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Longmont Ledger (Longmont, Boulder County)
April 28, 1899
DIED--At Minersl Wells, Texas, Friday, April 21, 1899, of heart failure following a
previous attack of diphtheria, Byron Leander Carr, aged 56 years, 7 months and 11 days.
When a man like Byron L. Carr passes from earth it is difficult to find words to express
the thoughts that rush upon one, or to realize that he has gone and the places that he has
filled so ably and successfully, and the people that he has served so nobly will know him
no more. An active man, intellectually and physically, he wielded a power and influence
that made itself felt in whatever capacity he served or position he occupied. We have
known him personally for more than twenty years and never knew him to say or do a
dishonorable thing. Few of us in this world of narrow lives are called upon to act in as
many capacities to hold positions of such responsibilities as was General Carr. His
political record is clean, and while he served as Attorney General of the state of
Colorado he was untiring in his efforts to fill the position personally as far as possible
and leave little to his subordinates. The state of Colorado is in far better shape
because of his good work, and!
those who have been brought in contact with him that work testify as to his
thoroughness. He has been foremost in the legal profession in this state because that
thoroughness and was undoubtly one of the best lawyers in matters of irrigation in the
state of Colorad, and when we say that, we may say the United, for Colorado is the
foremost irrigation state in the nation. He was man who appreciated true friendship and
was faithful to his friend and merciful to his enemies, for like all men of great force of
character he made enemies, but even the latter cannot say that he stooped to do a mean
thing. General Carr has been associated with Longmont and its interest from the beginning.
He first went to Greeley and then walked over the prairie with C. E. Day to Longmont,
reaching the colony April 21, 1871, just twenty-eight years to a day previous to his
death. He then took an active part in founding the colony, and his wife joining him later,
they both taught the first school !
in the little town.
He was the founder of the LONGMONT LEDGER and was its editor and chief owner for over a
year, and since that time this paper owes him many a favor for his unselfish interest in
its prosperity.
The following is a short sketch of his life.
Byron Leander Carr was born September 11, 1842. He was of English descent and the
youngest of seven children. In his native town of Haverhill, N. H., and the Newbury (Vt)
Academy, General Carr received his education. While a student in this Academy, April 19,
he enlisted in the Second New Hampshire Infantry. In 1862 he enlisted in the First New
Hampshire Cavalry, Company M, and re-enlisted in 1864, serving until June 1865, when he
was discharged as acting sergeant major of the First Calvary. With the army of the
Potomac he took part in the battles of Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and Wilderness and Shenandoah campaigns, battles of Antitem and Cold
Harbor;the campaign around Richmond and Petersburg, and the balle at Appomattox,. In
Fisher Hill, in September, `864, he was four times wounded, and lost his left thumb. AT
Appomattox, the day before Lee surrended, he was wounded in the right arm, which was so
seriously injured as to make amputation n!
ecessary. He remained in the hospital from April 8, 1865, to the following July, when he
was able to leave. AT Middleburg, Va., June 17. 1863, he was captured by Stuart's
cavalry and sent to Libby prison, thence to Belle Island, remaining as prisoner unti
October, when he was exchanged. While in prison he suffered all the hardships and
privations incident to life as a prisoner of war.
On his return from the war he completed his academic course in Vermont, and then in 1867.
went to Waukegan, Ill., where he was principal of the high school. IN 1868, by
appointment, he was made county superintendent of schools, to which office he was elected
in 1869 for four years. While in that position he studied law and was admitted to the
bar. Resigning his office in 1871, he came to Colorado in April of that year, and located
in Longmont, where he taught for a year and also practiced law. In 1873-74 he was the
first judicial district of Colorado, including Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder, Jefferson and
Larimer counties. IN 1875 he was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention of
Colorado, and in the convention of `875076 he was chairman of the committee of military
affairs and drew up the military article. H also served as a member of the committees on
education, mines and mining, agriculture, and revision ad adjustment. The convention was
composed of thirty-!
nine men, who stood among the brainiest and most influential in the state. In the
convention March 14, 1876, the constitution was adopted, the President Grand issued his
proclamation, admitting the state on the first of August. On the 1st of July it was
submitted to the people for ratification, and by them was adopted.
On the republican ticket in 1894. Mr. Carr was nominated for office of Attorney General
and was elected, taking his seat in January, 1895. The following year he was re-elected
on a fusion ticket of Silver Republicans and Democrats. In addition to the discharging
the duties os his office, he has been interest in farm lands in Boulder county, and in
real estate elsewhere.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Longmont, and has been Past Grand Master of
Colorado; Longmont Chapter No. 8, R. A. M in which he was past High Priest; Longmont
Commandery No. 12, K. T., in which he was Past Eminent Commander, and Past Grand Commander
of the state, Holding the latter position at the time of the conclave in Denver, in 1892,
when he gave the address of welcome, also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
In the Grand Army he was quite active. He aided in organizing McPherson Post No. 6, of
Longmont, of which he is Past Commander and in 1884, he was Department Commander of
Colorado. The most of the national conventions of the Grand Army he has attended. He was
a member of the national executive council of administration of the Grand
Army.
(it is late tonight, I will finish this article and post as "continued"..Anna)
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