Captain William N Air
Kentucky Post, Saturday, February 2, 1907, page 5
Old River Man Succumbed to Fever
Captain William N Air, Who Operated Newport Ferries Is Dead
Captain William N Air, 75, died at an early hour today at his
residence, 206 East Third-st. Newport. He had been in failing health for
some months, but the immediate cause of his death was typhoid fever.
Captain Air was a prominent riverman during the war, and operated the ferry boats between Newport and Cincinnati before the present bridges were built. Of late years he was in the contracting business and secured many big operations in Northern Kentucky. A widow, two sons and two daughters survive him.