DANIEL BARR
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller & Ruggles
Bath Township
Page 813

DANIEL W. BARR, proprietor of Central House, Bath; was born in Washington Co., Md., July 29, 1828, where he resided until 1859, then removing to Ogle Co., Ill., and about one year later to the State of Missouri; thence to Kansas, where he resided from 1860 to 1862, and returned to Illinois the latter year, locating in Morgan Co., and, in 1865, came to Bath, this county, which has since been his home. During the year 1866, he was engaged in butchering, and the following year embarked in the horse and mule trade. He has been proprietor of the Central House since 1871 ; has served one year as Police Constable. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Catharine Foster, who was born in Washington Co., Md. They have had twelve children, nine of whom are living:  Elizabeth, wife of Morris Lester, resides in Peoria. III.; Laura: Addie, wife of George D. Mills, train baggage man on C. & N. W. Ry.; Charles, Sudie, Fannie, Lona, James and Edward; the deceased are William H., Frank, and one who died in infanc}'. Mr. Barr owns 160 acres of land in Bath Township, and, in addition to farming and other business, makes training of saddle horses a specialty, having taken eleven premiums at the Mason Co. fairs, also several premiums at other fairs in Central Illinois.





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