John Carr (1846 - aft. 1878)

Born 2 May 1846 in Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Biography

CARR JOHN, Farmer; Sec 31; P. O. Oregon; Road Master; son of Eleazer Carr; who was born in Mass. April 11, 1790, came to this Co. in 1839, and died July 26, 1856; the late Mr. Carr ws a Physician of the Thompsonian School, practicing in this Co. and elsewhere with the best success for a number of years; his wife, who survives him, was a Miss Nancy Dutton, born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1809; they have had five children: Almon, born in N. Y. State Sept. 8, 1831; Sarah E., Ulster Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1836; Adeliza in Ogle Co., May 1, 1842; Hiram F., Ogle Co. March 19, 1844, died Sept. 12, 1864; John, in Og;e Co. May 2, 1846; owns 80 acres of land.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 824.

• Carr, Edson Irving. The Carr Family Records (Herald Printing House, Rockton, Illinois, 1894) , page 206