James Carr

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

CARR, JAMES; Farmer, was born in Radnor Township October 3, 1850. He is the son of William Carr, a native of North Carolina, born in 1813, died February 14, 1875, and Nancy (Fossett) Carr, a native of the same State, born in 1821, died in 1889. His paternal grandfather was William Carr, born in Scotland. His maternal grandparents were John Fossett, a native of Tennessee, and Betsy (Magruder) Fossett, a native of Kentucky. When a young man, William Carr settled in Monroe County, Indiana, where he was married. In 1848 he came to Radnor and settled on a farm on Section 21, where he resided until his death. James Carr lived on his father’s farm until he was twenty-one, and then went to Colorado, where he engaged in gold mining, which he followed for some years, then returning to his farm in Illinois. During President Cleveland’s first administration, Mr. Carr was appointed United States Storekeeper at Peoria, which position he held for four years. He then returned [sic] to his farm on Section 21, which was his father’s homestead of one hundred and forty acres, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. December 24, 1874, Mr. Carr was married to Francis Drake at Peoria. She is a native of Brown County, Ohio, born Jun 3, 1852. Her father, William Drake, was born in Kentucky and was a farmer. Her mother, Mary (Philip) Drake, was born in Brown County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Carr are the parents of three children: Carrie Bell and Frank J. (both deceased) and Corrie E., now Mrs. Richard Trigger. Mr. Carr is a Democrat and a member of Modern Woodmen of America.

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