"George W. Bair, Jr., was born November 10, 1875 at Washington College, Tennessee, the son of George Bair and Mary Hinkle Beard. He came to Raleigh County as a young man, with 50 cents in his pocket, that in his words "was all the money I had in this world." He worked, accumulated some savings and acquired with his brother, Robert T. Bair, a sawmill and a tract of fallen timber near the site of the present Beckley Civic Center. From these inconspicuous beginnings grew a thriving lumber business. The lumber business was conducted on the site of the present-day offices of the Beckley Newspapers. On December 20, 1897, he married Lucinda Ellen Richmond of Raleigh County.
After the turn of the 20th Century, George Bair, again in partnership with his brother, R.T., became the first Ford automobile dealers in southern West Virginia. Henry Ford shipped disassembled Model T Fords to Beckley by rail where the Bair Brothers completed the assembly of the vehicles. Later the Bair Brothers also sold Lincoln automobiles."
"In 1911, he built his home at 219 North Kanawha Street."
"George Bair served an unexpired term as mayor of Beckley, 1928-1929...served as a director of the Raleigh County Bank and president of the Cooperative Building and Loan association."
Source: Written by George E. Honts, III (Fincastle, VA), as part of the US Biographies Project, Biographies of Raleigh County, WV.
After the turn of the 20th Century, George Bair, again in partnership with his brother, R.T., became the first Ford automobile dealers in southern West Virginia. Henry Ford shipped disassembled Model T Fords to Beckley by rail where the Bair Brothers completed the assembly of the vehicles. Later the Bair Brothers also sold Lincoln automobiles."
"In 1911, he built his home at 219 North Kanawha Street."
"George Bair served an unexpired term as mayor of Beckley, 1928-1929...served as a director of the Raleigh County Bank and president of the Cooperative Building and Loan association."
Source: Written by George E. Honts, III (Fincastle, VA), as part of the US Biographies Project, Biographies of Raleigh County, WV.
"George W. Bair, Jr., was born November 10, 1875 at Washington College, Tennessee, the son of George Bair and Mary Hinkle Beard. He came to Raleigh County as a young man, with 50 cents in his pocket, that in his words "was all the money I had in this world." He worked, accumulated some savings and acquired with his brother, Robert T. Bair, a sawmill and a tract of fallen timber near the site of the present Beckley Civic Center. From these inconspicuous beginnings grew a thriving lumber business. The lumber business was conducted on the site of the present-day offices of the Beckley Newspapers. On December 20, 1897, he married Lucinda Ellen Richmond of Raleigh County.
After the turn of the 20th Century, George Bair, again in partnership with his brother, R.T., became the first Ford automobile dealers in southern West Virginia. Henry Ford shipped disassembled Model T Fords to Beckley by rail where the Bair Brothers completed the assembly of the vehicles. Later the Bair Brothers also sold Lincoln automobiles."
"In 1911, he built his home at 219 North Kanawha Street."
"George Bair served an unexpired term as mayor of Beckley, 1928-1929...served as a director of the Raleigh County Bank and president of the Cooperative Building and Loan association."
Source: Written by George E. Honts, III (Fincastle, VA), as part of the US Biographies Project, Biographies of Raleigh County, WV.
After the turn of the 20th Century, George Bair, again in partnership with his brother, R.T., became the first Ford automobile dealers in southern West Virginia. Henry Ford shipped disassembled Model T Fords to Beckley by rail where the Bair Brothers completed the assembly of the vehicles. Later the Bair Brothers also sold Lincoln automobiles."
"In 1911, he built his home at 219 North Kanawha Street."
"George Bair served an unexpired term as mayor of Beckley, 1928-1929...served as a director of the Raleigh County Bank and president of the Cooperative Building and Loan association."
Source: Written by George E. Honts, III (Fincastle, VA), as part of the US Biographies Project, Biographies of Raleigh County, WV.
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