Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Barr, George
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Biography for George Barr, Bureau County, Illinois

George Barr, Berlin, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 26, 1841.  His 
father, George Barr, was also a native of Germany, where he passed his 
life chiefly in farming, though for twenty years he served in  he army.  
His wife, Salmon Busteter, was of French birth, but moved to Germany 
with her family when a girl.  She died when her son George was six years 
old.  They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still 
living, all except one in America.  Our subject came to this country 
when about eleven years old, and lived in Wisconsin three years, 
removing to Bureau County in the spring of 1859.  August, 1862, he 
enlisted in Company B, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, served 
for one year, when he was discharged for disability.  He participated in 
the seige of Vicksburg.  Since his return from the war he has been 
engaged in farming, and has also run a threshing-machine and corn-
sheller for several years.  In 1877 he bought his present farm of eighty 
acres in Section 33, Berlin Township.  Preciously he had resided on a 
farm near DePue.  He was married October 14, 1867, to Rachel Martin, a 
native of Warren County, N. J., born October 14, 1840.  She is the 
daughter of Henry and Mary (Brown) Martin, both natives of New Jersey.  
Mr. Martin died at Malden in April, 1879, but his widow still resides 
there.  Mr. and Mrs. Barr have two children, viz.: Fleedia, born March 
14, 1879, and Henry, born October 30, 1874.  In politics Mr. Barr is 
identified with the Republican party.  He is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church of Malden.

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