Re: Grant TARR, Venango Co., PA
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Re: Grant TARR, Venango Co., PA
Roger Joslyn 1/28/01
Roger,
Following is what you have sent so far.You were also going to find Emma Gualt Tarr's obituary for me. see notes for corrections.
72. ANDREW GRANT4 TARR (Henry Clay3, Martin2, George1) was born in
Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 5 July 1878, and he
died in the Veterans Hospital in San Angelo, Texas, 26 October 1956.
He was married in Oil City, Pennsylvania, 22 August 1901 (1) ELIZABETH
ADALINE IRWIN. She was born about 1879 or 1880, the daughter of James and
Sarah (-) Irwin.
About 1923, he married (2) LURA BEATRICE BROYLES in Stephens County,
Texas. She was born in Stephens County 25 January 1895, and died in
Abilene, Texas, 17 April 1960, the daughter of Thomas F. and Nannie A.
(Portlow) Broyles.
When his mother died in 1906, Grant was living in Marion, Indiana.He
later went in Breckenridge, Texas, probably in the 1920s. There he worked
as an oil field driller until a fall from a rig permanently injured his
back. In 1945, the Tarrs moved to Abilene, Texas.
Child of Andrew and Elizabeth, born in Pennsylvania:
i BLANCHE IRENE5 TARR, b. 13 Feb. 1904 in Plumer ; living in
Pleasantville, Pa., in 1977; m. - KARRIS.
In 1920, Blanche was living with her Irwin grandparents in Cornplanter
Twp., Venango Co.
Children of Andrew and Lura, born in Breckenridge:
163 ii VALETA FAYE TARR, b. ca. 1925; m. (1) JOHN DOWLING; (2) Rev. -
RAY.
164 iii CLOIS ANDREW TARR, b. 28 May 1929; m. OLLIE DEE WINDHAM.
165 iv RAYMOND DOYLE TARR, b. 6 Oct. 1932; m. TOSHIKA SETO.
v BOBBY RAY TARR, b. 10 June 1937; d. in Breckenbridge 10 June 1937.
NOTES:These are the children of Andrew Grant Tarr & Elizabeth Adaline Irwin:
Children of Andrew Tarr and Elizabeth Irwin are:
+2 i. Florence Albertine3 Tarr, born 07 November 1901 in Plumer, Venango Co., Pennsylvania; died 09 April 1945 in Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
+3 ii. Blanche Elizabeth Tarr, born 13 February 1904 in Plumer, Venango Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 September 1996 in Titusville, Venango Co., Pennsylvania.
+4 iii. Roxie Bell Tarr, born 16 March 1906 in Plumer, Venango Co., Pennsylvania; died 25 June 1942 in Burlington, Iowa.
+5 iv. Ralph Donald Tarr, born 24 December 1908 in Oil City, Venango Co., Pennsylvania; died 05 November 1990.
6 v. Lowell Stephen Tarr, born 26 August 1911; died in Glenhausen, W. Germany.
My greatgrandmother was Florence Albetine Tarr. She married Newell Leonard Love.
Blanche Tarr's children reside in Titusville, PA.
Happy Hunting,
Christie