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John Shelley Barr Jr
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John Shelley Barr Jr 1 4 5 6 7
- Born: 27 Oct 1862, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi 8
- Marriage (1): Nancy Elizabeth Brosius on 23 Dec 1885 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas 1 2 3
- Died: 12 Mar 1927, Longview, Gregg County, Texas at age 64 9
- Buried: 14 Mar 1927, Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas 10
General Notes:
John was listed as a marble or stone cutter on the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census. He was living in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, in 1900, in Runnels County, Texas, in 1910, and in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, in 1920. In 1920 he rented a shared house with married daughter Hazel's family.
Additional Information:
• Alt. Birth: Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. on some of the children's death certificates
• Alt. Birth, Oct 1863. 5
John married Nancy Elizabeth Brosius, daughter of George Washington Brosius and Mary Ann Elizabeth Anderson, on 23 Dec 1885 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas.1 2 3 (Nancy Elizabeth Brosius was born on 15 Dec 1865 in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas,1 3 5 9 died on 24 Jan 1920 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas 9 and was buried in Jan 1920 in Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas 11.)
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Sources
1
Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 419.
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John S. Barr & Nannie E. Brosius Marriage License (23 Dec 1885).
3
George Washington Brosius Bible (G. W. Brosius born 1832 married to Mary Ann Elizabeth Anderson).
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Ann Beeler, Beeler, Anderson et al ([email protected], RootsWeb.com Gedom annbee), Repository: Ann L. Beeler, 233 N. Ave. C, Cross Plains, Texas 76443.
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1900 United States Federal Census, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas; Roll T623_1633; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 76. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1910 United States Federal Census, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas; Roll T624_1586; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 213; Image: 767. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1920 United States Federal Census, Longview Ward 2, Gregg, Texas; Roll T625_1807; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 284. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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Barr, John S., Bible (in possession of Clifford Barr, 29 August 1972 copy of pages). Clifford Barr, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. He sent me this information which he copied. He said the Bible was too fragile to photocopy.
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Barr, John S., Bible (in possession of Clifford Barr, 29 August 1972 copy of pages).
10
Library Development Association (Nicholson Memorial Library), Gregg County, Texas Cemeteries, Vol. IV (Tyler, Smith County, Texas: The Society, 1986 and 1991).
11
Obituary of Nancy Elizabeth Barr (Funeral of Mrs. Barr, Jan 1920). Original clipping in files of Ann Beeler