The following was posted on this list on May 9, 1998 from
Marvin <marvin(a)computype.com>
Mail to that address is now being returned. Marvin, are you still out
there? Does anyone know his new email address? I would like to
exchange info with him.
Wanda Mae GRACE REED
Marvin wrote on May 9, 1998:
Following is information that I copied at the Illlinois Archives
from
the book, History of Macoupin County, Illinois, 1879, Brink, McDonough
&
Co, Philadelphia, pp. 245-246. I'm fairly certain that this
James
CARR
is a twin to John CARR, b. 8 June 1798, and their parents may be
Matthew
CARR and Susannah ERVIN(?).
----1830-1832
Western Mound Township
<snip>
There were quite a number of
settlements made in the year 1832, among whom were--John Morris, an
Englishman, with family, on section 34; William Chism and family, and
Jacob Kelly and family, from Kentucky; James CARR and family, who
settled on the farm now owned by Wm. T. Crossland; Joel Hubbard and
family, from Tennessee, and others. . . .
<snip>
The officers since township organization are as follows: Town
Clerks--.
. . R. W. CARR [grandson of James, son of Archibald], elected in
1877,
P. L. PITCHFORD [probably Peter], elected in 1878, and re-elected in
1879. Assessors--A. B. CARR, elected in 1872; J. Earnest, elected in
1873; A. B. CARR, elected in 1874. . .The following are the justices
of
the peace since township organization: . . . A. B. CARR and N.
Flanigan,
elected in 1877.