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    1. [BARR] <unknown first name> Barr, graduated Univ. of IL, Champaign, Aug. 1916
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oVC.2ACIB/1374 Message Board Post: I recently purchased a wonderful old studio photograph of the graduating class of Univ. of Illinois, at Champaign - dated August, 1916. In this class are a couple dozen names. I bought this at an antique shop in Villa Park, IL. I enjoy rescuing lovely old pictures like these from antique shops and locating descendants/family members so that I can re-unite the pictures, for only my costs, with people who will treasure them. The picture is 13" long by 5-1/4" high. It is in good condition and is an original (not a copy). The photo was taken by the Renne Photographers in Champaign, Illinois. Of the 29 surnames written on the back are: Kirkpatric, Fisher, Agee, Coolidge(?), Gould, Parring, Peck, Wolf, Slayton, Evans, Barr, Donnell, Goelitz, Warfield, Noth, King, Belnap, Thayer, Gregory, White, Smith Woods and Barnard. There are others, but they are not clear, and I will not attempt a deciphering of the handwriting. These men are all dressed in suits and ties, and each looks to be late teens to early 20's. If you have an Barr ancestor in your family from this time frame who might have graduated from the University of Illinois, please Email me at [email protected] - and I will get back to you shortly.

    01/31/2002 03:49:26