Hartwell Carver (1789 - 1875)

Born 19 Jul 1789 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1875 at age 85 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Biography

Birth 19 July 1789 • Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Birth of Brother Benjamin Carver(1796–1879) 1796 • Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Birth of Brother Joseph Carver(1798–1881) Abt. 1798 • Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Birth of Brother Conrad Gansevoort Carver(1800–1874) Abt. 1800 • Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Birth of Sister Sally E. Carver(1802–1887) 1802 • Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Birth of Sister Nancy Amy Carver(1809–1870) 30 Sep 1809 • Winfield, Herkimer, New York, USA

Death of Father Joseph Carver Capt.(1769–1815) 08 Jun 1815 • Richfield, Otsego, New York, USA

Occupation 1816 • Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Railroad Pioneer. Born in Rhode Island, he attended Hamilton College in 1813 and was graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1816. He practiced medicine for 50 years, but was often away for extended periods. He traveled to Europe, England and studied medicine

Death of Mother Abigail Round(1768–1847) 4 Aug 1847 • New York, USA

Residence 1850 • Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, USA Census - also 1865

Death of Sister Nancy Amy Carver(1809–1870) August 1870 • Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Death of Brother Conrad Gansevoort Carver(1800–1874) Abt. 1874 • Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Death 16 April 1875 • Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Burial Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA

Hartwell Carver CarverMonument.jpg 54 foot monument to Carver in Mount Hope Cemetery. Paid for by Union Pacific Railroad. Born 1789 Died April 16, 1875 Resting place Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York Occupation Doctor, Businessman Known for Advocate for Pacific Railroad

Dr. Hartwell Carver (1789 – April 16, 1875) was an American doctor, businessman, and an early promoter of what would become the Transcontinental Railroad.

Carver's push for a railroad to connect both coasts of the United States began in 1832 with a proposal that was dismissed by Congress. Over the next several years, Carver wrote a series of articles in the New York Courier and Enquirer about the subject. He participated in the hammering of the Golden Spike that officially joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah.

Hartwell Carver was the great-grandson of John Carver, who came over on the Mayflower and was the first governor of Plymouth Colony.

http://cprr.org/Museum/Hartwell_Carver.html

Sources

• Member and Institutional Collections

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartwell_Carver