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Birth:          13 Mar 1855 West Chester, Pa.
Death:          25 Nov 1915 Waterloo, Iowa
Cause of Death: head injury, cerebral hemorage
Burial:         28 Nov 1915 Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa

Notes
1981 book:
William was a railroad conductor and baggagemaster.
William and Myrtle had no children.
     For many years, William and his family lived at 316 E. 11th St., Waterloo, Iowa.
     William died of a cerebral hemorrage following injuries to his head received on Oct. 
25, 1914.  
Source: Leeds Gen.; 1900 Iowa census; Black Hawk Co., Iowa, Rec.; Waterloo, Iowa, 
Dir.
1870 in Springdale, Cedar Co., Iowa
1880 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa railroad baggagemaster
1900 in East Waterloo, Blackhawk Co., Iowa railroad conductor, also with him is 
stepfather, sister in law and father in law
1910 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa  passenger conductor
iagenweb.org/blackhawk/Fairviewewl-AB.htm
from History of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and Representative Employes (on 
google books)
William N. Barr, passenger conductor, Illinois Central Railroad, at Waterloo, Iowa, 
beagan as a brakeman in October 1878 on Mona branch, braking for Conductor B. 
Merrill one year, and one year for different ones, then served between Waterloo and 
Fort Dodge,, and on the Cedar Rapids branch. In July 1880 he was promoted to 
conductor, running on the Lyle branch nearly five months, and on the main line and 
branches on the "Clipper" run for four years, and was promoted to passenger 
conductor in June 1891, since then he as run extra passenger.
  Will N. Barr was born in West Chester, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and is the son 
of William and Elizabeth (Evans) Barr, natives of the Keystone state. The father, a 
blacksmith by trade, died in 1855, our subject being but a small boy at the time. After 
the death of her husband, the mother, accompanied by her son, William, who was the 
only child, came to Cedar county where they lived a short time, then returned to 
Pennsylvania. She died in 1897 at Waterloo.
  Mr. Barr has always been a lover of fine horses and in early life drove on the tracks 
at Waterloo, Dubuque, Minneapolis, St. Paul and all the towns in the northwest. Of 
the noted horses, he has driven, among others, Harry Kimball with a mark of 2:32, 
Whalebone, 2:29, Kittie Strattan, 2:29 1/2, Sleepy Bill, 2:26, Fear Not, 2:29, and 
Dread 2:35. he now owns a black mare, Ritta, with a record of 2:26, and Tom Curtis a 
promising colt by Manager, and also keeps a fine driving team. Mr. Barr was married in 
1890 to Miss Myrtle Hunt of Independence, Ia., and has one daughter Bessie M. He 
has been successful in every undertaking, and has accumulated not a little of this 
world's goods, owning his home at 317 E. Eleventh St. which he built in 1898, and 
other valuable real estate in Waterloo. He is a well known and popular conductor.
Iowa Co Marr on familysearch (says he was born in Philadelphia; unlikely)


Parents
BARR William (13 Aug 1824 - 25 Oct 1854)
EVANS Elizabeth (10 Apr 1822 - 1897)

Siblings
BARR William Nathan (13 Mar 1855 - 25 Nov 1915)

Marriage To HILTON Martha M. ("Mattie M.") (1 Feb 1860 - 26 Aug 1887)
    m.  

Notes


Children by HILTON Martha M. ("Mattie M.") 1 Feb 1860 - 26 Aug 1887
BARR Catherine Elizabeth ("Bessie") (22 Mar 1884 - 1961)

Marriage To HUNT Myrta Lois ("Myrtie") (Jun 1868 - 28 Feb 1929)
    m. 2 Apr 1889 Buchanan, Iowa Co., Iowa

Notes

Parents
HUNT Edwin D. ()
SLACK Maggie J. ()

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