Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Carr, Joseph C 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Carr, Joseph C. – President of the Grundy County National Bank at Morris, 
Ill., is an energetic business man, well qualified to conduct the affairs of a 
banking institution. The banking interests of a community are necessarily 
among the most important for financial stability is the foundation stone upon 
which are erected enterprises which prove of worth. The men who control and 
conserve the money of individuals, corporations or country, must possess many 
qualities not required in the ordinary citizen, although it will generally be 
found that in a successful banker is displayed the characteristics which mark 
an upright man and far-seeing one in any other calling. A banker must have 
commercial integrity, exceptional financial foresight, unbiased judgment and a 
wide knowledge of human nature. A banker must be able to command public 
confidence, and, it may be added, must deserve it. In many instances Grundy 
County has been very fortunate in its financial leaders and particularly is 
Morris to be congratulated for the stability and prosperity of the Grundy 
County National Bank, with Joseph C. Carr at its head.

The subject of this sketch was born in Allegheny County, Pa., January 2, 1836. 
At an early age he removed with his father’s family to Jefferson County, Pa., 
where they resided until the fall of 1852, when the family left for Jackson 
County, Iowa, where they arrived in the early spring of 1853. Here he remained 
for five years, four of which were spent on a farm, and one year in the 
Postoffice at Bellevue. In the spring of 1858 he came to Morris. In 1862 he 
returned to Iowa and enlisted in the Thirty-first Regiment, Iowa Infantry, as 
a private, and during his service he received three promotions, the last one 
that of lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment. At the close of the war he 
returned to Morris and entered the real estate office of the late Charles H. 
Goold, where he remained until October 5, 1871, when he was made cashier of 
the Grundy County National Bank, which position he held until January 15, 
1903, when he was elected president of the bank.

Mr. Carr was married at Bellevue, Iowa, in April 1861, to Miss Rebecca J. 
Wynn, and they have three children: Frank L., a resident of White Willow, 
Ill.; Hattie (Mrs. Washburn) of Lisbon, Ill.; and Edwin G., who is a citizen 
of Morris. Mr. Carr’s family are members of the Presbyterian Church.  
Politically he is a Republican, but has never been willing to accept public 
office, preferring to exert his influence in the direction of law and order in 
the capacity of private citizen. He is a valued member of the Grand Army of 
the Republic Post at Morris.

page 784

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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