Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Tarr, Russell H. April 4, 1883 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.126  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present

        RUSSELL H. TARR has been a Tampa merchant for fifteen years. He has 
been chiefly responsible for the building up of one of the city’s largest
organizations, the Tarr Furniture Company, of which he is treasurer and general
manager.
	Mr. Tarr was born at Paris, Kentucky, April 4, 1883, only child of JOHN
and SARAH (EARLYWINE) TARR. His parents were natives of Kentucky. RUSSELL TARR
was reared and educated in Kentucky, attended the Millersburg Military
Institute, and subsequently studied law in Washington and Lee University of
Virginia. Mr. Tarr came direct to Tampa in 1904, and for three years performed
the duties of Circuit Court reporter.
	In 1907 he engaged in the furniture business, and soon organized the
Tarr Furniture Company, which he has successfully managed. In 1907 he married
BERDINA CROWELL at Tampa. Their three children are RUSSELL CROWELL, JOHN ROBERT
and LUCY JANE.
	For a number of years Mr. Tarr has devoted time and energy to various 
civic and commercial organizations. For one year he was president of the 
Florida Furniture Dealers’ Association, served two years as president of the 
Retail Merchants’ Association of Tampa, is now president of the Rotary Club, is 
one of the governors of the Board of Trade, is a director in the Retail 
Merchants’ Association and the Y. M. C. A. and the United Charities, and is a
member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He is
a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and is a member of the Gulf Club.


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