• Ayer, Ira
  Va., NY
  Captain assistant surgeon volunteers 11 Mar 1901
  honorably discharged 24 Nov 1902

• Ayer, Lewis M.
  Tenn., Tenn.
  Ensign 24 infantry 3 May 1813
  3 Lieutenant 15 Aug 1813
  transferred to 2 infantry 1 Jan 1814
  2 Lieutenant 9 Mar 1814
  resigned 31 Jul 1814

• Ayer, Samuel
  Mass., Mass.
  Post surgeon 17 Feb 1817
  resigned 9 Mar 1818

• Ayer, Thomas Jefferson
  Tenn., Tenn.
  2 Lieutenant 1 infantry 28 Jan 1820
  regimental adjutant 15 Sep 1821 to 14 Sep 1823
  died 14 Sep 1823

• Ayer, Waldo Emmerson
  Mass., Mass.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 Jul 1880 (31)
  2 Lieutenant 12 infantry 15 Jun 1884
  1 Lieutenant 20 infantry 19 May 1891
  transferred to 11 infantry 20 Jul 1891
  transferred to 12 infantry 16 Apr 1894
  Captain 5 Oct 1898

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known. Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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