Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1946 Surname: BARR, CAMPBELL, SAYRE ------------------------- On the LDS family search site, there is listed the information below. However, I believe this to be false information so beware if you have also seen it posted there/ MARY CAMPBALL Sex: F Event(s): Birth: 1836 Jackson, West Virginia Parents: Father: JULIUS CAMPBELL Mother: HANNAH SAYRE As far as i can determine, the Juliis Campbell that married hanna Sayre was not born until about 1880. He is the son of Thomas Campbell and Mazella Esther Barr the daughter of John Henry barr and his second wife Nancy Mariam Hunt. Fact One. In the Mason County Marriage Book, there is listed a Julius Campbell who married Sophia Barr October 31, 1871 Fact two. My third great grandfather Isaac Barr, father of John Henry and George W, Barr, is said to have married a Mary. The Mason County Marriage Book list an Isaac Barr who wed a Mary Campbell in Mason County January 6, 1825. Since John Henry was born in 1831 and george W. was born in 1833, it would seem that this Isaaca and Mary are my 3rd great grandparents. Questions.: One. Are the Thomas Campbell, who marrie Mazella Barr, and the Elder Julius Campbell, who married Sophia Barr, from the same Campbell Family that Mary, who married, Isaac, is a memmber of. Two. Could the Sophia Barr, that married Julius Campbell, be a sister of John Henry Barr and a daughter of iassac and Mary Campbell Barr. Considerations: Neither the name Sophia or the name Julius is a very common first name even then. Since we have an elder Julius Camnpbell and we have Thomas Campbell naming his son Julius, the one that married Hannah Sayre, it would seem that there would be a definate connection here. Likewise, since we have an elder Sophia Barr, and we have Joh Henry Barr naming one of his chiuldren Susan Sophia, it would also seem that we have a definite family connection with the Barrs also. Who is the Mary E. Campbell who the person wrongly assigned to Julius and Hannah Sayre Campbell? She is to young to be teh same mary that married Isaac Barr, so, is she perhaps a neice of this Mary? Is there anyone one at all who knows any of these things? After all of the confusion caused by Oral History with in teh John Henry Barr family, I wonder if anyone alive has the key that would untangle this mess. Statement: I have learned, that no matter how unpopular the axiom may be, that, "The most cherished sources but yet the most unreliable sources are those sources derived from oral history. No matter how bitter the pill the swallow, we must realize that sometimes what "Aunt Suzy" remembers is just not accurate. Link: Okey's West Virginia Homepage URL: <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8003/>