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Samuel Barr
(1798-1864)
Rachel Weaver
(1808-1862)
Isaac Smith
(Abt 1807-)
Hannah Collins
(Abt 1812-)
Alfred Barr
(1839-1915)
Cynthia Ann Smith
(1837-1925)
Julia Ann Barr
(1870-1965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Dr. John Harmon Minor Sinnett

2. Eldridge Ellsworth Shimer

Julia Ann Barr 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 11 May 1870, , Ritchie County, WV 1 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Dr. John Harmon Minor Sinnett about 1892
  • Marriage (2): Eldridge Ellsworth Shimer about 1909 1
  • Died: 14 July 1965 at age 95 2 3
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Murphy District, Ritchie, WV on 17 June 1880. 4

1880 US Census
Page 323B, Roll 1413, District 147, Dwelling 430, Family 437
Murphy Township, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Julia A. Barr..Dau..10..WV..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Murphy District, Ritchie, WV on 2 May 1910. 1

1910 US Census
Sheet 13A, Roll 1693, District 74, Family 184
Murphy District, Ritchie County, West Virginia
home owned, with mortgage
married 1 year
Julia A. Shimer..Wife..39..WV..2/2
(Living with second husband, 4 step-children, and sons from her 1st marriage.)
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Julia married Dr. John Harmon Minor Sinnett about 1892. (Dr. John Harmon Minor Sinnett was born on 3 April 1865 in , Ritchie County, WV 3 and died on 28 April 1904 3.)


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Julia next married Eldridge Ellsworth Shimer about 1909.1 (Eldridge Ellsworth Shimer was born in July 1864 in Calhoun County, WV 1 and died after 15 April 1910.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Murphy District, Ritchie, WV on 2 May 1910. 1

1910 US Census
Sheet 13A, Roll 1693, District 74, Family 184
Murphy District, Ritchie County, West Virginia
home owned, with mortgage
married 1 year
Ellsworth E. Shimer..Head..45..WV..1 yr..Retail Merchant
Julia A. Shimer..Wife..39..WV..2/2
William A. Shimer..Son..15..WV
Frances R. Shimer..Dau..13..WV
George L. Shimer..Son..9..WV
Dosia D. Shimer..Dau..7..WV
Starling L. Sinnett..SSon..16..WV
Barr Sinnett..SSon..13..WV

NOTE - Julia Ann Barr remarried to Eldrige Shimer about 1909. This census shows all of Eldridge Shimer's children born from his first wife, Celestine Elliott. It also shows two of Julia's children born from her first marriage to John Harmon Minor Sinnett.
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Sources


1 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Murphy District, Ritchie County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 13A, family 184, Eldridge Ellsworth Shimer and Julia Ann Barr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1693.

2 D. K. Bartram, Jr., World Family Tree Vol. 002, Ed. 1, Tree #0263 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995).

3 Polli Kreaps, "Walker Kreaps APRIL 2008" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pollee_tribe; Updated: 2008-04-10 04:15:54 UTC (Thu)).

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Murphy Township, Ritchie County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 323B, dwelling 430, family 437, Alfred Barr and Cynthia Ann Smith; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1413.


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