Bios.Tulsa,OK CARR, Mark E. 
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Posted by Charmaine Keith on Mon, 23 Nov 1998
Surname: CARR, FRENCH
MARK E. CARR
Vol. 3, p. 1237-1238 
During a residence of more than ten years at Tulsa, Mr. Carr has made the best interests of the city his own, and has worked with most admirable public spirit to forward every movement which would prove of permanent advantage to this growing commercial metropolis of Northeastern Oklahoma. That his work has been appreciated is indicated by the esteem and respect with which his name is spoken in that community. Since coming to Oklahoma in 1904 Mr. Carr's chief private interests have connected him with the oil and gas industry and more recently with the insurance business at Tulsa. 
He was born at Port Henry, Essex County, New York, January 30, 1864, completing his education in an academy at that place. His first experience in the insurance field was gained at the age of seventeen, and in 1886 he was made superintendent in Essex County for the Northern New York Telephone Company. About two years later he started for the West, visiting the states of California, Oregon and Washington. In the spring of 1889 he engaged in the hotel business at Denver, Colorado, but the following autumn moved to Leadville in the same state, where he served four years as deputy clerk and recorder of deeds of Lake County, and later became identified with mining operations during the high tide of that industry in the famous camp at Leadville. 
Coming to Indian Territory in 1904, Mr. Carr located at Bartlesville, where he was actively associated with the oil industry. In March, 1905, he moved to Tulsa, which had become the real metropolis of the oil and gas belt of Oklahoma. He was connected with several companies both in development and productive operations in the oil fields until 1912. In that year he established an insurance agency, and soon developed a profitable and extensive business. In June, 1914, he joined in partnership with Schuyler C. FRENCH, and the firm of Carr & French, with offices at 11 East 4th Street, is now one of the leading insurance agencies in Northeastern Oklahoma, and both members have shown themselves most progressive underwriters. They conduct a general business, and represent a number of the leading fir and life companies. 
In politics Mr. Carr has always been stanchly [sic] aligned with the principles of the democratic party. He is a trustee of Tulsa Lodge No. 946 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and as a worker in season and out for the best welfare of his home city, is an enthusiastic member and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. 
Transcribed by Charmaine Keith, November 04, 1998