BIO: C. P. CARR, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 644 & 645.
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  C. P. CARR, justice of the peace in Pike township, where he owns a valuable 
farm of 100 acres, situated three and one-half miles northeast of Curwensville, 
Pa., was born June 6, 1855, in Bradford township, Clearfield county, Pa., and is 
a son of Benjamin and a grandson of Asil Carr.
  Asil Carr was probably born in New York, and when he came first to 
Pennsylvania settled at Red Bank, in Clarion county.  Possibly he married there, 
his wife's name being Katherine, and when he moved to Lawrence township, near 
Center Church, he was accompanied by his wife and four sons and one daughter, 
bearing the following names:  Benjamin, Alexander, Richard, William and Jane.  
He spent the remainder of his life in Lawrence township, mainly engaged in work 
as a millwright, and built many dams on the river.  His death occurred at the 
age of seventy years and his burial was at Center Church.
  Benjamin Carr and his brothers attended school at Red Bank and was a young man 
when the family came to Lawrence township.  He operated a saw-mill for several 
years and then purchased the present farm, then containing 165 acres, from J. & 
C. Lenox.  With the help of his sons he cleared all but fifteen acres which are 
now very valuable timber lands.  He continued in the mill business, hiring help 
to operate his farm.  During the Civil War he was in the service, a member of 
Co. E, 149th Pa. Vol. Inf., and toward the end of the war was captured by the 
Confederates and incarcerated in Libby Prison, where he died from harsh 
treatment.  His burial was at Annapolis, Md.  His marriage was with Elizabeth 
Williams, a daughter of Edward Williams, of Bradford township, and the following 
children were born to them:  Mercy Jane, who is now deceased, was the wife of 
Austin Trimp, of Bigler; C. P., of Pike township; W. S., who was married first 
to Mary Thompson, and second to Orie Bloom, a daughter of Zachariah Bloom; Mary, 
who is the wife of Peter Gearhart; and Richard, who married Alberta King.  The 
mother of the above family died in 1882.
  C. P. Carr attended school at Pleasant Grove and afterward began the duties of 
life, naturally becoming a farmer and later engaging in teaming.  After the 
death of his mother, the home farm, some ten years later, was divided between W. 
S. and C. P. Carr, the former taking the buildings and sixty-five acres of land, 
and the latter the 100 acres, on which there were no structures.  Subsequently 
he erected the solid, substantial buildings now standing and has lived on his 
land until the present.  He has a valuable coal bank which produces 200 tons of 
coal a month which he delivers to the neighboring tile works.  He does some 
truck farming in addition to his regular agricultural operations, and a 
productive peach orchard gives him some fine fruit to dispose of each year.  He 
is a member of the Grange and of the Agricultural Society.
  On August 31, 1874, Mr. Carr was married to Miss Annie Leese, a daughter of 
Isaac and Mary (Tomey) Leese, and they have five children:  Harvey, who resides 
on the home farm, married Effie Addleman and they have one child, Helen; Orlo, 
who also lives on the farm, married Emma Fullerton, and they have one daughter, 
Sarah; Fred, who is also one of the home farmers, married Pearl Cuppler, and 
they have two children, Leonora and Mary;  Williard, who lives at Luthersburg, 
married Edith Hays; and Zella, who lives at home.  Mr. Carr and family are 
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee.  In 
politics he is Democrat and has frequently been elected to office on the 
Democratic ticket, serving as a useful member of the school board, as road 
supervisor and for the past six years he has been a justice of the peace, and is 
serving in his second term.  He is a member of the Royal Order of the Moose and 
other fraternal organizations.