Martin Barr

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Husband Martin Barr ¹

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1 M Abraham Barr ²

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2 M Christian Barr ²

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3 M Jacob Barr ²

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4 M Martin Barr ²

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           Born: 1773 2
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5 F Christina Barr ²

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           Born:  - near Quarryville, Lancaster Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Mowrer (      -      ) 2

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6 F [Unk] Barr ²

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Barr

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There are many branches of the Barr family in Pennsylvania, not all springing from the same source. This branch cannot be defi-nitely placed, but it is supposed they are of German descent. They were in Lancaster County prior to 1790 and lived near Quarry-ville where stands the famous "Ark" built in that year by Martin Barr, a wealthy dis-tiller, as a residence. This house, at the time it was built, was not only the largest in that locality, but it was one of the finest and best. The main house was sixty-five by fifty-five feet and thirty feet high from the foundation wall to the eaves. The walls were two feet thick, built of stone. Not a nail was used in its inside finish, wooden pegs and pins being used instead. The hall, twelve feet wide, ran through the center and the stairway was wind-ing, continuing to the garret. This stairway was a mechanical marvel and for a century or more was not im-proved on by modern stair builders.
The Barrs were good farmers and the land always improved under their farming methods. They fed a large number of cattle and had large flocks of sheep.
He lived to be a very old man, dying early in the nineteenth century. He was buried in the Barr graveyard, one of the old-est burying grounds in the country. He and wife Elizabeth were Mennonites.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 160.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 161.