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Scrapbook of

SUSAN (VARNER) TARR

 

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Robert F. Tarr

Later became known as Dr. Frank Tarr of
Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

 

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Josephine (Tarr) Stivenson

Susan and family in the Census and other sources
 

Descendants of Susan and George F. Tarr (and his first wife)

 

1850 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Susan living with her parents)

 

1850 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 19 August 1850 (George F. Tarr living with the family of Levina Lynch, his future first wife)

1860 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (same page as Revel/Reuel Johnston, George and Susan Tarr, with George's two children, Hannah E. (9) and George Thomas (7) from his first marriage to Levina (Lynch)) 
 

1860 Freeport Tax

  • George "Tar" Restaurant, 50� occupation tax, no lot
 

1861 Freeport Tax

  • George Tarr, Restaurant Keeper, 40�, no lot
 

1862 Freeport Tax

  • G. F. Tarr, Grocer, 20�, no lot
 

1863 Freeport Tax

  • George F. Tarr, "Hotill Keeper" 50�, no lot
 

1864 Freeport Tax

  • George F. Tarr, 6 horses $1.50 value, 1 cow 5� value, 1 hack 50�, Inkeeper 50�

 

No 1865 Tax book or no George in the taxes

 

1866 Freeport Tax

  • G. F. Tarr, Inkeeper 50�

 

1867 Freeport Tax--no George Tarr

5 March 1867, Agreement between George F. Tarr and Susannah his wife of Freeport, to Mary Varner, widow of John Varner, $400. 
 

1868 Freeport Tax

  • George Tarr, "occupation" 25�
 

1869 Freeport Tax

  • G.F. Tarr, Boatman 30�
 

1870 Freeport Tax

  • George F. Tarr, Grog Shop 50�, 1 dog

1870 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (George W. Tarr and son, Robert F., same page as Daniel Varner--Susan deceased by this time)

 

Josephine (Tarr) Stivenson, daughter of Susan and George

 

1880 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Josephine (Tarr) Stiveson with husband John C. Stiveson, Cooper, (father George W. Tarr deceased by this time).  John Stiveson was 21 and Josephine was 17.  Next on the census page was Andrew J. Stiveson, age 50, Cooper, Martha J., age 44, Keeping house, George age 18, Cooper, Maggie age 16, at home, Jacob age 10

 

1890 Census Burned

  1900 Census
  1910 Census

 

1920 Census
  1930 Census

 

Robert F. Tarr, son of Susan and George

 
   

1880 Census--Robert F. not located in Kittanning or Freeport, Armstrong County census

 

1900 Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Dr. Robert age 39, physician, wife Mary ag3 38, and daughter Jessie age 13, married 15 years, two children, one living, Laura (Daugherty), age 22, single, niece

 

1910, Kittanning Bor., Armstrong County, 18 April 1910.  Robert Tarr (married 26 years) living with daughter Jessie R. (public school teacher, age 23, and niece Laura M. (Dougherty), housekeeper, age 29, later married to William Miller.   Dr. Robert's wife is not listed

 

1910, Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong County, Watson Bowser age 20 living with his family, Christian Y(?) age 57, farmer, widower, Annie(?) Ida, age 21, Polly, age 16, and Spurason, age 11

 

1920 Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Dr. Robert, wife Mary, living with married daughter, Jessie (Tarr) Bowser (age 34) and her husband Watson age 30 (coal operator), and Robert's niece, Laura M. Daugherty, age 38

 

Last Will and Testament of Dr. Tarr, 12 November 1924.  The will mentions a couple of cousins (Samuel C. Tarr and Ida Davis, and his half-brother, George Thomas. 

 

6 June 1925, Obituary of Dr. Tarr, Freeport Journal.

 

1930, Jessie

1930, Watson

 

Robert Tarr's half siblings and cousins

 
 

Dr. Tarr's will mentions the following relatives:

  • Half brother George Thomas Tarr, Lowellville, Ohio, in 1924
  • Niece Laura, married to William Miller in 1924
  • Cousin Samuel C. Tarr, East Franklin Township, Armstrong County in 1924
  • Mrs. Ida (Tarr) Davis, East Franklin Township, Armstrong County in 1924
  • Josephine (Tarr) Stivenson, sister

 

1910, Loben Tarr, West Kittanning, Armstrong County
1920, Harry L. Tarr, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
1930, Loben Tarr, Elk County
1930, Alleghany County, other Henry Tarr remarried
1930, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Clyde Tarr