Friday, December 8, 2023

#5 - Grant LeBarr (1864 - 1890) - Freighter


PCA Archive

Grant LeBarr was born in 1864 in California to Johnnie and Mary LeBarr. By 1879, the family was living in Phoenix. A freighter, LeBarr was shot by John Stoops on December 21, 1890, in front of Jakey’s saloon at the Peck Mine. His body was returned to Phoenix for burial next to his father in the IOOF Cemetery.

3 comments:

Tim Kovacs said...

Thank you for this info, it helped us confirm that his son, William Grant LeBarr was one of our founding members of the Phoenix Fire Department, Yucatec Hose Company!

Anonymous said...

Yucatec Hose Company did so much for the community.

Tim Kovacs said...

Yes the Yucatec did much for the community! And, we discovered a few years ago that we have a Fire Chief over all the companies, Julio de Marron. He was peer-selected to be Assistant Fire Chief in 1897 and was chosen to be the Fire Chief in 1898. The peer selection was by the Yucatec as well as the 5 other companies, all white.