Gasper Tarr and Ann Reid

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Husband Gasper Tarr ¹

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         Father: John B. Tarr (      -      ) 2
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Wife Ann Reid ²

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            AKA: Annie Taylor 3
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Children

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1 F Catherine Tarr ^{2 4 5}

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         Spouse: Paoli Sheppard (      -      ) 4 5 6

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2 M Frederick Tarr ⁷

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         Spouse: Mary "Polly" Heilman (      -      ) 9

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3 F Esther Tarr ²

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         Spouse: George Sherbondy (      -      ) 2

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4 M John Balser Tarr ^{2 3}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1799 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Harriet Reagan (      -Abt 1872) 2 3
           Marr: 1827 2

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5 M James R. Tarr ²

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6 M Gasper Tarr ²

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7 F Margaret Tarr ²

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         Spouse: John Husband (      -      ) 2

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8 F Matilda Tarr ²

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         Spouse: Robert Neal (      -      ) 2

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9 M Henry Tarr ²

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10 M Paoli Tarr ²

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11 M Samuel Tarr ²

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General Notes: Husband - Gasper Tarr

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He was a native of the eastern part of Pennsylvania, but it is supposed came to Westmoreland County when a young man and there engaged in farming, in which line of work he achieved large financial success. He became an extensive landholder, owning almost one thousand acres at what became known as Tarr Station. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and assisted in the building of Reid's Station, on the Allegheny river, above Kittanning. He was a very wealthy man, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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General Notes: Wife - Ann Reid

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of Lancaster Co, PA

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

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

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

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 980.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 133.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 258.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 404, 359, 883.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 883.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 404, 426, 883.