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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

George A. Barr, one of the younger but none the less capable members of the 
legal fraternity in Will county practicing at Joliet, was born in Manhattan, 
Illinois, May 25, 1873, a son of George and Jane (McGrath) Barr. The father, a 
farmer by occupation, died in 1876. The common schools afforded George A. Barr 
his early educational privileges and he continued his studies in the Joliet 
high school and in the University of Illinois, being graduated from the latter 
in June, 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He also spent one year as 
a law student in the university and for two years read law in the office of 
his brother. Hon. Richard J. Barr. Being credited with a year's law work in 
the university, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Illinois in 
December, 1899, and has since been an active member of the legal fraternity in 
Joliet under the firm name of Barr, Barr & Barr. He has given his entire 
attention to the profession and has secured a large and growing clientage, 
being the representative of important litigated interests. His practice is 
general, yet he makes a specialty of personal injury cases and has won some 
notable law suits of that character. He took two years in the military course 
in the University of Illinois while attending college and is a man of broad 
general information aside from his professional knowledge. Mr. Barr was 
married October 16, 1902, to Miss Mary Worrell Speer, a native of Joliet and a 
daughter of James B. Speer, an old resident of that city. They have two 
children, James Worrell and Joseph Milton. Mr. Barr is associated with various 
fraternal organizations. He is a Knight Templar Mason, belonging to Mt. Joliet 
lodge, No. 42, A. E. & A. M., the Royal Arch chapter and Joliet commandery, 
No. 4, K. T. He also belongs to Joliet lodge, K. P.; Illinois council, No. 1, 
of the White Cross; Knights of the Globe, the Modern Woodmen, the American 
Star of Equity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and other 
fraternal and social organizations. He is, moreover, recognized as one of the 
prominent representatives of the republican party in Will county and was 
manager of the city campaign in 1905. For several years he was a member of the 
county central committee and was secretary of the city central committee in 
the campaign of 1903. The following year he was chairman of the township 
central committee and his labors in behalf of his party have been far-reaching 
and effective. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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