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LABAR Peter

Male 1767 - 1856  (89 years)


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  • Name LABAR Peter 
    Birth 1767 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Dec 1856 
    Notes 
    • The hou se of Peter La Bar was within Fort Hamilton, and his was the only clearing near the fort for a long time. Wherever there was a clearing at this time, soldiers were detailed to keep guard while the men got in their harvest. From 1752 to 1759 the war front was from Bethlehem to Depui's and Fort Hyndshaw, and the settlers along this front had a rough time of it. Many gave up in despair , and left their improvements; their log houses were burnt, and their harvests left unreaped. During this time, petition after petition, numerously signed, was sent in to the Colonial Government for help . Those below the mountain asked, again and again, that the Blue Ridge should be the line of defense, and that all beyond should be left to the Indians. Such petition was never granted. In 1758, James Burd made an examination of the outposts in Northampton County, going up as far as Fort Hyndshaw. He said that south of the mountain was a fine country, but that north of the mountain it was ...

      In 1808 George (senior) son of Peter and father of the above, moved to Chilicothe, Ohio, where his wife died, and he at the age of ninety-four, married a woman of thirty-two and outlived her; he was 111 years 7 months, and 5 days old when he died. His children were: Peter LaBar died aged about ninety, Henry LaBar, born June 12, 1777, died May 8, 1863, aged eighty-five years, ten months and twenty-six days. Andrew LaBar died Apr il 9, 1871, aged ninety two years. Catharine Miller died September, 187 0, aged eighty-six years. Isaac LaBar died July 8, 1864 , aged seventy-seven years, nine months and twenty-three days. Susie Weiss died Mary 14, 1 873 aged about eighty years, George LaBar, Born February 4, 1763 died November 28, 1875 aged 112 years, nine months and twenty-four days. John LaBar died aged about seventy five years. Margaret LaBar died aged about seventy-eight years.
    Person ID I7202  Booth Family
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2013 

    Father LABAR George, Sr.,   b. 1733, Northampton, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years) 
    Mother LEIST Ernestine Christina,   b. 1737   d. 1827, Chilicothe, Pickaway, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F2549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart