Samuel Benjamin Franklin Caldwell Barr (1827 - 1882)

Born 7 Sep 1827 in Horse Cave, Hart, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of Silas Barr and Sarah Huddleston

Husband of Angeline (Caruth) Barr — married 29 May 1854 in Wilson Co., Tennessee, USA

Husband of Mary Ellen (Whitson) Barr — married 24 Mar 1864 in Wilson, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1882 at age 54 in Russ, Laclede, Missouri, United States

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Biography

From a biography written and attributed to is grandson Samuel William Barr, found in Patricia Kelley Lindgren's library. Added by Anne Lindgren, 2018

"Dr. Samuel Benjamin Franklin Caldwell Barr was born 7 Sep 1827. He graduated from the University in Nashville, Tenn., now the Rockefeller University, in 1852 & 53 with his Doctorate and Medical Arts degree. He entered the Confederate Army, Co. F. 55 McKoins, TN Regiment (2nd Lt., Capt. James E Scobey's Co. recorded in company muster), Dec. 20, 1861, at the age of 33. He would later be appointed to the Freedman's Bureau in the State of Tennessee and signed the proclamation. He married Mary Whitson in 1862 in L... Tennessee where they had three children. The family moved to Lebanon, Missouri where Sam, my father was born. His son, Samuel Barr passed away in 1882 and was buried on Stovall farm. The marker has been lost; journal found with body."

Sources

• SBFC Barr - Mary Ellen Whitson family history compiled by Patricia Kelley Lindgren
• Family record of daughter, Prudie Whitson Barr Davis.
• U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 332

• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. 24 Mar 1864, Wilson, Tennessee, to

Mary Elizabeth Whitson.

• 1880 Census Place: District 8 Surgoinsville, Hawkins, Tennessee; Archive Collection Number: T1135; Roll: Roll 23; Schedule Type: Agriculture
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19685118/samuel_benjamin_franklin_caldwell-barr: accessed 23 July 2023), memorial page for Dr Samuel Benjamin Franklin Caldwell Barr (7 Sep 1827–7 Feb 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19685118; Burial Details Unknown, personal land; Maintained by Lagan (contributor 47127814).