Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Warren County.

W. H. BARR was born in Crawfordsville, Ind., December 21, 1839.  He is a 
son of Thomas and Martha M. (Tipton) Barr, and is of English extraction.  
The parents were prominent citizens of Kentucky, and were born at Mt. 
Sterling, where they remained until 1838; then removed to 
Crawfordsville, Ind., and there resided some years; then returned to 
their native State and settled at Elizabethtown, where the father died 
in 1864.  Mr. Barr was educated at the public schools of Crawfordsville, 
Ind., and at Wabash College, where he graduated in 1858, and the next 
year he came to Hardin County, Ky.  In 1864 he began farming and 
trading, an occupation which he has since continued.  In 1883 he came to 
Bowling Green, and purchased 133 acres of fine land adjoining the city 
of Bowling Green.  Mr. Barr is a leading farmer and trader of this 
county.  His mariage was solemnized in September, 1864, with Nannie L. 
Phillips, of La Rue County, Ky., daughter of P. P. and Jane M. 
(Williams) Phillips.  The Phillips family was one of the first families 
of Kentucky, and settled in the Territory in 1796.  To Mr. and Mrs. Barr 
have been born six children:  Mattie P. (who was united in mariage, 
September 12, 1882, in the Mammoth Cave, with P. P. Huffman, of 
Christian county, Ky.), Irvin T., Grace M., Willie L., Jennie M. and 
Fannie A.  Mr. Barr is a Democrat. He and his wife are prominent members 
of the Baptist Church.

Barr Huffman Phillips Williams
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Christian-KY Elizabethtown-Hardin-KY IN Larue-KYMt._Sterling-Montgomery-
KY

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