U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Barr, Alfred (1839-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 551-552 Alfred Barr, too, claims a little corner in this town's history, he having been identified with the community for almost a half century. For thirty-three consecutive years, he has been the Superintendent of the Baptist church Sunday-school, and a prominent figure in other departments of church work. He came upon the "battle field of life" in Lewis county, on September 25, 1839; and is the son of the late Samuel and Rachel Weaver Barr. On December 22, 1859, he was married to Miss Cynthia Anne Smith, daughter of the late Isaac Smith, of Smithville, and a little later, this county became his adopted home. He enlisted in Company C, 11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, on December 22, 1861, and served in defense of the Union for three years, being a participant in many engagements on the field of battle. On July 24, 1864, he was wounded at the battle of Winchester, and was left on the field to die; but was rescued and nursed back to life by the kind hands of the Southern women. When able to be removed, he was taken to the far-famed Libbey prison, at Richmond, where he was exchanged and taken to the general hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, and there remained until able to return home. He is the father of ten children: Mrs. Eliza Nutter, Mrs. Hannahetta Sharps Law, Mrs. A. J. Riddel, Mrs. Mary L. Deem, Mrs. Julia Sinnett Shimer, Mrs. Florence Goff, Mrs. Laura Wilson, and Freeman Barr, all of this county; and two died in childhood. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Ritchie County, WV (Page 8) FULL-NAME: Alfred Barr AGE-AT-DEATH: 75y-3m-25d DEATH-DATE: January 20, 1915 DEATH-PLACE: Smithville MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tuberculosis of Lungs ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------