Jane C. (Welch) Barr
Mrs. Jane C. Barr, is the daughter of pioneer Joseph Welch, who settled at Spring Mills in 1816. Mrs. Barr is the widow of Judge Alexander Barr. She was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., April 6, 1809, and, therefore, was ninety-four years old on the 6th. of April last, and has been a resident of Richland County over eighty years. March 1, 1827, Jane C. Welch and Alexander Barr were married, and a few years later removed to Mansfield, where Mr. Barr taught school in the "Big Spring school house" on East Fourth Street, for fifteen years, after which they returned to Spring Mills and located on a farm in Jackson Township, a half-mile north of the mills. Upon this farm, Mrs. Barr still resides. A daughter, Miss Nettie Barr, lives with her mother and cares for her in her advanced years. Mrs. Barr is a worthy representative of the good old mothers of the pioneer age, whose children and grandchildren even at this remote period, bless their names. Mrs. Barr reads the daily papers, has an excellent memory and keeps informed upon passing events.
From Bellville Messenger: 13 November 1903, Vol. 11, No. 45