Brief Life History of Jasper Newton
When Jasper Newton Barr Sr. was born on 24 January 1841, in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Silas Preston Barr, was 28 and his mother, Vivian Catherine Thomas, was 26. He married Mary Ann Aylett on 7 September 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 January 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in West Jordan City Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jasper N Barr in household of Silas P Barr, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jasper Newton Barr - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth: 24 January 1841; West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Jasper N Barr, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
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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