Husband: Alfred Barr
Born: Sep-25-1839 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4
Died: Jan-20-1915 2,4
Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Military: Co C, 11th WV Inf, Civil War 5
Resided: 1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1
Father: Samuel Barr (1798 - 1864)
Mother: Rachel Weaver (1808 - 1862)
Notes 3
Wife: Cynthia Ann Smith Married: Dec-22-1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,2
Born: Apr-14-1837 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2,4 Died: Feb-14-1925 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,2,4 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 Father: Isaac Smith (1814 - 1863) Mother: Hannah Collins (1815 - 1900)
F Child 1: Hannah Etta Barr 2 Also known as: Marietta "Eliza" Barr Born: Nov- 3-1860 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 6,7,8 Died: Mar-24-1937 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6,9 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5,2,10,11 Husband: Martin Luther Sharps b. Jul-25-1856 d. Dec-13-1928 Married: Dec-30-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8,2 Husband: Francis Marion Law b. Sep-15-1848 d. Jul-18-1916 Also known as: Marion F. Law 12,13 Married: Mar-31-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,15 Husband: Charles W. Leggett b. May- 6-1851 d. 1943 Married: Feb-10-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
F Child 2: Louisa Jane Barr 2 Born: Sep-23-1862 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2,17 (see note 1) Died: Jul-23-1946 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,17,18 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Husband: Avery Fillmore Nutter b. Sep-28-1857 d. Sep- 4-1936 Married: Jan-31-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 19,1
F Child 3: Rachel Virginia Barr 2 Also known as: Virginia R. Barr Born: Oct-16-1865 2 Died: Apr- 3-1943 2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1940 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Wood Co, WV 21 Census: 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1910 saleswoman in general store 22 Husband: Albert J. "Jud" Riddle b. Oct- 8-1864 d. Feb-16-1951 Also known as: Jud Riddle 23 Married: Oct-24-1888 2
F Child 4: Mary Leanise Barr 2 Also known as: Leanise Barr Born: Jul-12-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Died: Jan-28-1946 in Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Buried: in Deem Cemetery, Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Husband: Charles Marion Deem b. Jan-15-1871 d. Dec-24-1944 Also known as: Marion Deem 24,12 Married: Apr- 6-1891 2
F Child 5: Julia Ann Barr 2 Born: May-11-1870 2,18 Died: 1965 18 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Husband: John H. M. Sinnett b. Mar- 3-1865 d. Mar-28-1904 Husband: Elbridge Ellsworth Shimer b. 1864 d. Feb-23-1939
F Child 6: Laura Helen Barr 2 Born: Nov-24-1873 2 Died: Nov- 8-1954 2 Husband: Ira Wilson b. ca 1874 Married: Nov-19-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 19,1
F Child 7: Alvina Florence Barr 2 Also known as: Florence Barr 24,25 Born: Sep- 9-1876 2 Died: Sep-13-1959 in Ritchie Co, WV 25 Census: 1910 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William A. Goff b. Sep-12-1874 d. Jan-31-1964 Married: Oct-12-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
M Child 8: (Son) Barr 5 Born: Feb-11-1878 4 Died: Feb-11-1878 4 Buried: in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
M Child 9: Freeman Garfield Barr 2 Born: Aug-14-1881 2,18 Died: Sep- 2-1949 2,18 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Wife: Minnie B. Adams b. Jun- 8-1886 d. 1957 Married: May- 4-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,1
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (3) Civil War Soldiers of Calhoun County (www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/soldiers.htm) (4) Headstone. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (7) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA. (8) Elizabeth Witter Clarke Lerman, Dayton, OH 45406