George W Barr

1832 - 1912  (79 years)

• Name	George W Barr  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Dec 1832	Sherburne, Chenango Co., New York
  Gender	Male
  Biography	From Brown, Robert C., History of Crawford County, (Part 5), pp. 1088-1101 GEORGE W. BARR, M.D., Titusville, was born December 16, 1832, in Sherburne, Chenango Co., N.Y., and is the only child of Charles W. and Almira (Blineberry) Barr, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Holland- Dutch extraction, born in Dutchess County, N.Y., residents at one time of Gowanda, N.Y. Our subject received a common school training, and completed his education at the Springfield Academy. He taught school for several years, and then began reading medicine with Dr. George Sweatland, of Evans, Erie Co., N.Y., and Dr. Charles H. Wilcox, Surgeon of the Marine Hospital, of Buffalo, N.Y., and James P. White, in charge of St. Mary’s Lying- in Hospital, where he was the first interne or resident physician, and graduated at the Buffalo Medical College in February, 1856. He attended lectures in Bellevue Medical College, N.Y., and commenced the practice of medicine in 1856, at Gowanda, N.Y., where he remained until 1861, when he was assigned the duty of Examining Surgeon in Gen. R.B. Valkenburg’s staff at Elmira, Mustering District, September 15, 1861, and was commissioned Surgeon of the Sixty- fourth New York Volunteers November 13, 1861. From Gowanda, N.Y., he came to Titusville in February, 1865, where he has practiced his profession ever since with marked success, holding a membership in the county and State Medical Society and member of the American Medical Association. Dr. Barr was twice married, on the first occasion in August, 1858, to Lavinia, daughter of Col. Ira Ayer, of Evans, Erie Co., N.Y. To this union were born three children, only one surviving— Iris— born in. Gowanda, N.Y., October 6, 1859, now a graduate of Allegheny College. On the decease of his first wife our subject married Lovinia Hanford, widow of Walden Cooper, by whom she had one son— Walden Harte. By her second marriage she had one child— Eva— born January 31, 1877. The Doctor has filled several offices, and has been member of the School Board, and Board of Health. He is President of the Western Pennsylvania Relief Association, and the Corresponding Secretary of Crawford County Medical Society, having been President of the Society in 1876.
  Died	1912
  Person ID	I1006	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Lavinia Ayer,   b. 18 Aug 1834, New York ,   d. 30 Sep 1868  (Age 34 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1858  [3]
  Children	1. Iris Barr,   b. 6 Oct 1859,   d. Aft 30 Jan 1948  (Age > 89 years)   2. George W Barr, Jr.,   b. Mar 1862,   d. 4 Sep 1865  (Age ~ 3 years)   3. Charley Barr,   b. Apr 1866,   d. Apr 1866  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lovinia Hanford,   b. Abt 1836,   d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Eva Barr,   b. 31 Jan 1877
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Project Ayer Letters and documents from the Ayer and James families

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Ayer, Ira I, Hand Written Notes, . (Reliability: 0). and DAR Lineage Book record No. 143533 [S240] Barr, George W Biography. [S33] Ayer, Ira I, Hand Written Notes, . (Reliability: 1).