CIVIL WAR VETERAN, PVT., CO D, 206th REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. SERVED FROM 23 AUGUST 1864 TO 26 JUNE 1865. The 206th Regiment was organized at Pittsburg September, 1864.
SERVICE.-Duty with Engineer Corps engaged in fatigue duty at Dutch Gap, Va., till October 26, 1864. Duty in trenches before Richmond north of the James till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (Temporarily attached to Devens' 3rd Division, March 27 to April 22.) Provost duty at Richmond till May. At Lynchburg and Richmond till June. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 1 Enlisted man killed and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search Results, Union Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Both Daniel McClure Fair and cousin Lemuel L Fair served in Company D at the same time. William Fair served in Company G of the 206th.
Daniel McClure Fair was born in Burrell township, in 1846, and was a son of James and Harriet Fair, nee Smith, a daughter of Daniel Smith. The former was born in 1819, in Derry township, Westmoreland county. The latter died in 1878, in her sixtieth year. James was the son of Samuel and Anna Fair, nee Campbell. The former was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and migrated to Westmoreland county, removing thence in 1831 to Indiana county. He died in 1872, eighty-five years old; his widow is yet living at an advanced age, near Reed Station, I. B. Railroad. Our subject was married in Kansas in 1872, to Addie M. Phillips, daughter of Henry and Minerva Phillips, nee Bacon, of Fowler, Trumbull county, Ohio; Their children are: Harriet May, Howard McLure and Wallace Henry. Mr. Fair worked at his trade as a carpenter four and a half years, in Kansas, Nebraska and the territories; he assisted in building bridges and shops on the U. P. railroad, and returned to the county in 1872, and in 1874 located in Blairsville. Daniel is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.
Daniel is the great grandson of, Marks Fair, Revolutionary War Soldier, from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is the great-great grandson of Johannes Fahr aka John Fair who emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1751. Johannes aka John Fair was a weaver and owned a grist mill in Caernarvon Twp., Berks County, PA.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
SERVICE.-Duty with Engineer Corps engaged in fatigue duty at Dutch Gap, Va., till October 26, 1864. Duty in trenches before Richmond north of the James till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (Temporarily attached to Devens' 3rd Division, March 27 to April 22.) Provost duty at Richmond till May. At Lynchburg and Richmond till June. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 1 Enlisted man killed and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search Results, Union Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Both Daniel McClure Fair and cousin Lemuel L Fair served in Company D at the same time. William Fair served in Company G of the 206th.
Daniel McClure Fair was born in Burrell township, in 1846, and was a son of James and Harriet Fair, nee Smith, a daughter of Daniel Smith. The former was born in 1819, in Derry township, Westmoreland county. The latter died in 1878, in her sixtieth year. James was the son of Samuel and Anna Fair, nee Campbell. The former was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and migrated to Westmoreland county, removing thence in 1831 to Indiana county. He died in 1872, eighty-five years old; his widow is yet living at an advanced age, near Reed Station, I. B. Railroad. Our subject was married in Kansas in 1872, to Addie M. Phillips, daughter of Henry and Minerva Phillips, nee Bacon, of Fowler, Trumbull county, Ohio; Their children are: Harriet May, Howard McLure and Wallace Henry. Mr. Fair worked at his trade as a carpenter four and a half years, in Kansas, Nebraska and the territories; he assisted in building bridges and shops on the U. P. railroad, and returned to the county in 1872, and in 1874 located in Blairsville. Daniel is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.
Daniel is the great grandson of, Marks Fair, Revolutionary War Soldier, from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is the great-great grandson of Johannes Fahr aka John Fair who emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1751. Johannes aka John Fair was a weaver and owned a grist mill in Caernarvon Twp., Berks County, PA.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
CIVIL WAR VETERAN, PVT., CO D, 206th REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. SERVED FROM 23 AUGUST 1864 TO 26 JUNE 1865. The 206th Regiment was organized at Pittsburg September, 1864.
SERVICE.-Duty with Engineer Corps engaged in fatigue duty at Dutch Gap, Va., till October 26, 1864. Duty in trenches before Richmond north of the James till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (Temporarily attached to Devens' 3rd Division, March 27 to April 22.) Provost duty at Richmond till May. At Lynchburg and Richmond till June. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 1 Enlisted man killed and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search Results, Union Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Both Daniel McClure Fair and cousin Lemuel L Fair served in Company D at the same time. William Fair served in Company G of the 206th.
Daniel McClure Fair was born in Burrell township, in 1846, and was a son of James and Harriet Fair, nee Smith, a daughter of Daniel Smith. The former was born in 1819, in Derry township, Westmoreland county. The latter died in 1878, in her sixtieth year. James was the son of Samuel and Anna Fair, nee Campbell. The former was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and migrated to Westmoreland county, removing thence in 1831 to Indiana county. He died in 1872, eighty-five years old; his widow is yet living at an advanced age, near Reed Station, I. B. Railroad. Our subject was married in Kansas in 1872, to Addie M. Phillips, daughter of Henry and Minerva Phillips, nee Bacon, of Fowler, Trumbull county, Ohio; Their children are: Harriet May, Howard McLure and Wallace Henry. Mr. Fair worked at his trade as a carpenter four and a half years, in Kansas, Nebraska and the territories; he assisted in building bridges and shops on the U. P. railroad, and returned to the county in 1872, and in 1874 located in Blairsville. Daniel is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.
Daniel is the great grandson of, Marks Fair, Revolutionary War Soldier, from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is the great-great grandson of Johannes Fahr aka John Fair who emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1751. Johannes aka John Fair was a weaver and owned a grist mill in Caernarvon Twp., Berks County, PA.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
SERVICE.-Duty with Engineer Corps engaged in fatigue duty at Dutch Gap, Va., till October 26, 1864. Duty in trenches before Richmond north of the James till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (Temporarily attached to Devens' 3rd Division, March 27 to April 22.) Provost duty at Richmond till May. At Lynchburg and Richmond till June. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 1 Enlisted man killed and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search Results, Union Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Both Daniel McClure Fair and cousin Lemuel L Fair served in Company D at the same time. William Fair served in Company G of the 206th.
Daniel McClure Fair was born in Burrell township, in 1846, and was a son of James and Harriet Fair, nee Smith, a daughter of Daniel Smith. The former was born in 1819, in Derry township, Westmoreland county. The latter died in 1878, in her sixtieth year. James was the son of Samuel and Anna Fair, nee Campbell. The former was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and migrated to Westmoreland county, removing thence in 1831 to Indiana county. He died in 1872, eighty-five years old; his widow is yet living at an advanced age, near Reed Station, I. B. Railroad. Our subject was married in Kansas in 1872, to Addie M. Phillips, daughter of Henry and Minerva Phillips, nee Bacon, of Fowler, Trumbull county, Ohio; Their children are: Harriet May, Howard McLure and Wallace Henry. Mr. Fair worked at his trade as a carpenter four and a half years, in Kansas, Nebraska and the territories; he assisted in building bridges and shops on the U. P. railroad, and returned to the county in 1872, and in 1874 located in Blairsville. Daniel is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.
Daniel is the great grandson of, Marks Fair, Revolutionary War Soldier, from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is the great-great grandson of Johannes Fahr aka John Fair who emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1751. Johannes aka John Fair was a weaver and owned a grist mill in Caernarvon Twp., Berks County, PA.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
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