- LIEUT. SAMUEL W. BARR, a member of LIDSTER & BARR,, dealers
in agricultural
- implements at Beloit, Wis., was born in Chautauqua County,
N.Y., on the 26th day of March, 1828, and is a son of Samuel
W. and Susan (SHEPARD) BARR, the former a native of Connecticut,
and the latter of Chautauqua County, N.Y. His father's family
numbered eleven children as follows: Lucy, now the wife of B.
H. KELLAR, of Manchester, Iowa; Samuel, who is second in order
of birth; Hannah M., wife of Edward RUTLIDGE, of Chippewa Falls,
Wis.; Henry M., whose sketch appears on another page of this
work; Susan E., who wedded Edward RAWLEY, a resident of Warren,
Jo Daviess Co., Ill.; Adelaide, wife of Cyrus B. MORSE of Evansville,
Wis.; Edward L. whose home is in Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Catherine
H. wife of James YOUNT, of Topeka, Kan.; Frank E. and Leroy of
Boone County, Ill.; and one child who died in infancy.
- In early life Mr. BARR was a supporter of the Whig party,
but on the organization of the
- Republican party he joined its ranks and affiliated with
it until his death, which occurred in Beloit, in 1868. He had
previously removed to that city in 1865, and his wife, who still
survives him, resides there.
- Our subject received his education in the common schools,
and in the year 1855, came to the West,
- locating in Beloit. He is an excellent machinist and soon
after his arrival secured employment in the plow-shops, where
he remained until 1864, when he enlisted in the 47th Wisconsin
Infantry and was assigned to Company H. After being mustered
in at Madison, he was ordered to Louisville, Ky., and from there
to Edgefield, where he received a commission as Orderly-Sergeant.
While in Chicago he had charge of the company as its Captain.
From Edgefield the regiment was sent to Tullahoma, Tenn., where
Mr. BARR was commissioned Second-Lieutenant. The regiment in
which he served was principally engaged in guerrilla warfare.
It was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1865, and discharged
at Madison, Wis.
- After returning home, Lieut. BARR was again engaged in the
plow-shops for a short time, when
- he purchased a farm and followed agricultural pursuits until
1886, when in company with Mr. LIDSTER he established the firm
of LIDSTER & BARR. They carry a full line of agricultural
implements, and by fair dealing and an earnest desire to please
their customers have built up a good trade. In 1850, in Steuben
County, N.Y., Mr. BARR led to the marriage alter Miss Rachel
TOWSLEY, and by their union two children have been born, Charles
H. and Edgar F. Socially, he is a member of the G.A.R. Post,
of Beloit, in which he now holds the office of Commander, while
politically, he is a stanch and faithful supporter of the Republican
party.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 310.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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