John Adam Bayer

Male 1849 - 1920  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name John Adam Bayer 
    Birth Jan 1849  Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Dec 1920  Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Late John A, Bayer.
      John A. Bayer, who was born at Fort Wayne, Ind., died at his home on Gibson street in this town, Friday morning, Dec. 31, 1920, a long time resident of the town, having with his sister, Mine Kate Bayer lived at the same place where be died for many years. Besides his sister Miss Kate Bayer he leaves a sister, Mrs. Fred Eidenmiller of Tacoma, Washington and one brother, Samuel Bayer of Rochester, besides an uncle and nephews and nieces. A brother, Frederick Bayer, served in the first New York Dragoons in the Civil War as a lieutenant, and at the close of the war studied medicine, located in the west and became a man of prominence, and died several years ago. John Bayer has been a familiar figure on our streets for many years, a square upright man his word was as good as his bond and both were unimpeachable. A quiet man, he was well read and well versed in the topics of the times, one of his chief delights being to study his fellow men. Although friendly with all, he had few intimates, but with these few he was genial and helpful, and they all will miss his kindly words and wise councils. John Bayer filled a good place in the life of this community and filled it well.
      Bayer was a member of Phoenix lodge No. 115, F. & A. M. for more than fifty years, and the records show that there are but five others who have been members of the lodge a longer period. He was initiated in Nov. 1809, and raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in Feb. 1870. The funeral was held from his late residence last Monday afternoon, Rev. G. C. Fisher officiating, services at the grave in Greenmount in charge of Phoenix Lodge.

      John A. Bayer whose death is noted above was the son of Rev. John A. Bayer, a man whom many of our older citizens will recollect well as Professor of languages in Dansville Seminary back in the early sixties. He was born in Rhenish, Bavaria and came to America in 1838 and lived in Dansville a short time, when he went to Indiana and engaged in missionary work, among the Germans who were rapidly settling in that state. Returning to Dansville and having been ordained a minister of the German Reformed church he filled the pulpits at times of both the English and German Lutheran churches here and at different periods preached at the Kiehle church in Sparta, the German Lutheran church in Perkinsville and also at the Kidd school house in the eastern part of this town. Mr. Bayer was a highly educated man and did excellent work in the Dansville Seminary during and after the Civil War. He was a forceful preacher and a Christian gentleman in every sense of the word. Mr. Bayer's wife was Hannah Hunt, sister of George Hunt now living in Woodsville.
      (Dansville Express, Dansville, Livingston County, New York, Thursday, January 6, 1921)
    Person ID I46990  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2021 

    Father Reverand John Adam Bayer,   b. 1807, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1878 (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hannah Hunt,   b. 1820, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1894, Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1838 
    Family ID F17062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jan 1849 - Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Dec 1920 - Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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