Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Carr, Henry W. 1849 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

HENRY W. CARR.

   For some years a resident of Columbus township, Bartholomew county, where he
is now following farming, Henry W. Carr has become well known in this section of
the state. He is a son of Joseph and Eliza (Stout) Carr, and his birth occurred
in Dresden, Licking county, Ohio, on the 12th of February, 1849. His father, a
native of Pennsylvania, was born in Allegheny county, on the 12th of April,
1821, and during his boyhood days left the Keystone state for Ohio. He first
lived in Mount Vernon, and, entering upon his business career, he served for a
time as a clerk in a mercantile house in that city. Later he went to Dresden,
Ohio, where with the capital he had acquired through his own exertions he
entered into partnership with a Mr. Foraker in the dry-goods business,
continuing in that line in Ohio until 1858, when he determined to establish his
home in Indiana. He then removed to Columbus and was a partner in the general
store of Foraker, Church & Carr for two years. In 1852 he became interested in a
foundry business which he conducted for some time and then sold out. He next
turned his attention to the hardware trade and began dealing in shelf and heavy
hardware, conducting his store until 1867, when he removed to the farm which he
had previously purchased. There his earlier days were passed. Unto him and his
wife were born four sons and two daughters, but Henry W. Carr of this review is
the only one now living.

   In his youth the subject of this review spent much of his time in his
father's store and in the graded schools of the town in which the family lived
he pursued his early education. Later he had the opportunity of attending
Oberlin College, of Oberlin, Ohio, where he spent two years as a student,
pursuing a scientific course. He was thus well equipped to meet the arduous
duties of life and he is today widely recognized as one of the best informed men
of the township, keeping in touch with the universal progress through reading
and observation. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Carr went upon his father's
farm and has since devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. On the 12th of
August, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie E. Beers, a native of
Knox county, Ohio, educated in the common schools. They have never had any
children of their own, but since the death of Mr. Carr's sister her son, Charles
J. Elliott, has lived with them, finding here a good home. Mrs. Carr is a
devoted member of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Carr attends its services and
is a liberal contributor to its support. Fraternally he is connected with the
Knights of Pythias lodge at Columbus, Indiana. In politics he is one of the
earnest Democrats in Columbus township, stanchly advocating the principles set
forth by Jackson and Tilden. He has never wavered in his allegiance to the party
and does everything he can for its welfare. At the present time he is serving as
a member of the township advisory board. Mr. Carr is a jovial, genial gentleman,
fond of pleasure and of a kindly nature such as sheds around him much of the
sunshine of life. As a citizen he is progressive, public spirited and is highly
respected wherever known by reason of his genuine worth.


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Extracted from

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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