OBIT: Herman L. BAER, 1914, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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Baer, Herman L.

  Herman L. Baer, president of the Somerset County Bar Association and one of 
its oldest members, died Saturday morning at the age of 86 years. Mr. Baer was 
admitted to the bar in 1856. Herman L. Baer was a brother of George F. Baer, 
who, at the time of his death last summer, was president of the Philadelphia & 
Reading railroad and a commanding figure in the financial and railway world. 
Four children survive as follows: Mrs. G. R. Scull of Somerset, Hermanus L. Baer 
of New York, who married Miss Mable McKinley, a niece of President William 
McKinley, and Reuben and George Baer, both of Healdsburg, Cal. He was an active 
member of the Somerset Reformed Church and was superintendent of the Sunday 
school for more than 50 years. The funeral took place Monday afternoon.

Meyersdale Commercial, Dec. 17, 1914