Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Philip R. Tarr and Mary C. Fox




Husband Philip R. Tarr 1 2

           Born: 5 Jan 1833 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 
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         Father: John Balser Tarr (1799-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Esther Harriett Reagan (      -Abt 1872) 2 3 4


       Marriage: 



Wife Mary C. Fox 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: David F. Fox (1815-Aft 1890) 2 5
         Mother: Mary Sillaman (1817-      ) 1 2




Children
1 M Fox D. Tarr 2

           Born: 23 Sep 1878 2
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           Died: 
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2 M Stewart P. Tarr 2

           Born: 11 Nov 1880 2
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           Died: 27 May 1904 2
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3 F Mary C. Tarr 2

           Born: 7 Jan 1883 2
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           Died: 19 Jun 1905 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Philip R. Tarr


He was educated in the common schools of the neigh­borhood, and remained on his father's farm until 1853. He then drove an ox team across the plains to California, locating near the city of Stockton, where he remained for nineteen years, engaged in farming and freighting. He went to Idaho territory in 1864, where he engaged in mining for nine months, achieving considerable financial success. At the expiration of this period of time he returned home and remained with his father for nine months, after which he returned to California and was a resident of that state for three years more. He then returned to his native county, Westmoreland, and thereafter gave his entire attention to farming and droving, finding a ready sale for his products in the nearby markets. For more than fifty years Mr. Tarr was a member of the I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all chairs.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 584.

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

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

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 719.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 583.


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