BIO:  Charles E. Bair, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Newberry Township, Pg 150

CHARLES E. BAIR was born May 7, 1852, in Newberry Township, York Co., Penn., and 
is a son of Benjamin and Anna (Rudy) Bair, natives of Lehigh and York Counties, 
Penn., respectively, and of German descent.  Charles E. is the eighth of a family 
of fifteen children.  He is a cigar-maker by trade, and owns and controls a cigar 
factory near Newberrytown, Penn.  Until his eighteenth year he remained with his 
parents, and received a common school education.  At the age of eleven years he 
began learning his trade, which he has since followed.  In 1877 he opened a 
factory one mile from Newberrytown, but in 1883 removed to Newberrytown, where he 
is at present located, manufacturing about 400,000 cigars annually, and employing 
from six to ten men.  In 1871 he was married to Ellen B. Beshore.  They have had 
seven children:  William, Fillmore, Annie, Harvey, Daniel, Vernon (deceased), and 
Ross.  Mrs. Bair is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Fink) Beshore, native of York 
County, Penn.  She is a member of the Church of God.  Mr. Bair started in life as 
a poor boy, and by his own industry and economy, has accumulated some property.  
He owns good property in town, and, eighteen acres of land.  He is a Democrat, 
has been elected to various offices, and at present hold the office of justice of 
the peace of the township.