BIO:  G. Milton 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, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 60

G. MILTON BAIR was born in Hanover in 1850, is a son of Edward and Deliah 
(daughter of George and Mary Gitt), and is of German origin.  His parents were 
born in Hanover, the father in 1810, and the mother in 1813.  His paternal 
grandfather was John Bair, who was also born in Hanover.  His father, a saddler, 
died December 13, 1883.  Our subject was educated at the public schools of 
Hanover, and Dickison College, at Carlisle, Penn., and graduated from the latter 
in 1867.  In 1868 he engaged in the mercantile business, continued for nine 
years, and then engaged in the life, fire and accident insurance business, and 
in this still continues.  He was married, in 1871, to Miss Emma C. Welsh, 
daughter of G. W. Welsh, a prominent politician of York County.  They have two 
children:  Edward W. and Ray W.  He is a Republican, and he and wife are members 
of the Lutheran Church.