Biography of James W. Wair, pages 718 / 719.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James W. Wair, section 4, Newville Township, was born in Paulding County, 
Ohio, Dec. 23, 1839, a son of J. M. Wair, a native of New England, who moved 
West when our subject was small and died their.  James W. was reared and 
educated in his native county.  He was married June 22, 1871, to Mrs. Almeda 
S. Boland, widow of Edward Boland, and daughter of Samuel Swetland,  She was 
born in the State of New York, January, 1834, and when eleven years old her 
parents moved to Lorain County, Ohio, and se was married there when nineteen 
years old, to Edward Boland, and came directly to this county.  Mr. Wair has 
been a cripple since two and a half years of age.  He and his wife are 
members of the United Brethren church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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