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:
(1841 - 1909)
2x Great Grand Uncle
(1845 - 1897)
2x Great Grand Uncle
Some of our Gibbar ancestors and relatives who fought for the Union in the Civil War include:
(1819 - 1874)
3x Great Grandfather
Aaron Hager
(b. 1821)
3x Great Grand Uncle
Frederick Hager, Jr.
(1827 - 1881)
3x Great Grand Uncle
(1832 - 1893)
2x Great Grandfather
Milton Hager
(1837 - 1890)
3x Great Grand Uncle
James P. Kline
(1843 - 1929)
2x Great Grandfather
(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.
(1919 - 1987)
Uncle
(1922 - 1952)
Uncle
(1925 - 2020)
Father
Harry Joseph Gibbar
(1932 - 1969)
Uncle