Brief Life History of David
When David Barr was born about 1862, in Tennessee, United States, his father, David Barr, was 21 and his mother, Caroline Martin, was 23. He married Mary Nash on 28 March 1886, in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 1 April 1887, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Putnam, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Thomas David Barr, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1862–1887 Male
1864–1897 Female
Children (1)
1886–1912 Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 0
1863
Age 1
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 8
Name Meaning
Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.
English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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