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John Tristrum Ayer

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Birth	:	21 Aug 1853 Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	5 Apr 1922
Burial	:	Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3760986, -103.7253036
Description	:	John T. Ayer is a well known representative of the republican party in Lawrence county, South Dakota, and is in the employ of the Homestake Mining Company at Lead, being an operative in one of their big stamp mills. He was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, August 21, 1853, a son of John L. and Melissa (Pike) Ayer. His great-grandfather upon the paternal side was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and emigrated to America in 1742, locating in Maine, since which time the Ayer family has been identified with New England. John L. Ayer was an operator in a paper... Read More	John T. Ayer is a well known representative of the republican party in Lawrence county, South Dakota, and is in the employ of the Homestake Mining Company at Lead, being an operative in one of their big stamp mills. He was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, August 21, 1853, a son of John L. and Melissa (Pike) Ayer. His great-grandfather upon the paternal side was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and emigrated to America in 1742, locating in Maine, since which time the Ayer family has been identified with New England. John L. Ayer was an operator in a paper mill at Wells River, Vermont, during his active life but retired to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1896, passing away there in 1902. The Pike family, to which his wife belonged, has been traced back to England. It was established in Massachusetts in 1680 by a representative who emigrated to that colony from Cornwall among the earliest settlers. Members of the family participated in the colonial wars, the Revolutionary struggle and the War of 1812. Isaac Pike, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a manufacturer of scythe and oil stones at Pike, New Hampshire, and the business has to the present time been continuously conducted by his sons and grandsons and is now carried on under the name of the Pike Manufacturing Company. It is the largest concern of its kind in the world and sends its products to all civilized countries. Senator A. F. Pike, of New Hampshire, was an uncle of John T. Ayer. The Pike Family Association is the largest association of the kind in the United States and meets annually in the American Hotel at Boston. Three children were born to John L. and Melissa (Pike) Ayer, namely: John T., of this review; Charles J., a resident of Plymouth, New Hampshire, where he conducts the largest real-estate and insurance business in northern New Hampshire and Vermont; and Lillian, the wife of F.M. Bittinger, proprietor of the famous Memorial Press, the oldest newspaper in northern Massachusetts, published at Plymouth. It was established by the Puritans on the site of an old Puritan spring. John T. Ayer was reared in Haverhill, New Hampshire, and in the acquirement of his education attended Haverhill Academy and Newberry Seminary, the latter located at Newberry, Vermont. He then went to Biddeford, Maine, and was connected with a retail drug store there for three years, after which he was employed by the wholesale drug firm of Weeks & Potter of Boston, Massachusetts, for a year. In 1876 he went to Laramie, Wyoming, and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad Company for two years. In 1878 he removed to the Black Hills, where he was variously employed for a time until he became connected with the firm of Starr & Bullock, hardware dealers, as inside and outside salesman. He was so engaged for several years and them entered the employ of the J.L. Denman Hardware Company at Whitewood, South Dakota, remaining with them for some time. In 1894 he found employment with the Homestake Mining Company of Lead and is at present one of their mill operatives. In 1882, in Central City, this state, Mr. Ayer was married to Miss Lillian L. Clark, a daughter of Judge Henry Clark, and to their union eight children have been born, Clay L., Darrell P., Mildred C., Kathryn M., Alta A., Edwin B., Dorothy M. and Eleanor L. In political affairs Mr. Ayer supports the republican party and has taken a prominent part in his party councils since 1896 although he has not sought office for himself. He is efficient and conscientious in his work and those who have been brought in contact with him find him courteous, energetic and upright, qualities that invariably win respect and liking. Source- History of Dakota Territory IV, by George W Kingsbury, 1915

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John Tristrum Ayer's memorial is located at: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, USA.
When did John Tristrum Ayer death?
John Tristrum Ayer death on 5 Apr 1922 in
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Latitude: 44.3760986
Longitude: -103.7253036

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Lillian Clark Ayer

(1864 - 1944)

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Darrell Pike Ayer

(1888 - 1979)

Kathryn Ayer Ewing

(1893 - 1982)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Moriah Cemetery
Deadwood, Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3760986, -103.7253036

2. Saint Ambrose Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3821983, -103.7266998

3. Oak Ridge Cemetery
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4. South Lead Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3484001, -103.7779999

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7. Terry Cemetery
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8. Crook City Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4432100, -103.6241500

9. Anderson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4747009, -103.6896973

10. Carbonate Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4000000, -103.8680500

11. Roubaix Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2789380, -103.6656600

12. Whitewood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4617820, -103.6330030

13. Holy Cross Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2818985, -103.8047028

14. Mountain Lawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2818985, -103.8047028

15. Preston Ghost Town Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3577500, -103.8871670

16. Rose Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4802180, -103.8509270

17. Saint Aloysius Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4141340, -103.5193420

18. Little Dane Cemetery
Saint Onge, Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5252500, -103.6705540

19. Dumont Cemetery
Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2270000, -103.7860000

20. Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Saint Onge, Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5353000, -103.7237000

21. Carr Cemetery
Hanna, Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2411003, -103.8606033

22. Bear Butte Cemetery
Sturgis, Meade County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4111595, -103.4947968

23. Black Hills National Cemetery
Sturgis, Meade County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3689003, -103.4753036

24. Mountain Meadow Cemetery
Lawrence County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2038994, -103.6557999