James I. Barr

    James I. Barr is a son of Ivan and Judith (Torbert) Barr, and is a native of this township (Warren), where he was born in 1845. He received an academic education in Ohio, and afterward engaged in farming and stock-raising. He now owns 640 acres in this township, with good house, barn and other improvements; he usually keeps seventy-five head of cattle. His wife was Mary Andrew, a native of Butler County, born in 1848, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Neyhard) Andrew.

    Mr. and Mrs. Barr have three children -Thomas, born in 1875; Charlie, born in 1877, and Torbert, born in 1879. Mr. Barr is a member of Attica Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M., and also of Attica Lodge No. 33, I. O. O. F. He was appointed County Commissioner in 1882, and was elected to that office in the autumn of the same year, with a majority of 1,050. Mr. Barr is a stanch Republican.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.