterprising agriculturalist, taking advantage of all the latest modern machinery, and he also has an up-to-date dairy, shipping his milk to Coaldale, Schuylkill county.
Mr. William S. Baer was united in marriage with Miss Amanda Brancher, born Aug. 27, 1858, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Lutz) Brancher, and granddaughter of Christian and Catherine (Kramer) Brancher. No children have been born of this union. Mr. Baer and his wife are consistent attendants of Zion's Union Church or Perry township, being Reformed members thereof, and they contribute liberally to its support. They are one of the most highly esteemed couples in the community, and have many warm friends. In political matters Mr. Baer is a stanch adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, and has refused steadfastly to accept public office.
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