Arthur was the middle child of three born to William S. Bair and Amanda M. Scott Bair. His siblings were Clarence William and Mary Darling.
Arthur lived his entire life in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He did not marry until he was 30, when he married Ada A. Knapp.
Arthur and Ada were the parents of Mariam Irene, Gladys Alystra, Zeral, Forrest Glenn and Kenneth William.
The birth of Kenneth William was to be the undoing of the Bair family however. Six days following his birth, Ada passed away; presumably due to some complication of childbirth.
Arthur, it appears, could not run a farm and care for his first four children easily; much less a newborn. So Kenneth was adopted out to Arthur's sister Mary who lived in Thornton, Illinois; 130 miles away.
Sometime later, Arthur took on a housekeeper, Lenna Lewis, to run the household and care for the other four children. In March of 1903, Arthur married Lenna, but since she had been with them for a number of years, it was probably not a huge adjustment for the children.
Death would come calling at the Bair household again. In 1910, Three months before daughter Zeral's 18th birthday, she passed away from an exophthalmic goiter, or Grave's Disease as it is called today. Sadly, a mere three years later, a treatment for Grave's Disease was proven and sufferers no longer had to die from the disease.
Arthur passed away one day before his 69th birthday and is buried next to Ada.
Arthur lived his entire life in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He did not marry until he was 30, when he married Ada A. Knapp.
Arthur and Ada were the parents of Mariam Irene, Gladys Alystra, Zeral, Forrest Glenn and Kenneth William.
The birth of Kenneth William was to be the undoing of the Bair family however. Six days following his birth, Ada passed away; presumably due to some complication of childbirth.
Arthur, it appears, could not run a farm and care for his first four children easily; much less a newborn. So Kenneth was adopted out to Arthur's sister Mary who lived in Thornton, Illinois; 130 miles away.
Sometime later, Arthur took on a housekeeper, Lenna Lewis, to run the household and care for the other four children. In March of 1903, Arthur married Lenna, but since she had been with them for a number of years, it was probably not a huge adjustment for the children.
Death would come calling at the Bair household again. In 1910, Three months before daughter Zeral's 18th birthday, she passed away from an exophthalmic goiter, or Grave's Disease as it is called today. Sadly, a mere three years later, a treatment for Grave's Disease was proven and sufferers no longer had to die from the disease.
Arthur passed away one day before his 69th birthday and is buried next to Ada.
Arthur was the middle child of three born to William S. Bair and Amanda M. Scott Bair. His siblings were Clarence William and Mary Darling.
Arthur lived his entire life in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He did not marry until he was 30, when he married Ada A. Knapp.
Arthur and Ada were the parents of Mariam Irene, Gladys Alystra, Zeral, Forrest Glenn and Kenneth William.
The birth of Kenneth William was to be the undoing of the Bair family however. Six days following his birth, Ada passed away; presumably due to some complication of childbirth.
Arthur, it appears, could not run a farm and care for his first four children easily; much less a newborn. So Kenneth was adopted out to Arthur's sister Mary who lived in Thornton, Illinois; 130 miles away.
Sometime later, Arthur took on a housekeeper, Lenna Lewis, to run the household and care for the other four children. In March of 1903, Arthur married Lenna, but since she had been with them for a number of years, it was probably not a huge adjustment for the children.
Death would come calling at the Bair household again. In 1910, Three months before daughter Zeral's 18th birthday, she passed away from an exophthalmic goiter, or Grave's Disease as it is called today. Sadly, a mere three years later, a treatment for Grave's Disease was proven and sufferers no longer had to die from the disease.
Arthur passed away one day before his 69th birthday and is buried next to Ada.
Arthur lived his entire life in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He did not marry until he was 30, when he married Ada A. Knapp.
Arthur and Ada were the parents of Mariam Irene, Gladys Alystra, Zeral, Forrest Glenn and Kenneth William.
The birth of Kenneth William was to be the undoing of the Bair family however. Six days following his birth, Ada passed away; presumably due to some complication of childbirth.
Arthur, it appears, could not run a farm and care for his first four children easily; much less a newborn. So Kenneth was adopted out to Arthur's sister Mary who lived in Thornton, Illinois; 130 miles away.
Sometime later, Arthur took on a housekeeper, Lenna Lewis, to run the household and care for the other four children. In March of 1903, Arthur married Lenna, but since she had been with them for a number of years, it was probably not a huge adjustment for the children.
Death would come calling at the Bair household again. In 1910, Three months before daughter Zeral's 18th birthday, she passed away from an exophthalmic goiter, or Grave's Disease as it is called today. Sadly, a mere three years later, a treatment for Grave's Disease was proven and sufferers no longer had to die from the disease.
Arthur passed away one day before his 69th birthday and is buried next to Ada.
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ARTHUR S. BAIR
1857-1926
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