Sylvester Barnard Bear

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• Name	Sylvester Barnard Bear  [1, 2]
  Born	2 May 1845 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	ServiceNumber: 1122894; SideOfWar: Union; SurvivedWar: Yes [7]
  Military	U.S. Colored Troops [4, 5, 8]
  Ethnicity	American [3]
  Military Enlistment	26 Feb 1864 [7]
  Military Muster	26 Feb 1864 [7]
  Military Rank Change	1 Nov 1864 [7]
  Military Muster Out	22 Aug 1865 [7]
  Residence	1880 Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
  Residence	1880 Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5]
  Fire 430 South Alley	3 Jan 1894 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [9]  –  Fire Destroys Home at 430 South Alley Mr. Bear - Annie Adams - John Brooks - Rebecca Woodward
  Military Enlistment	Rank: Private [7]
  Military Muster	Information: Enlisted; MilitaryCompany: F; MilitaryUnit: 2918; Regiment: U.S. Colored Troops 32nd Infantry; RegimentType: Infantry [7]
  Military Muster Out	Information: Mustered Out [7]
  Military Rank Change	Rank: Corpl [7]
  Race	Black [3]
  Veteran	Civil War: Corporal; Co. F 32nd USCT. [7, 8, 10]
  Name	Sylvester B Bare [7]
  Name	Sylvester B. Bare [8]
  Name	Sylvester Baer [3]
  Name	Sylvester Baer [6]
  Name	Sylvester Barnard Bair [4, 5]
  Name	Sylvester Barnard Bair (Mulatto) [4]
  Residence	​ Pennsylvania, USA [11]
  Residence	1900 Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4, 5]  –  StreetAddress: State Street; 55 Age: 55; Barber Occupation: Barber; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 8; EnumerationDistrict: 0071; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 30; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Died	25 Jun 1918 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 5]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 5, 10]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	The son of Isaac (mulatto) and Mary Cunningham (French and American Indian) Bear, Bare, or Bair. (His brothers spelled it "Bear."), in 1860 he was a laborer living in Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 10" tall with black hair, black eyes, and had a mulatto complexion. He married Mary Green November 7, 1861, but she died in 1862. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Carlisle February 26, 1864, as a private with Co. F, 32nd U.S. Colored Troops. He was promoted to corporal November 12, 1864, and honorably discharged with his company August 22, 1865, at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. His surname is spelled "Bare" in his compiled military service records. He married Mary Elizabeth Butler February 16, 1870, in Marietta, Lancaster County, and fathered Annie E. (b. 10/03/71 - married Leonard P. Craig), William H. S. (b. 03/20/72), Horace Edmond (b. 12/23/74), and Fred (b. 08/??/76). In 1880, he was living in New Bloomfield, Perry County, in 1890, in Wrightsville, York County, but later moved to Harrisburg where he was a member of Stevens Post No. 520, G.A.R. Thanks to Norm Gasbarro for pointing me to this man whose brothers Henry and David served with the 127th U.S. Colored Troops and are buried in Wrightsville's Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Thanks also to Rebecca Anstine for supplying information from her well researched database of black Civil War soldiers. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120614958/sylvester-barnard-bear : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for Sylvester Barnard Bear (2 May 1845-25 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 120614958, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Brandt (contributor 47232334) .
  Person ID	I7826 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Isaac W Bear, I (Age 71 years) b. 4 Jul 1809, Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Jan 1881, Wrightsville, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary A. Cunningham (Age 79 years) b. 31 Aug 1812, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Sep 1891, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2607 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Elizabeth Butler (Age 80 years) b. Mar 1852, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Jun 1932, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1870 Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4]
  Children	1. Fred W Bair (Age 31 years) b. 6 Jul 1876, New Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Nov 1907, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 31 years)  [natural]   2. Horace Edmond Bair (Age 53 years) b. 23 Dec 1874, New Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Dec 1927, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)  [natural]   3. William Henry Bair (Age 67 years) b. 20 Mar 1873, New Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Nov 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years)  [natural]   4. Annie E. Bair (Age 56 years) b. 3 Oct 1871, Lawnton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Mar 1928, Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F2604 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Green (Age 17 years) b. Abt 1845 d. 1862 (Age 17 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1861 Pennsylvania, USA [4]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3060 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. William Henry Bair (Age 67 years) b. 20 Mar 1873, New Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Nov 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3250 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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