Open main menu

Changes

Clara Barkley Dorr

2,469 bytes added, 17:26, 11 November 2007
New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =Clara Barkley Dorr | image_name =ClaraBarkleyDorr.jpg | image_size =200px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =1825 | place_of_birth =Pens...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Clara Barkley Dorr
| image_name =ClaraBarkleyDorr.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[1825]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death =[[1899]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =<br/>[[Eben Walker Dorr]]
| parents =[[George W. Barkley]]<br/>[[Clara Louise Garnier Barkley]]
| children =[[Clara Garnier Dorr Blount]]<br/>Barkley Dorr<br/>Hawkes Dorr<br/>Walker Dorr<br/>James Dorr<br/>Mary Dorr Roberts
}}
{{for|her sister-in-law with the same name|Clara Dorr Moreno}}
'''Clara Garnier Barkley Vienne Dorr''' ([[1825]]-[[1899]]) was the daughter of shipping merchant [[George W. Barkley]] and wife of timber magnate [[Eben Walker Dorr]] who built the [[Clara Barkley Dorr House]] facing [[Seville Square]] with the wealth she inherited after her husband's death.

Clara Garnier Barkley was born in [[1825]] to businessman [[George W. Barkley]] and French native [[Clara Garnier Dorr]], who built [[Barkley House|their home]] overlooking [[Pensacola Bay]] the same year. She married Noel Armande Vienne in [[1840]], but was soon widowed without children.

She remarried on [[December 12]], [[1849]] to [[Eben Walker Dorr]], the son of [[Escambia County Sheriff|Sheriff]] [[Ebenezer Dorr IV]]. Dorr had a disability that prevented him from fighting in the [[Civil War]] and instead managed the affairs of [[E. E. Simpson & Company]] in New Orleans. The company's [[Bagdad]] mill was damaged in the war; when it was rebuilt in [[1866]], Dorr was made a partner.

He died of [[yellow fever]] in [[1870]], and Clara received his share of the mill. With this wealth she purchased land by [[Seville Square]] and built a handsome two-story home, later dubbed the [[Clara Barkley Dorr House]]. She and her children moved into the house in [[1872]], and she remained until [[1896]], when Mrs. Dorr moved into a hotel until her death in [[1899]].

She is buried at [[St. John's Cemetery]], along with her husband (who, having died before the cemetery was established, was interred) and children Barkley, Walker and Mary.

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/citizens.htm#c_g_b_dorr St. John's Cemetery]
*[http://www.familytreelegends.com/trees/cdorr/1/data/2006 Family Tree Legends]
{{refend}}

[[Category:Dorr family]] [[Category:Persons buried in St. John's Cemetery|Dorr, Clara Barkley]]