Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Balser Tarr and Harriet Reagan




Husband John Balser Tarr 1 2

           Born: 9 Oct 1799 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Gasper Tarr (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Ann Reid (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 1827 1



Wife Harriet Reagan 1 2

            AKA: Hester Ann Reagan 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1872
         Buried: 


         Father: Philip Reagan (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Gasper H. Tarr 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906 - California
         Buried: 



2 F Amanda Tarr 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when twelve years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Philip R. Tarr 2

           Born: 5 Jan 1833 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary C. Fox (      -Aft 1898) 2


4 F Louise Tarr 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Prof. James Sillaman (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - John Balser Tarr


He attended several terms of the neighborhood subscription school, three-fourths of a mile from his father's, taught by John Selby. He moved to his farm in 1835. He served twenty-two years as magistrate, having first been appointed under the old constitution by the Governor, and several times elected by the people.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 687.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 305.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 965.


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