Carroll-Cass-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Barr, William E. 1864 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM E. BARR.

   Mention is made in this volume of many worthy farmers of Carroll county,
farmers who have figured in the growth and development of the agricultural life
of the county, and whose interests have been identified with every phase of its
progress. Among the successful farmers of Carroll county, who are now living
retired is William E. Barr, of Flora, Indiana. He is the proprietor of "Hereford
Stock Farm," consisting of one hundred and forty-five acres of land located nine
and. one-half miles northeast of Flora, in Carrollton township.

   Born on July 1, 1864, in Deer Creek township, Cass county, Indiana, William
E. Barr is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Crider) Barr, the former of whom was
born in Pennsylvania and reared in Ohio. The latter was born and reared in the
Keystone state. After their marriage, in Ohio, they came to Indiana about i860,
settling in the northern part of Carroll county, where Benjamin Barr lived until
his death. He was a prosperous farmer and business man and was the owner of more
than three hundred acres of land. Both he and his wife were earnest and faithful
members of the United Brethren church. They were the parents of five children,
of whom two are living at the present time: Mary A., the wife of Levi Cripe, of
Camden, Indiana, and William E. The deceased children are Ora, Jerry and Sarah.

   Reared on a farm in Carrollton township, William E. Barr attended the common
schools of his home neighborhood during the winter seasons, assisting his father
on the home farm during the summers, until he was twenty years old. He remained
at home, however, until he reached his majority, after which he rented his
father's farm until 1914, at which time he built a modern home in Flora and
removed to that city, where he has since lived.

   On January 6, 1898, William E. Barr was married to Bertha Turley, who was
born in Cass county, Indiana, March 13, 1876, and who is a daughter of George W.
and Catherine (Cripe) Turley. Mrs. Barr's mother was born in Clinton county, and
her father in Greene county, Indiana, the former being now deceased, while the
latter is still living in Howard county, Indiana.

Altogether William E. Barr has one hundred and forty-five acres of land in
Carroll county and eighty-six acres of land in Howard county, Indiana. He is a
stockholder in the Farmers State Bank, of Camden, and interested in other
enterprises. Mr. Barr is a member of the United Brethren church, while Mrs. Barr
is an adherent of the Dunkard church. Politically, Mr. Barr is a Democrat.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana



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