Harriet Newell was removed from the family by death in early childhood, previous to the residence of the family in Springfield, Ohio.
John Scudder Barr was born in Greenfield, Ohio, and in the year 1876 married Miss Ella Amsden, of Dubuque, Iowa. Miss Amsden was of staunch Congregational origin from New England, and her native home was Belvidere, Ill. Like his brother Lawrence, Mr. John Barr had a bent for the book line, and carried on his business with enterprise in Springfield, Ohio. Here he also early became an office bearer in the First Presbyterian Church, and was on his way to great usefulness when failing health resulted in his death at Minneapolis, Minn., on September 6, 1892, in his forty-fifth year. A Springfield paper, in its notice of his death, fittingly said, "Mr. Barr was one of Springfield's most honored and respected citizens." Mrs. John S. Barr now resides with her family in Los Angeles, Cal. Their son, Albert Amsden Barr, died at the early age of nine. Their daughters, Alice and Pauline, are being educated in the schools of the West.
Virginia Loretta, the youngest of the family, died in Springfield, Ohio, in 1857, in her second year.
The Barr family burial ground lies in the beautiful Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, and there rest the remains of Rev. A. K. Barr, Mrs. A. F. Barr, little "Jennie," Mr. John S. Barr, and Albert A. Barr.
The above sketch was sent in after the genealogy of that branch had been written up, and pages numbered, consequently it occupies a separate section.—The Author.
