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Surnames: Carr, Wade
Classification: Query
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DearMArlane,
I was amazed to read your message! I have always wondered about John Carr and the
steamboat accident. My great grandfather was Charles Chester Carr, son of Daniel Edward,
son of John Carr. My family records state the following: John Carr was born in England
Oxfordshire Co., May 11, 1827. He came to the U.S. with his parents about 1837 and
settled at Midway, W. Va. He was killed Jan. 9, 1848 in an explosion of a steamboat
"Blueridge", between Galopolis and Cincinatti, Ohio. He was buried on the
shores of the Ohio River where the accident occurred. He was married to Ann Amanda Wade,
June 19, 1845. She was born July 4, 1825 in Kanawha Co. Va. (later Putnam Co., W. Va.)
She died Jan. 30, 1898 in Big Pine ???, California. I'm curious to know who Nancy
Jane Wade was? I don't know why we have 2 different first names. Do you have the
same birth date for her? Son, Daniel Edward Carr was born May 5, 1846 and Adrana Edith
Carr was born after John's death, March 27, 1848. Adrana Carr died at age 8 in
Missouri. If you have info. about the steamboat accident, please tell me more! How are
you related and how did you find the info. in the family bible? Thank you.