Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Barr, Samuel May 4, 1811 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 12, 2018, 3:43 pm Source: See Below Author: See Below SAMUEL BARR, one of the old and highly esteemed citizens and comfortably situated and prosperous farmers of Derry township, was born within one mile of New Derry, Derry township, Westmoreland county, Pa., May 4, 1811, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Bell) Barr. His paternal grandfather, John Barr, was of Irish descent but was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, where he lived and died. One of John Barr’s brothers was Robert Barr, who came to Derry township about 1790 and purchased the farm upon which the subject of this sketch was born, he died in 1823. William Barr (father) was born about 1773 in an eastern county of this State and came to Westmoreland county when quite a young man. He settled in Derry township where he resided until 1813, in which year he died of measles. Prior to the year 1800 he married Elizabeth Bell, who was a member of the old Bell family of this county. After living a widow seven years she married Samuel Moorhead about 1820. Samuel Moorhead died in March, 1853, and his wife died in May, 1853. Samuel Moorhead was a strong democrat and a good citizen. They had seven children, of whom two died young and of the five who reached manhood and womanhood two are yet living: Samuel and Robert, who reside at Fort Madison, Iowa. Samuel Barr was reared on a farm in Derry township, where he has always lived and been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has resided on the farm on which he now lives for over forty years, and in addition to it he owns two other good farms in the township. Samuel Barr has been twice married. 11 is first wife was Jeannette George, who was a daughter of William George and lived but one year after marriage. On November 10, 1853, Mr. Barr united in marriage with Mary Ann Lewis, daughter of Evans Lewis, of Young township, Indiana county, Pa. To their union were born six children, of whom two died in infancy. The four living are: Sarah Elizabeth, who married W. T. McFarland and has had four children; Mary E., Cora B. (dead); Hattie R. and Samuel Barr (dead); Samuel Lewis, Rebecca J., who married M. F. Douglass of the grocery firm of Hamilton & Douglass; and William. Samuel Barr was originally a whig ;he now belongs to the Republican party but takes no active part in polities, He retains his eyesight remarkably well for one of his years and can read and write without the use of glasses. Mr. Barr and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church of Blairsville, Pa. Additional Comments: Extracted from Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co. Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant 1890 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/westmoreland/bios/barr681gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb