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Each source listed below provided either specific information or fine background information used in this study of the Barr family and the related lines. My work was made not only easier but much more pleasurable by each one of them. My thanks to the authors and to those people who provided them to me.
__________, Records from Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the cited records were obtained by the compiler directly from the cemetery. Others were obtained by Mrs. Henrietta "Hud" (Hudelson) Stander and Carol Mahan, the professional researcher hired by Mrs. Stander in Cincinnati who provided so much information.
__________, Memoir of Mrs. Mary Barr. Cincinnati: Printed for Private Distribution, January 1863. A photocopy of this small book was located by Carol Mahan at the Cincinnati Historical Society.
Barnes, Donald R., C. G., and Richard S. Lackey, C. G., F. A. S. G., Write It Right, A Manual for Writing Family Histories and Genealogies. Ocala, Florida: Lyon Press, 1983. This book, along with Mr. Lackey's companion volume Cite Your Sources (Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1980), are always right next to my computer. If any sources are not cited correctly, or if other errors in style are present, it's certainly not the fault of these comprehensive works. I tried.
Eckert, Allan W., The Frontiersman. New York: Bantam Books, 1970. A copy of this book was sent to me by Mrs. Henrietta "Hud" (Hudelson) Stander while I was stationed with my husband on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It was such a pleasure to read that I shared it with others on the Island who had Ohio and Kentucky "roots."
Evans, Nelson W. and Emmons B. Stivers, A History of Adams County, Ohio, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. West Union, Ohio: E. B. Stivers, 1900. Copies of relevant portions of this book were sent to me by Mrs. Eleanor Blair (Sibley) Hassinger. This material was invaluable in providing information on the Ellison family.
Green, Karen Mauer, Pioneer Ohio Newspapers, 1793-1810. Galveston, Texas: The Frontier Press, 1986.
Green, Karen Mauer, Pioneer Ohio Newspapers, 1802-1818. Galveston, Texas: The Frontier Press, 1988. These two volumes have been invaluable in providing background information on the Barrs and related families. They contain so much information in the abstracts that much can be learned about early Ohio history just by reading them.
Herbert, Jeffrey G., Index of Death Notices and Marriage Notices Appearing in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1827-1881. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hamilton County Chapter, The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1992.
McAllister, Mary Catharine, Descendants of Archibald McAllister of West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1730- 1898. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Scheffer's Printing and Bookbinding House, 1898. I was not able to find this book when I visited Cumberland County in August of 1993. The next month, however, I was able to obtain it from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who have it on microfilm. I now have a photocopy of the entire book, as does the Cumberland County Historical Society.
Nixon, Robert Henry, Nixon-Ellison Genealogy. Cincinnati: Privately printed, 1970. This book, also a gift from Mrs. Henrietta "Hud" (Hudelson) Stander, provided much information on the Ellison family. In addition to the genealogy itself, Mr. Nixon included material copied from old county histories in his appendix, which proved invaluable for the added information provided.
Schauman, Merri Lou Scribner Schauman, A History and Genealogy of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Dover, Pennsylvania: 1987. This book, which I found at the Cumberland County Public Library in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, had much valuable material on early settlers, including the McKnight and McAllister families and families related to them.
Shiras, George III, and Winfield K. Shiras, Justice George Shiras, Jr., of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. This book was the guide for my search for the Shiras family in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. Without the start I got from it, nothing else would have been possible.
Sterrett, T. Woods, The Sterrett Genealogy - Families of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Canada & Others. New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930. All the Sterrett information came from this book.
Swope, Belle McKinney Hays, History of The Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Middle Spring, Pa., 1738-1900. Newville, Pennsylvania: Times Steam Printing House, 1900. This book reprints original church records, as well as giving a history of the church and its pastors. It was located by the compiler at the Cumberland County Public Library in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Houston, Jean Young, "Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Records, 1790-1840, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 63 (1975), pages 28 ff., 145 ff., 209 ff., 298 ff., and Volume 64 (1976), pages 54 ff., 147 ff., and 206 ff. One Friday morning in March, 1993, in Marietta, Georgia, I went to the library to randomly read old genealogical journals, as is my custom when I have some free time. I wasn't looking for anything in particular that day, just browsing. I found an article I wanted to read, but had run out of time, so I copied it -- along with the table of contents for that particular volume. That night it snowed -- remember, this is the south! The next day, having nothing better to do than shovel a ten inch snowfall that is not supposed to happen, I sat down to read the article I'd brought home from the library. My eye wandered to the Table of Contents attached, and I was jolted by the title of the article cited above. This was my place -- and my time -- and probably my church! By the next Tuesday, the roads were cleared -- well, cleared enough -- for me to drive the eight miles back to the Cobb County Main Library. The Georgia Room was empty, except for the librarian. I grabbed the hard-bound volume of NGSQ's and found my article. And there they were -- Barrs and Ennesses all over the place! There was the woman I knew as Rachel A. H. Enness -- but now I knew that she was Rachel Ann Howard Enness. And there were all those Enness children who hadn't been mentioned in their father's will. And Ellen Enness was there, too. Just another case of that serendipity that all genealogists know -- when "they" are ready to be found, "they" will let you know! Thank you, Jean Young Houston. (After this little story, you now know why this is called an "annotated bibliography.")