Lahr in PA to LARR in SC
Seeking info on ancestry of Rev. John M. LARR (1800-1866) of Orangeburgh Dist., SC. He married first Rachel RICKENBAKER in 1822 and 2nd Mrs. Ann INABNIT in 1855. He was orphaned as a child and said to be raised by John & Margaret (OTT) MILLER. Geneologist, Harold Delorme claims that Johan Georg Lahr who arrived at port of Philadelphi in 1752 (Strassburger: Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 & II) was the father of John Larr who migrated to SC and who was the fathter of Rev. John M. Larr. His children included Lavinia Vastine Larr ( 1824-1832), Mary Ann Elizabeth Larr (1826-1855), Olivia Marguerite Larr (1829-1928), Sarah Frances Larr (1830-1919), Caroline L. Larr (1833-1862), and Washington Postell Larr (1837-1861). Only two other Larr households in SC in 1850 census, both in Darlington, Co. - Elias C. Larr (b. about 1796) and William Larr (b. abt 1792).