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Alfred BARR

Alfred BARR

Male 1839 - 1915  (75 years)

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  • Name Alfred BARR 
    Born 25 Sep 1839  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Military Co C, 11th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [5
    Residence 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 20 Jan 1915  [2, 4
    Buried Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • Enlisted in the Union Army on Dec 22 1861, serving with Company C, 11th West Virginia Regiment. Seriously wounded, he was left to die on the battlefield at Winchester, Va., on July 25 1864. Was nursed back to life by the kind hands of Southern women. When able, was taken to Libby Prison where he was exchanged and taken to hospital at Annapolis, Md. [3]
    Person ID I13375  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 May 2023 

    Father Samuel BARR,   b. 21 Sep 1798, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1864, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Rachel WEAVER,   b. 20 Mar 1808, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1862, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F4763  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cynthia Ann SMITH,   b. 14 Apr 1837, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1925, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Hannah Etta BARR,   b. 3 Nov 1860, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1937, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Louisa Jane BARR,   b. 23 Sep 1862, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1946, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. Rachel Virginia BARR,   b. 16 Oct 1865,   d. 3 Apr 1943  (Age 77 years)
     4. Mary Leanise BARR,   b. 12 Jul 1868, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1946, Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Julia Ann BARR,   b. 11 May 1870,   d. 1965  (Age 94 years)
     6. Laura Helen BARR,   b. 24 Nov 1873,   d. 8 Nov 1954  (Age 80 years)
     7. Alvina Florence BARR,   b. 9 Sep 1876,   d. 13 Sep 1959, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     8. (Son) BARR,   b. 11 Feb 1878,   d. 11 Feb 1878  (Age 0 years)
     9. Freeman Garfield BARR,   b. 14 Aug 1881,   d. 2 Sep 1949  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F4762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Alfred Barr
    Alfred Barr

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S626] The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, Amos Beaty Sharps, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).

    3. [S1744] Civil War Soldiers of Calhoun County, (www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/soldiers.htm).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).