Mrs. Shuman,
I don't recognize any of the other names, but we are related to a lot of
Shepherds. I'm not sure if any came from Decatur County, but I'd be happy
to correspond with you and see if we can find a connection.
Gail Lewis
Erie, Colorado
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From: "Trace" <tlfmathia(a)yahoo.com>
To: <indecatu(a)rootsweb.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [INDECATU] Henry Barr - Decatur Co IN- correx
I descend from Levi Rayl. Does anyone have any connections with the Rayls,
Shepherds, Gullions, Hewitts, Enos",McCartys, Felts, Tanners amd Hallgarths.
I would really enjoy trading info with any family members.
Mrs. Trace Shuman
--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Erayl(a)aol.com <Erayl(a)aol.com> wrote:
From: Erayl(a)aol.com <Erayl(a)aol.com>
Subject: [INDECATU] Henry Barr - Decatur Co IN- correx
To: BARR(a)rootsweb.com, INDECATU(a)rootsweb.com, RLONBARR(a)aol.com
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 12:36 PM
For years, I've seen the name of Henry and Martha (Lemaster) Barr's
daughter
Mary's name as "Mary Sternaker Barr" in shared research. Last
week I visited
the courthouse in Greensburg, Indiana, and discovered that her middle name
was
recorded and transcribed incorrectly!
Her marriage license application has "Mary Sternaker Barr" but the
certificate immediately below recording her marriage clearly has "Mary
Starnater Barr!"
This would connect Henry's family through his father, John, to the German
emigrant families of Christian Wiman b. 1730 and Francis Starnator (who
married
an
unnamed daughter of Christian Wiman). Another of Christian's daughters
(unnamed) married a John Barr? Coincidence? Probably not.
Seems that Henry Barr probably named Mary for his mother's sister,
<Mary?>
Wiman Starnator. Henry was born 1792 in PA, and lived in Henry Co, KY,
Jennings
Co, IN and Clay Twp, Decatur Co, IN. The Wiman family and Francis Starnator
emigrated together from Rotterdam to PA on the ship "Hamilton" in
1767 and
settled in western PA before some of them came by flatboat to the Louisville
area,
settling in Henry/Shelby Counties.
Now, can anyone help straighten out the rest of the Barrs of Decatur,
Jennings and Shelby Counties (John Barr Sr. and Jr., Allen, George, Jacob,
Melinda,
etc.) in relationship to Henry? I think the John Barr of Decatur Co is
Henry's
brother -- John married Henry's wife's half-sister, Lucy Lemaster. The
Lemasters lived in Shelby Co, KY in the early 1800s.
Eleanor Rayl
Indianapolis
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