Worth Barr

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)

Worth Barr
(1855-1939)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rachel Matilda Sharps

2. Iza Mary Shepler

Worth Barr ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 13 May 1855, , Gilmer County, VA ¹ ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Rachel Matilda Sharps on 15 January 1877 in Calhoun County, WV ¹ ² ³
Marriage (2): Iza Mary Shepler in 1903 ¹
Died: 5 May 1939 at age 83 ¹ ⁶
Buried: After 5 May 1939, Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States ¹ ² ⁶

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• 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
Worth Barr..5..Gilmer County VA
(Living with parents.)
.

• 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
Worth Barr..15..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. ³

1880 US Census
Page 229A, District 143, Dwelling 7, Family 7, Roll 1401
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Worth Barr..Self..25..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 children.)
.

• He was buried after 5 May 1939 in the Barr Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.

Worth Barr - 13 May 1855 - 5 May 1939
. ⁶

Worth married Rachel Matilda Sharps, daughter of George Sharpes and Priscilla Zinn, on 15 January 1877 in Calhoun County, WV.¹ ² ³ (Rachel Matilda Sharps was born on 26 September 1849 in , Taylor County, WV,¹ ² ⁷ died on 5 January 1903 in Calhoun County, VA ¹ ² ⁷ and was buried after 5 January 1903 in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States ¹ ² ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 9 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 229A, District 143, Dwelling 7, Family 7, Roll 1401
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Worth Barr..Self..25..VA..Farmer
Rachael M.Barr...Wife..28..VA
Marcellus A. Barr..Son..2..WV
Jessie M. Barr..Dau..1..WV
.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Groom: BARR, Worth
Age: 22
Birth: Calhoun
Parents: James & Matilda
Bride: SHARPS, Rachel M.
Age: 24
Birth: Taylor
Parents: George & Priscilla
Marriage date: 15 Jan 1877
Married by: J. M. Wood
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Worth next married Iza Mary Shepler in 1903.¹ (Iza Mary Shepler was born in 1870 ¹ and died on 3 December 1950 ¹.)

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

2 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)).

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 143, p. 229A, dwelling 7, family 7, Worth Barr and Rachel Matilda Sharps; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 Mar 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.

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 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99392246.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99392309.

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