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Husband: James Barr Born: May-27-1828 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Mar-30-1902 1,2 Buried: in Barr Cemetery (on Sycamore, Rt 16/21), Calhoun Co, WV 1 Father: Samuel Barr (1798 - 1864) Mother: Rachel Weaver (1808 - 1862) Notes 2
Wife: Matilda Stump Married: Nov-11-1849 2
Born: Jun-28-1828 1 (see note 2) Died: Dec-29-1904 1 Buried: in Barr Cemetery (on Sycamore, Rt 16/21), Calhoun Co, WV 1 Father: Michael Stump (1787 - 1883) Mother: Elizabeth Bush (1791 - 1860)
F Child 1: Sarepta Barr Born: ca 1852 3 Husband: Sylvester Proudfoot b. ca 1845 Married: Oct-19-1870 in Calhoun Co, WV 3
M Child 2: Worth Barr Born: May-13-1855 2,1 Died: May- 5-1939 2,1 Buried: in Barr Cemetery (on Sycamore, Rt 16/21), Calhoun Co, WV 1 Wife: Rachel M. Sharps b. Sep-26-1849 d. Jan- 5-1903 Married: Jan-15-1877 in Calhoun Co, WV 4,5 (see note 3) Wife: Mary Shepler b. 1870 d. Dec- 3-1950
M Child 3: William H. Barr Born: Dec-17-1863 2 Died: Dec-19-1951 2 Wife: Lelia A. "Lillie" Stump b. Oct-27-1870 Married: May- 9-1888 in Gilmer Co, WV 4,2
Sources: (1) Headstone, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/cemetery/betholdcem.htm. (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) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) (4) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (5) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as Worth Barr, age 22, of Calhoun Co, son of James & Matilda; and Rachel M. Sharps, age 24, b. Taylor Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of George & Priscilla. Married Jan 15 1877. Event Notes Note (1) Amos Beaty Sharps reports birth date as May 7 1828, but headstone reads May 27 1828. Note (2) Amos Beaty Sharps reports birth date as Jun 28 1827, but headstone reads Jun 28 1828. Note (3) Amos Beaty Sharps, in "The Samuel Barr Family," incorrectly reports marriage date as Jan 15 1872.




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