Dr. Robert Barr, M.D. and Cordelia E. Elder

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Husband Dr. Robert Barr, M.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Aug 1828 - Cherry Hill Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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           Died: 2 Mar 1882 4
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         Father: Thomas Barr (      -      ) 2 5
         Mother: Catharine Gordon (      -      ) 2 5

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       Marriage: 15 Oct 1868 2

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Wife Cordelia E. Elder ^{1 2 3 6}

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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: Robert Elder (1809-1890) 2 6 7 8
         Mother: Nancy W. Douglass (Abt 1815-1896) 4 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Robert Barr, M.D.

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He was reared on a farm and received his education in the rural schools and Indiana academy. He had determined at an early age to become a member of the medical profession, and to this end directed his education. He read medicine with Dr. Stewart, of Armagh, and Dr. Thomas St. Clair, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia, in the class of 1854. Afterwards he attended schools of surgery in Philadelphia and other cities and also practiced in the hospitals to make himself more proficient in surgery. He commenced the active practice of his profession at Armagh, but soon removed to Indiana, where he practiced until his death, excepting the time of the late war. On November 8, 1861, he was mustered into the U. S. service as surgeon of the 67th regiment, Pa. Vols., and aided in its organization. He was actively employed in the field with his regiment, brigade and division until the expiration of his term of service, in the autumn of 1864, and then left field duty on account of physical disability, incurred from exposure and continued service. While in commission he was intrusted with the most responsible duties, and was always fully equal to their proper discharge. He was promoted to surgeon-in-chief, and in the trying and severe campaigns of 1863 and 1864 was conspicuous for skillful surgical operations and efficient discipline in the medical corps under his charge. The high esteem in which he was held in the Army of the Potomac was attested by the complimentary order with which he was mustered out of the service. Returning home from the army, he resumed his practice and was actively engaged until a few months before his death.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503, 534.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 92.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 961.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 93.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 534.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 201.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 960.