Military

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As research continues, additional ancestors and documentation will be included.

Index by War or Military Campaign

Our ancestors who fought for independence in the American Revolution all came from the Gibbar side of the family. Members of the Bohnert side did not arrive in the new world until the family of Vincent Leible in 1836. Some of our Gibbar ancestors who fought in the cause of the Revolution include:

Thomas Sadler 

(1720 - 1795)

6x Great Grandfather



Simon Hager 

(1763 - 1835)

5x Great Grandfather



John Manning 

(1743 - 1815)

5x Great Grandfather



Joseph "Short" Tucker

(1744 - 1816)

5x Great Grandfather



Jesse Mabry 

(d. 1792)

5x Great Grandfather

Our ancestor who served during the Post Revolutionary War Indian Campaigns was:


Jeremiah Belsha 

(abt. 1785 - btw. 1830 - 1834)

3x Great Grandfather

Our ancestor who served during the war of 1812 was:


Charles Stewart

(abt. 1786 - 1838)

4x Great Grandfather



Joseph Massey

(1788 - aft. 1850)

4x Great Grandfather

Some of our Bohnert ancestors and relatives who fought for the Union in the Civil War include:


Ignatius Bohnert

(1841 - 1909)

2x Great Grand Uncle



Charles "Carl" Bohnert

(1845 - 1897)

2x Great Grand Uncle

Some of our Gibbar ancestors and relatives who fought for the Union in the Civil War include:


John Franklin Hager

(1819 - 1874)

3x Great Grandfather



Aaron Hager 

(b. 1821)

3x Great Grand Uncle



Frederick Hager, Jr.

(1827 - 1881)

3x Great Grand Uncle



Henry R. Gibbar

(1832 - 1893)

2x Great Grandfather



Milton Hager

(1837 - 1890)

3x Great Grand Uncle



James P. Kline

(1843 - 1929)

2x Great Grandfather



James Ruben Hager

(1845 - 1919)

2x Great Grandfather


James Henry Gibbar*

(1888 - 1962)

Grandfather



John Vincent Bohnert*

(1899 - 1971)

Grandfather



*Registered for the draft, but did not serve in the military.


Paul Lawrence Gibbar

(1919 - 1987)

Uncle



Robert William Bohnert

(1922 - 1952)

Uncle



James Joseph Bohnert

(1925 - 2020)

Father




Harry Joseph Gibbar

(1932 - 1969)

Uncle