Adair, William Edward 13.jan.1860-3.jul.1925 USA NY, Cohocton - Penn Yan
cornetist, organist, bandmaster, piano salesman in Cohocton, 1891 elected peoples ticket of the Board of Education of the Cohocton Union Free School, 1895 bandmaster for many years of his own 25 piece Adair's Concert Band in Cohocton, for many years bandmaster of the Cohocton Citizens' Band, 1900 owner of a musical instruments shop in Cohocton, 1913-1914 under his supervision a new organ was placed in the Presbyterian Church in Cohocton, 1913-1914 piano salesman at Maple Avenue in Elmira where he also led his concert orchestra of Elmira, 1922 he located his piano sales business in Penn Yan NY, member of the Masonic fraternity ; son of wagon manufacturer John Adair (Ireland 19.apr.1828-17.jun.1882 Cohocton) and Catharine Derevere (NY, Mount Pleasant 1829-25.jun.1886 Cohocton) ; 12.jan.1899 in Lakeville he married Alice Mabel Armstrong (NY, Lakeville 1878-15.dec.1935 NY, Livonia)

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[] Custer Post No. 81. Quickstep. Wind band
pub Boosey & Co., London 1884

[] Light and airy. Quickstep. Wind band
pub Brophy Bros., Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1886

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