| Ferris 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.
Ferris 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.
Eva Starcher Cain
Identified by granddaughter, Jane Lynch
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