Historical Marker
Robert Barr
Historical marker location:
Houston, Texas
( Founders Memorial Park)
Marker installed: 1936
San Jacinto veteran. Postmaster general of the Republic under Houston and Lamar. Born in Urbana, Ohio in 1802. Died in Houston, Texas at 9 a.m. October 11, 1839, of yellow fever. Buried under the auspices of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and the Milam Guards.