Barr, Rev. George R.

1810 - 1892  (82 years)

• Name	Barr, George R.
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	25 Jul 1810	Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Aug 1892	Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I3629	Sackett
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Barr, William,   b. Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1858, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
  Mother	Ray, Rebecca,   d. Unknown
  Children	1. Barr, Rev. George R.,   b. 25 Jul 1810, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1892, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rodefer, Sarah,   b. Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1874
  Married	25 Oct 1831	Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Barr, Mary E. C.,   d. Unknown   2. Barr, Ann Maria,   b. 1834, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Unknown   3. Barr, John W.,   d. Unknown   4. Barr, Margaret J.,   d. Unknown   5. Barr, William F.,   d. Unknown   6. Barr, David,   d. Unknown   7. Barr, Lizzie P.,   d. Unknown   8. Barr, Henry C.,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F1537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sackett, Martha Jane,   b. 10 Jun 1830, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1893  (Age 63 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1877	New York, USA
  	Dr. Barr maried secondly in New York, on June 7, 1877, Rev. Mr Bailey officiating clergyman, Martha J., daughter of Col. Augustine Sackett, of New York [Virginia and Virginians, page 704]
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 25 Jul 1810 - Stokes County, North Carolina, USA Married - 25 Oct 1831 - Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Child - Barr, Ann Maria - 1834 - Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Married - 7 Jun 1877 - New York, USA Died - 27 Aug 1892 - Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Robert Alonzo Brock and Virginia A. Lewis; "Virginia and Virginians. Vol. 2"; c. 1888, page 704-705 Rev. George R. Barr: D.D. The subject of this sketch is the oldest son of Dr. William Barr, who was born in Greenbrier county, (then) Virginia, and raised in Halifax county, Virginia. The father of Dr. Wm. Barr was Isaac Barr, who was born in Fairfax county, Virginia. When sixteen years of age, he (Isaac Barr) volunteered as a private in the Revolutionary Army, and continued in the service of his country till the war closed, and then received an honorabel discharge. He soon thereafter married a Miss Foster, and removed to Greenbrier county. Dr. William Barr removed from Halifax county, Virginia, to Stokes county, North Carolina, where he married Rebecca Ray. The son, George R., was born in that county, July 25, 1810. In November, 1823, the family made thier home in Abingdon, where Dr. William Barr died in 1858. Rev. George R. Barr has been twice married, his first wife Sarah, daughter of Jacob Rodefer, of Shenandoah county, Virginia. She was born in that county, became the wife of Dr. Barr in Abingdon, October 25, 1831, and died on March 12, 1874. eight living children are the issure of this marriage: Mary E. C., Ann Maria, John W., Margaret J., page 705 William F., David, Lizzie P. and Henry C. John, David and Henry gallantly represented this honored family in the army of the South, during the late war. John now resides in Abingdon, David at Smithfield, Virginia; Henry in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Barr married secondly in New York, on June 7, 1877, Rev. Mr Bailey officiating clergyman, Martha J., daughter of Col. Augustine Sackett, of New York, born in Canandaigua, that State, June 10, 1830. The record of the public services of Dr. Barr shows a life devoted to the service of humanity. He was ordained a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church in 1842, was several years president of the Virginia Conference of that church, a number of times representative to the General Conference and to various conventions of the church. From September 1, 1841, to February 13, 1873, he was associate editor and proprietor of the Abingdon Virginian, Charles B. Cole associated with him as senior editor. He has been twenty-two years consecutively secretary of Wateman Lodge, No., 219, A.F. & A.M., and for the last five years secretary of MaCabe Lodge, I.O.O.F., No. 56. ---- Census: 1880 Abingdon, Washington, VA George R. BARR, Self, M, Male, W, 70, NC, Book Seller, VA, VA M. J. BARR, Wife, M, Female, W, 50, NY, Keeping House, CT, CT Maria BARR, Dau, S, Female, W, 46, VA, Home, NC, NY