Pat Kennedy here:
The below Carr family are not my Carr family lines, but thought maybe
the data would be good info. for others. I have other family in the
Clark co, IN. area and found this in the:
THE HOOSIER JOURNAL
Clark County, Indiana
CARR TOWNSHIP organized in 1854 was taken in a great part from the
eastern portion of Wood twp. The twp. was named for gen. John Carr, who
was one of the oldest pioneers in the twp., having settled there with
his father in 1806 (Thomas Carr was the father of John Carr, a Thomas
Carr settled in Clark Co. ca 1806, but not father of John. This 1st
Thomas Carr moved on into Jackson Co. where he resided. Thomas Carr
father of Gen. John Carr, settled in Clark Co. ca 1811-12.)
John Carr served his country in its military defense against the Indians
at the age of 18. In the fall of 1811 he joined under Capt. Biggs, the
Tippeeanoe expedition and served all through the War of 1812. He was
elected recorder for several terms, and the office of Clerk of the
Circuit Court two terms. He was one of the agents appointed to lay off
the town of Indianapolis and in 1831 was elected a member of Congress.
He died on 20 Jan. 1845. (That a John Carr died in Clark Co. in 1845 is
no debate, that he was General John Carr. A story I alone remember by
Lucille Carr Marshall proves that Gen. John Carr lived to be a very old
man, dying 1878 or thereafter. Mrs. Marshall was the daughter of
Elisha Carr. She tells of her mother, who told stories of the Gen.,
and of meeting him after her marriage to Elisha Carr in 1878. The 1806
Thomas Carr also had a son John.)
JEFFERSONVILLE BIOGRAPHIES ---------
GEORGE W. CARR
Is a native of Jeffesonville, born 13 Feb. 1855, son of Abraham Carr a
merchant and tailor of Jeffersonville. George W. Carr married Josie,
daughter of Joshua Terry of Jeffersonville, who was reared in Jefferson
Co, KY. They have 3 children: Cleona, Altha and George W. The wife
of Abraham Carr was Sarah Huber. She and her husband were natives of
PA. who came to Indiana in 1852. Sarah is deceased but Abraham is still
living.