John P. Tarr and Margaret Saimer
Husband John P. Tarr 1
Born: 9 Sep 1867 - near Sutersville, Allegheny Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Gasper Tarr (1834-1897) 3 4 Mother: Margaret A. Peairs (1836-Aft 1918) 1
Marriage: May 1885 2
Wife Margaret Saimer 2
Born: 16 Dec 1866 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Adam Saimer ( - ) 2 Mother: Hannah Smith ( - ) 2
Children
1 F Gertie Tarr 2
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2 M Harry Tarr 2
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3 M Logan Tarr 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1915 Buried:
4 M Frank Tarr 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1915 Buried:
5 F Margaret Tarr 2
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6 M Adam Tarr 2
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7 M Warren Tarr 2
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General Notes: Husband - John P. Tarr
He obtained a good education in the public schools, and then applied himself to the business of life as a farmer. In 1899 he moved to Sutersville, Pennsylvania, and there remained for three years, then purchasing a farm near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, which he cultivated for nine years. In 1912 he bought the John Applegate farm of one hundred and four acres, in the same locality, and there conducted general farming operations with profitable results. His church was the United Presbyterian, his political party the Democratic, and he served as a member of the Forward township school board.
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1480.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1481.
3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.
4
Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1010.
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