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Samuel Barr
(1798-1864)
Rachel Weaver
(1808-1862)
Michael Stump
(1787-1883)
Elizabeth Bush
(1791-1860)
James Francis Barr
(1828-1902)
Matilda Stump
(1828-1904)
Floyd Barr
(1857-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances Harriett Elliott

Floyd Barr 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 24 December 1857, Calhoun County, VA 1 3 4 5 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Frances Harriett Elliott on 1 April 1881 in Calhoun County, WV 1 2 3
  • Died: April 1919, Calhoun County, WV at age 61 1 7
  • Buried: April 1919, Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States 1 7
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of December 1858 and a birth location of Virginia.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Calhoun County, VA on 3 October 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 99, Roll 1340, Dwelling 714, Family 660
, Calhoun County, Virginia
Floyd Barr..2..Calhoun County VA
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 12 July 1870. 5

1870 US Census
Page 9, Dwelling 55, Family 55
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Floyd Barr..12..VA..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 9 June 1880. 6

1880 US Census
Page 229A, Roll 1401, District 143, Dwelling 3, Family 3
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Floyd Barr..Son..22..VA
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 4 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 23, Family 38
Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 19 years
Floyd Barr..Head..Dec 1858..41..WV..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 24 Dec 1857 instead of Dec 1858, then his age should have been 42 instead of 41.
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• He was buried in April 1919 in the Barr Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.

Floyd and Francis share a common monument gravestone that is badly weathered as of 2008. At the top of the vertical face is the surname Barr. Underneath are each of their names. It says Floyd; 1857-1919 and Francis H.; 1859-1937.

Find A Grave Memorial #99392198
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Floyd married Frances Harriett Elliott, daughter of Unknown and Sarah W., on 1 April 1881 in Calhoun County, WV.1 2 3 (Frances Harriett Elliott was born on 30 October 1859 in Calhoun County, VA,1 8 died on 11 January 1937 in Calhoun County, WV 1 8 and was buried after 11 January 1937 in Sycamore, WV 8.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 4 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 23, Family 38
Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 19 years
Floyd Barr..Head..Dec 1858..41..WV..Farmer
Frances H. Barr..Wife..Nov 1859..40..WV..5/4
Cora Barr..Dau..Jan 1882..18..WV
Farris Barr..Son..Apr 1888..12..WV
Una Barr..Dau..Dec 1892..7..WV
Pratt Barr..Son..Mar 1898..2..WV
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Sources


1 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)).

2 "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database and images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 May 2015); Name: Floyd Barr; Spouse's Name: Francis H Elliott; Event Date: 01 Apr 1881; Event Place: Calhoun, West Virginia.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 3A, family 38, Floyd Barr and Frances Harriett Elliott; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Calhoun County, Virginia, p. 99, dwelling 714, family 660, James Francis Barr and Matilda Stump; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1340.

5 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, p. 9, dwelling 55, family 55; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 143, p. 229A, dwelling 3, family 3, James Francis Barr and Matilda Stump; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 12 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99392198.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 12 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99392157.


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