Edmund Carr (1824 - abt. 1886)

Born 1824 in Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Olivia (Holgate) Carr — married 5 Jan 1856 in King Co. Washington

Descendants

Died about 17 Nov 1886 at about age 62 in Seattle, King, Washington Territory, United States

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Biography

Edmund Carr, a native of Maine, came to Seattle in 1854 via the Isthmus of Panama. He took up a claim on Salmon Bay, Ballard, was a volunteer in the Indian War of 1855 and in 1857 was a probate judge in Port Townsend. He married Olivia, daughter of Elizabeth Holgate. He was a member of the first board of regents of the University of Washington and King County School Superintendent 1861-75; he died in 1886. His obituary is dated 17 Nov 1886.^[1]From a biography of his granddaughter Lillie May Reay, written by John Flood Conrad as part of his Colorful Lives collection of eulogies in the old Puget Sound Mail newspaper of La Conner, Skagit, Washington.^[2]

Military

Indian War Muster Rolls, 1855-1856 Regiment: 1st Company: H - Foot Volunteers Date Of Muster Roll: 28 Oct 1855

Sources

1. ↑ https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=EVENTEL18861117.1.3&
2. ↑ http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/SCounty/Groups/DPW/DPW2-3Obits.html

Database: Military Military Department, Muster Rolls, 1855-1856. Online 2008. Washington State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State. Compiled by Roger Easton.

"United States Marriages, 1733-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29M-832 : accessed 27 August 2015), Edmund Carr and Olivia Holgate, 05 Jun 1856; citing , King, Washington, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,321,399.

"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6W-XW9 : accessed 2 September 2015), Edwrd Carr, [Blank], King, Washington Territory, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 84, household ID 858, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,398.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MB-5X9 : accessed 2 September 2015), Edwin Carr, Washington, United States; citing p. 43, family 366, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,182.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXT6-5JL : accessed 27 August 2015), Edmund Carr, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district 7, sheet 242C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1396; FHL microfilm 1,255,396.