BIO: William CARR, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 184-186.
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  WILLIAM CARR, one of the most prosperous and substantial citizens of
  Rochester, Beaver county, Pa., is the proprietor of a large boot and shoe
  store in that borough, and is prominently identified with many other business
  enterprises. He is a son of Robert and Mary (Haw) Carr, and was born in
  Steubenville, Ohio, October 12, 1848.
  
  Robert Carr, the father of our subject, was born in County Down, Ireland, and
  after his marriage came to America in 1831, landing
  
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  in the city of Philadelphia. He moved to Pittsburg, Pa., where he learned the
  trade of a glass blower, and from there went to Washington county and became a
  farmer, and several years later moved to Steubenville, Ohio. He took up the
  trade of a metal worker and followed it with much success until his death,
  which occurred early in life. His wife was Mary Haw and she attained the ripe
  old age of ninety-five years, being a hale and hearty woman all her life.
  Their children were as follows: Jane, the wife of John McCowen; Mary, the
  wife of Lloyd Parks; Nancy, the wife of Samuel Irvin; John, deceased, whose
  union with Mahala Campbell resulted in the birth of two children, Thomas and
  Georgia; Thomas, of Rochester; Robert, also of Rochester; and William, the
  subject of this writing.
  
  William Carr, the youngest child of the family, attended the public schools,
  but as his father died leaving a family of small children, he sought
  employment at an early age. He was an ambitious youth, and while not in
  school did outside jobs, - at the age of six years acting as firer of
  glassware. He spent much of his time in the glass factory and acquired such
  skill that he was later enabled to demand a good position, when he went to
  Pittsburg. He was employed as finisher for J. B. Lyons, and continued in that
  capacity until 1872, when the Rochester Tumbler Company was organized. He
  became a stockholder in this company and helped to build the plant, after
  which he started the business and continued in it as an active partner
  until1895. He then retired from that business, although he is still a
  stockholder and director, and purchased the store of James Ing in the Darr
  building. He is one of the leading boot and shoe merchants in Beaver county,
  and has built up an excellent trade, enjoying the patronage of the leading
  citizens of the community. He is as honest as he is sagacious in his
  transactions, and he has made many friends by his upright dealings. He is a
  stockholder and director of the Rochester Improvement Company, and has built
  four residences in Rochester, one on Brighton street, and three on Jackson
  street. His home is on the latter street, and is one of the best in the town.
  
  William Carr was united in marriage at Steubenville, Ohio, with Mary E.
  Aldridge, who was born in 1848 and died in 1892, and was a daughter of Rodney
  Aldridge. Their children were: Carrie, deceased, the wife of Henry J. Miller;
  Edward, who is associated in business with his father; and Nellie, who was
  united in marriage with Lewis Gillen, of New Brighton. Mr. Carr was again
  married to Mrs. Annie Newman, who by her first union had five children:
  Minnie; Eva; William; Frank; and Annie. Mrs. Newman is a daughter of William
  Boswell. Politically, Mr. Carr is a Republican and served in the borough
  council three years. He was a delegate to the county convention. He is
  chairman of the Rochester Centennial to be held in 1900. Fraternally, he is a
  member of Blue Lodge, No. 229, F. & A. M.; of Eureka Chapter, R. A. M., of
  Rochester; of Ascalon Command-
  
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  ery, No. 59, K. of T., of Pittsburg; of Pennsylvania Consistory, S. P. R. S.,
  and of Scottish Rites of Pittsburg (being a thirty-second degree Mason); of
  Rochester Lodge, I. O. O. F.; and of the Elks. Religiously, he is a member of
  the Episcopal church. He was president of the M. S. Quay club when that
  organization was in a flourishing condition.