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Surnames: Barr,Burriss, Allen, Gillick
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James M. Barr, attorney at law,Washington, Ind., was born in Reeve Township,Daviess
County, October 27, 1841, and is one of a family of three sons,and four daughters born to
John and Julie(Burriss) Barr, both natives of Kentucky. The father came to this county
with his father, James Barr, when he was a lad of eight years, in about 1816 and located
in what is now Barr Township, where the father and grandfather,of the subject of this
sketch, spent the greater part of their lives. James M. Barr was raised on the farm with
his parents, securing a fair education, in the common branches. In 1862, he enlisted in
Company D., Eightieth Regiment IndianaVolunteer Infantry, and served in the civil war
three years as private and non-commissioned officer. At the close of the war he returned
home and followed the life of a farmer until 1880, in Reeve Township, in the meantime
studing law. In the year last named he moved to Washington, and being admitted to the
Daviess County bar in 1!
881, has since been engaged in the practice of law, meeting with very encouraging
success. Mr. Barr is a staunch Republican, and served in Reeve township, as justice of
the peace four years. He is a member of the G.A.R. He was married in December, 1866, to
Martha Allen, a antive of Daviess County. They have four children: Ora May, Minnie, Allen
and Eva. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barr are members of the Presbyterian Church. John Barr, the
father of the subject of this sketch, became a resident of Reeve Township, where he bought
a tract of land, which he cleared and improved, undergoing all kinds of hardships in the
meantime. He led a long, useful and honorable life, dying in February 1885. Mrs. Barr
died when James M. was a mere child, and John Barr subsequently married Lucy Gillick, who
died about six years since, leaving one child-a son.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishing;Chicago;1886
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