Edgar Ray Barr
b. 30 December 1897
- Father: Joseph H. Barr b. circa October 1857, d. 25 May 1905
- Mother: Georgia Alice Moore b. January 1858, d. 24 November 1909
- Edgar Ray Barr was born on 30 December 1897 in Alabama.
- Joseph H. Barr and Georgia Alice Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Edgar Ray Barr, Charles Leroy Barr, Beatrice Barr, Cecil Gordon Barr, Bessie Barr and Henry Barr.
- The following is excerpted from an obituary of Georgia Alice Moore Barr, published on 25 November 1909, She is survived by five children, Messrs. Charles, Cecil and Edgar, and Misses Beatrice and Bessie. She also leaves a step-son, Mr. Henry Barr, of Columbus. Two sisters survive, being Mrs. W. L. Booth, of Phenix City and Mrs. A. A. Richards of Mobile, and one brother, Mr. I. H. Moore, of Phenix City. Her mother, Mrs. L. E. Moore of Phenix City, also survives.
- Edgar Ray Barr registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Lee County, Alabama, while single and living with his brother Charles at 905 9th Street in Phenix City, and employed as a machinist in Georgia by Columbus Iron Works, 901 Front Street.
- Last Edited: 25 Sep 2010