Wooda Carr
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Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871 - 1953)

Wooda Nicholas Carr
Born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvaniamap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Wooda Nicholas Carr was born on 6 February 1871 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Dickson Carr and Amanda Cook.

Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 2 June 1880
John D Carr (30), marble cutter, and his wife Amanda M (31), in household with their children, Woodie C (8), John D (7), Charles (5), and Edna (3). All in household were born in Pennsylvania and all were able to read and write, except Charles and Edna and John was unable to write.[1]

Uniontown Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 12 June 1900
J D Carr (50), real estate agent, born December 1849, and his wife, Amanda (51), born December 1848, married 30 years, in their rented property at 41 Church, Amanda reported she had 7 children, all living, with children in household, Wooda (29), lawyer, born February 1871, Ethel (21), born January 1879, Russell (15), born may 1885, and Katharine (13), born November 1886. Also in household were Lila Ridgeway (12), boarder, born September 1887, and Sarah Holbrook (22), born May 1878, servant. Russell, Katharine and Lila attended school for 9 months within the census year. All in household were born in Pennsylvania, except Lila, born in Maryland, and J D's parents were born in Ireland. [2]

Wooda Nicholas Carr (32), attorney at law, married Julia May Kisinger (28), school teacher, daughter of John W and Margaret Lennox, on 21 October 1903 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.[3]

Uniontown Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 13 April 1910
Wooda N Carr, (39), lawyer, and his wife, Julia M (36), married 6 years and only marriage for both, in their rented property at 103 Beeson Avenue. Julia reported she had 2 children, 1 living, John D (3). All were born in Pennsylvania, with Julia's father born in Maryland, and they were able to read, write, and speak English, except John, who was able to speak. [4]

Uniontown City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 6 January 1920
Woody Carr (47), attorney, and his wife, Julia (42), owned their property at 52 Mount Vernon Avenue, in household with their son, John (13), who attended school within the census year. All were born in Pennsylvania and all were able to read, write, and speak English.[5]

Uniontown City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1930
Wooda N Carr (59), attorney, and his wife, Julia M (51), married at ages 32 and 24 respectively, owned property at 60 Ben Lemond Street valued at $10000, equipped with a radio set, with their son John D (23), an author. All were born in Pennsylvania, with Julia's mother born in Virginia, and her father in Northern Ireland. [6]

Uniontown City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 22 April 1940
Wooda N Carr (69), Post Office Postmaster, and his wife, Julia M (65), both completed 4 years college and both born in Pennsylvania, owned property at 60 Ben Lemond Street valued at $10000, and lived at the same property in 1935. Wooda reported he worked 52 weeks within the census year and earned $5000. [7]


U.S. Congressman. He attended Madison College, graduated from Monongahela College, in 1891 and then was editor of the Uniontown and the Uniontown Democrat, in 1892. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced to practice law in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions, (1898- 1900, 04). In 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving until 1915. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law and was Postmaster of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, (1934-47). He then lived in retirement until his death at age 82.[8]


According to the birth certificate of John Dickson Carr, he was the 2nd child of Wooda N. Carr and Julia May Kisinger. Wooda and Julia were married 21 Oct 1903. If she became expectant immediately, the soonest Baby Carr could have arrived would have been August 1904. Then taking John's date of birth of 30 Nov 1906, she would have gotten preganant about Feb 1906. This information provides the window of birth for Baby Carr. Using August 1904 until November 1906 was unable to locate any notice in the paper for a birth or death for the Wooda Carr family. There were many articles about Wooda since he was a politician but nothing on a death of a baby. Also searched from 30 Nov 1906 through 1 January 1907 for a birth announcement on John Dickson Carr; none were located. Contributed by Resa Inman, 3 Feb 2020, ancestry profile.


Wooda Nicholas Carr died 28 June 1953 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania of uremia, chronic pyelonephritis and generalized arteriosclerosis, and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [9]

Research Notes

This profile was updated as a result of the feature in the Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in an attempt to connect the Hall and Hull families of Fayette County.

Sources

  1. 1880 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Fayette City > ED 62 > image 1 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
  2. 1900 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > ED 67 Uniontown borough Ward 3 > image 22 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 database with images, FamilySearch (: 4 August 2020), > image 1 of 1; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  4. 1910 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Uniontown Ward 4 > ED 84 > image 24 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. 1920 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Uniontown Ward 7 > ED 108 > image 8 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. 1930 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Uniontown > ED 98 > image 45 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  7. 1940 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Uniontown City, Uniontown, Ward 1 > 26-111 Uniontown City Ward 1 bounded by (N) city limits, ward line; (E) N Beeson Av, Beeson Blvd; (S) Church, South, W Main; (W) Nassau, Johnson Av, Johnson > image 46 of 54; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
  8. US Representatives from Pennsylvania, Congress Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 63rd Congress, 1913-1915, Pennsylvania, Representative, Democrat
  9. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7776086/wooda-nicholas-carr: accessed 11 May 2023), memorial page for Wooda Nicholas Carr (6 Feb 1871–28 Jun 1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #7776086, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.




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