Rachel Matilda Sharps

George Sharpes
(1810-After 1880)

Priscilla Zinn
(1811-After 1880)

Rachel Matilda Sharps
(1849-1903)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Worth Barr

Rachel Matilda Sharps ¹ ² ³ ⁴

Born: 26 September 1849, , Taylor County, WV ¹ ² ⁴
Marriage (1): Worth Barr on 15 January 1877 in Calhoun County, WV ¹ ² ³
Died: 5 January 1903, Calhoun County, VA at age 53 ¹ ² ⁴
Buried: After 5 January 1903, Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States ¹ ² ⁴

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1852 and a birth location of West Virginia.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 28 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She 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
Rachael M.Barr..Wife..28..VA
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Sep 1849, then her age should have been 30 instead of 28.
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• She was buried after 5 January 1903 in the Barr Cemetery in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States.

Rachel M. Barr, wife of Worth Barr; Born 26 Sep 1849; Died 5 Jan 1903

Find A Grave Memorial #99392309
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Rachel married Worth Barr, son of James Francis Barr and Matilda Stump, on 15 January 1877 in Calhoun County, WV.¹ ² ³ (Worth Barr was born on 13 May 1855 in , Gilmer County, VA,¹ ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 5 May 1939 ¹ ⁷ and was buried after 5 May 1939 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
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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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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 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.

5 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.

6 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.

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=99392246.

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