Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Barr and Jeannette George




Husband Samuel Barr 1 2

           Born: 4 May 1811 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Barr (Abt 1773-1813) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Bell (1790-1853) 2 3 4 5


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   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Lewis (      -      ) 1 2 - 10 Nov 1853 2



Wife Jeannette George 2

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         Father: William George (      -      ) 2
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Children

General Notes: Husband - Samuel Barr


He was reared on a farm in Derry township, Westmoreland County, PA, where he lived all his life and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He resided on the same farm for over forty years, and in addition to it he owned two other good farms in the township. He was originally a whig and later belonged to the Republican party but took no active part in politics. He retained his eyesight remarkably well in his later years and could read and write without the use of glasses. He and his wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian church of Blairsville, PA.


General Notes: Wife - Jeannette George


She died about one year after her marriage.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 502, 506.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 423.

3 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 1.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 884.

5 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 45.


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