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Farris Barr was from down on Daniel's Run during the early part
of the 20th century. His big interest was photography as he
traveled up and down the lower tributaries of the West Fork of
the Little Kanawha, snapping pictures and developing them
onto postcards.
We have a couple hundred of his photos, most
without names, donated by retired mailman Oda Carpenter of
Mt. Zion.
Farris was the son of Floyd (1857-1919) and Frances
(1859-1937) Barr who are buried in the Barr Cemetery on
Sycamore. Farris, who was born in 1888, was married to Willa
Deems in 1922. He had at least two sisters, Cora and Una, and
a brother Pratt Barr.
It is highly unlikely these pictures will ever be identified, but
we present them to Herald readers to remember the faces of
the people who made early contributions to our community -
Jesse's Run, Sinking Springs, Daniel's Run, Altizer, Adam,
Rocksdale, Henry's Fork, Triplett, Egypt Ridge, Barne's Run and
Richardson.
Surely, if you're a Calhoun native, it's likely photos of some of your folks.
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