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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS
A Part of Genealogy Express
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Macon County, Illinois
History & Genealogy |
Source 2:
City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and
Achievement
HON. WILLIAM E. NELSON
Editor
"Local history is the ultimate substance of national history."
Wilson
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
Chicago
The Pioneer Publishing Company
1910 |
| HON. WILLIAM F. CALHOUN Source:
City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois - Publ:
Chicago -
The Pioneer Publishing Company -
1910 ~ Page 102 |
CHARLES
MONROE CARR, who resides on a beautiful farm of one
hundred and sixty acres in section 34, South Macon township,
and is recognized as one of the progressive young citizens
of the county, was born in Missouri, Apr. 18, 1878. He
is a son of George W. and Nancy (Gibson) Carr,
the former of whom was born in Ohio in 1841 and the latter
in Missouri in 1847. The father was devoted his
attention to farming ever since arriving at manhood except
during the Civil war, when he worked in the United States
government shops in Missouri. He and his wife are
still living. There were ten children in their family,
the subject of this review being sixth in order of birth.
Charles M. Carr was educated in the common
schools and assisted his father upon the home farm until
arriving at twenty-one years of age, after which he began
working for wages. About 1900 he came to Illinois and
at twenty-eight years of age he took unto himself a wife,
soon afterwards moving to Missouri, where he continued for
one year. In 1907 he returned to Illinois and is now
managing a farm which belongs to his father-in-law, to which
he has devoted a great deal of labor, bringing it to a high
state of cultivation.
In December, 1906, Mr. Carr was happily united
in marriage to Miss Ella Rachel, who was born Mar.
1, 1878, and is a daughter of Frederick and Nancy (Poe)
Kraschel, a record of whom appears elsewhere in this
work. Mr. Carr affiliates with Beacon Lodge No.
434, Knights of Pythias, at Macon, Illinois, and is an
adherent of the republican party. He is energetic and
capable in the calling he has chosen as his life work and as
a patriotic citizen and useful member of the community has a
high standing among his fellows. Recognizing the
opportunities presented in agriculture and stock-raising, he
has earnestly applied his abilities, and the neat appearance
of the farm and the ample harvests yielded each year give
practical evidence of his skill. He and his estimable
wife have many friends in Macon county, who are attracted by
their worthy qualities.
Source:
City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois - Publ:
Chicago -
The Pioneer Publishing Company -
1910 ~ Page 350 |
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