Major John Andrew Bering

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J. A. Bering was born and educated in Cincinnati. When the Rebellion broke out he enlisted in the army as a private. In January, 1863, he was promoted to the captaincy, and in February, 1864, to the position of major, of the Forty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. He was captured during Banks' Red River expedition, in April, 1864. He made his escape, and made a journey of over two hundred miles - within fifty miles of the Union forces - when he was re-captured. Upon his return to prison he found the others of his regiment had been exchanged during his absence. He remained a prisoner until about two months after the close of the war. In 1866, he moved to Webertown, Highland county, kept a general store, and, at the end of three years, moved to Lynchburgh and opened a stock of merchandise. In 1871 he was appointed a revenue officer, and, in 1879, sold his store to his brother, and became deputy collector for the IRS.