New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949:
Name: Nancy Barr
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1817
Death Date: 13 Aug 1897
Death Age: 80
Marital Status: Married
Father Name: John Barr
Mother Name: Nancy Dunlap
Spouse Name: Ira Barr
FHL Film Number: 2056100
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Obituary appears in The Manchester Union, Saturday, 14 August 1897, page 12, col. 3 and second obituary from the same paper dated Tuesday, 17 August 1897, page 4 col. 6 from the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
MRS. NANCY BARR
Death of One of West Manchester's Most Esteemed Residents
With the death of Mrs. Nancy Barr, widow of Deacon Ira Barr, which occurred at her home on South Main Street early last evening, West Manchester loses one of its most esteemed residents. Mrs. Barr was a woman who had a host of friends and was beloved by all who knew her. She had ample means and delighted in works of benevolence and charity, yet never liked to have her gifts noised abroad. She was a devoted Christian woman and was always interested in church work.
Nancy Barr was born in Bedford, December 9, 1816. She was the daughter of John and Nancy (Dunlap) Barr. She came of good old New England stock, both her father and mother's families have long been established in Henniker and Goffstown. In October, 1840 she was married to Ira Barr of Goffstown, and shortly after her marriage moved West. Mr. and Mrs. Barr lived in Wisconsin until 1846, when they returned to Goffstown. They remained upon the old farm until 1853, when they moved to West Manchester, then Piscataquog village. Mr. Barr ran a general store at the corner of the Mast Road and South Main Street until 1870, when, with his partner, Allen N. Clapp, he erected the brick block at the corner of Main and Granite Streets, now occupied by A. N. Clapp.
As Mr. Barr was long a deacon of the Franklin Street Church, Mrs. Barr was brought into active church work, in which she always took an interest. In 1883, with her husband, Mrs. Barr transferred her membership to the South Main Street Church, then just organized. Here she lost none of her interest, and up to the time of her death, although of late hindered from active participation by her limitations of age and illness, Mrs. Barr was always looked upon as one of the leading members of the society.
Mrs. Barr has been ill for a year and a half prior to her death, but lost none of her interest in charitable and benevolent work. She was as solicitous of the welfare of some of the families she was want to aid and the institutions she helped to support as when able to be out and about.
She leaves one brother, John N. Barr of Nashua; a sister, Mrs. Mary H. Swallow of West Manchester, and several nephews and nieces.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock and all of Mrs. Barr's friends are invited to attend.
Second obituary reads...
FUNERAL OF MRS. BARR
The last rites over the body of Mrs. Ira Barr were performed yesterday afternoon, and were of a sad and impressive nature. There was a large attendance, the home on South Main Street being crowded with the mourning relatives and friends eager to pay a last tribute of esteem to the memory of one who had passed beyond.
The services were held at 3 o'clock and were conducted by the Rev. C. A. Bidwell, pastor of the South Main Street Congregational Church, assisted by the Rev. C. F. Carter of Lexington, Massachusetts. Appropriate selections of music were rendered by the Rossini ladies quartet. The casket was surrounded by a large number of handsome floral remembrances, testifying to the extensive friendship possessed by the deceased in life.
Services were also conducted at the grave in Piscataquog Yard by the same clergymen, assisted by the quartet. The bearers were Horatio Fradd, George S. Eastman, Charles K. Walker and John K. McQuestion. Charles S. Fisher was the funeral director and Frederick L. Wallace the furnishing undertaker.
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