Biographical Notes of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA, 1916
John BARR Biography
John Barr came from Berks Co., in 1810 located on a farm two miles South of Pine Grove, now owned by the Weimers at Bxmoor, sold it and bought what is now the Eagle Hotel, lived there till about 1828, bought a farm in Lebanon Co., lived there one year, returned to Pine Grove and built the house where George W. Gensemer lives.
He had four sons and four daugh- ters: George, Paul, Jacob and John, Jr. The daughters married as follows: Polly to John Snyder, Sarah to Jacob Huber, Susan to William Lutz, Eliza to Henry Wile.
He owned considerable property in Pine Grove. He was guardian for Michael Fritz who learned the trade of Tanner and established the first "team tannery in Schuylkill Co. at Friedensburg.
He served in the war at Baltimore in 1814. John Barr was the first post master in Pine Grove.
Source: Biographical Notes, 1841-1916, of Pine Grove, Pa: J. W. Barr: Achenbach & Reber: 1916
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