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John William “Johnny” Barr

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Birth	:	11 Mar 1914
Death	:	25 Oct 1925
Burial	:	Newhouse Cemetery, Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0412500, -79.0388000
Description	:	Son of John Barr And Edna V Snider A Sad Accident On Friday evening October 23, while the teacher Mrs. Vista Sites, with her scholars of Oak Dale school were returning from the Fair at Petersburg, a very sad thing happened, which no one could help. The truck driven by Elmer Riggleman, a merchant at Rig, and a very careful driver, when going around a double turn in the road, just below the gap, the weight seemed to shift to the lower side of the truck and it gave away entirely, throwing eight children from the truck and killing one... Read More	Son of John Barr And Edna V Snider A Sad Accident On Friday evening October 23, while the teacher Mrs. Vista Sites, with her scholars of Oak Dale school were returning from the Fair at Petersburg, a very sad thing happened, which no one could help. The truck driven by Elmer Riggleman, a merchant at Rig, and a very careful driver, when going around a double turn in the road, just below the gap, the weight seemed to shift to the lower side of the truck and it gave away entirely, throwing eight children from the truck and killing one boy, a lad of near twelve. A girl of Elmer Crites was slightly injured also, but, the rest escaped uninjured. The boy, who was killed was the son of John Barr of Rig. As he started to fall some one on the truck tried to save him by catching hold of his foot, and probably this caused his head to strike the hub. The truck did not run over him. A car was close behind the truck and the child was brought to Dr. Dyer's office at once, but as his skull was fractured in two places, he died in a very few minutes. Such things are indeed sad, but might have been much worse. We sometimes wonder if it would not be better for each parent to take their own children to such places instead of having great truck loads of children going in a body. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community. {Abstracted from Pendleton County Obituaries}

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John William “Johnny” Barr's memorial is located at: Newhouse Cemetery, Rig, Hardy County, USA.
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John William “Johnny” Barr death on 25 Oct 1925 in
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Latitude: 39.0412500
Longitude: -79.0388000

Family Members:

Parent

John William Barr

(1874 - 1946)

Edna Vernie “Verdie” Snyder Barr

(1881 - 1963)

Siblings

Dale Leora Barr Riggleman

(1900 - 1956)

Hugh Clifton Barr

(1904 - 1989)

Elvin Paxton “Elvy” Barr

(1920 - 1975)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Newhouse Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0412500, -79.0388000

2. Snodgrass Graveyard
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0410000, -79.0374000

3. Richard Cain Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0403090, -79.0603600

4. Fisher Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0320000, -79.0171400

5. Baker Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0605100, -79.0242300

6. Critestown Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0163300, -79.0613200

7. Crites-Eye Cemetery
Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0125420, -79.0624170

8. Bean-Cunningham Cemetery
Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0078100, -79.0301700

9. Kessel Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0777500, -79.0345600

10. Fultz Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0777700, -79.0345400

11. Redman Family Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0612200, -78.9966300

12. Redman Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0377550, -78.9862700

13. Benjamin Wilson Gravesite
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0363400, -78.9859200

14. Crites Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0747800, -79.0046700

15. Cunningham Cemetery
Durgon, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9990600, -79.0576700

16. Brown Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0778000, -78.9994200

17. Cook Cold Spring Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0271200, -78.9799600

18. Epiphany-Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0896300, -79.0277200

19. Jenkins Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0310620, -78.9752250

20. Woerner Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0849300, -79.0058700

21. Scott Cemetery
Durgon, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9902900, -79.0414100

22. Inskeep Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0732700, -78.9836600

23. Baker Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9855700, -79.0287700

24. Olivet Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0614300, -78.9622300