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Martin Witmer Barr (Jefferson County, Kentucky, telegraph operator and newspaper editor)

b. 1827-10-31 d. 1911-05-11

Jefferson County, Kentucky, telegraph operator and newspaper editor. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Martin Barr and Susan Miller Barr. Married to Harriet Cornelius Barr in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 1, 1855. Father of Martin Potts Barr and William Yancey Barr. Telegraph operator in Louisville in 1850. Newspaper editor in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 151B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 5, p. 148.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington District, Second Ward, p. 276B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #482, p. 709.

"Martin W Barr Dies," The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.), May 12, 1911, p. 5.

"Martin Witmer Barr (1827-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial #142058408, accessed April 1, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142058408/martin-witmer-barr.

Citation

Barr, Martin Witmer. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209923 (November 12, 2026).

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