On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:38:34 EST SnowBeri@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 11/20/1999 2:25:46 PM Mountain Standard Time, >ffejlny@juno.com writes: > ><< John CARR (John, Henry, Hans Jacob, Hans Jakob, Hans) b 15 Mar 1800 >Hardy Co, VA d 15 Apr 1861 Elk, Tucker Co, VA m1. abt 1820 VA to Jemima >WOLFORD b abt 1809 Randolph Co, VA d abt 1852 (d/o John WOLFORD & Elizabeth > WOOLEVER) m2. 4 may 1854 Randolph Co, VA to Abigail BRIGHT b Aug 1830 >d 7 Sep 1905 (d/o Thomas BRIGHT & Margaret COX) > CH of John & Jemima > 1. Joab L CARR b 1 Nov 1824 Randolph Co, VA d 13 Dec 1903 Red Creek, > Tucker, WV m. 1 Oct 1846 Randolph Co, VA to Lucretia BRIGHT b 28 Nov >1827 Randolph Co, VA d 28 Nov 1903 Red Creek, Tucker Co, WV. (d/o Thomas > BRIGHT and Margaret COX) (15ch) >> > >I've been wondering about this John....or the possibility there are >TWO John Carrs. There were plenty of Carr descendents and John is a VERY >popular name. I should know that because my ancestor is John Wolford b. 1754, >and between him, his children and grandchildren, there are 6 Johns. It's >very easy to confuse all those with common names.... >I have for children of John Carr and Jemima Wolford as: >Jemima WOLFORD (daughter of John WOLFORD and Elizabeth WOOLEVER) b. >1809, Randolph County, West Virginia, m. 1820, in West Virginia, John CARR, >b. 15 Mar 1800, Hardy County West Virginia, Remarks: Census gives birth >1804., d. 15 Apr 1861, Elk, Tucker County, West Virginia. Jemima died 1852. >Birth date doesn't make sense. Maybe birth date is 1801?? or she was >stretching things on the census. The preponderance of evidence, especially from the descendants of these folks is that there are these two Johns and John Jr was m. twice. As for the census, SHE or the census taker could have stretched the truth. It could have been the lady next door too. I go with the most evidence until it is all proven wrong with better documentation. That is another reason I ask for additions/corrections. > a. Joab L. CARR b. 1 Nov 1824, Radolph County, West >Virginia, Remarks: farmer, m. 1 Oct 1846, in Randolph County, West Virginia, >Lucretia BRIGHT, b. Nov 1824, West Virginia (?), (daughter of Thomas BRIGHT >and Margarit COX) d. 28 Nov 1903, Buried: Tucker County, West Virginia. >Joab died 16 Jul 1903, Red Creek, Tucker Co., West Virginia, Buried: Carr & >White, Dry Fork Dist, Tucker, WV. Jeff Carr (ffejlny@juno.com) gives death >date at >13 Dec 1903, and has 15 children. > (1) Clorinda CARR b. 1848, WV or VA. (Clarinda/Chlorinda was b 7 Jul 1847 in Randolph Co, VA(later WV) d 9 Jun 1940 m. 5 Apr 1866 WV (by that time) to Isaac SMITH b 1843 Pendleton Co, VA d 1906 (s/o Laben V SMITH & Elizabeth SITES)(14ch) > (2) Abigail CARR b. 1849, WV or VA. (Abigail b 26 Nov 1849 Randolph Co, VA (later WV) d 10 Aug 1929 Porterwood, Tucker, WV m 21 Mar 1867 Tucker Co, WV to Henson R BRIGHT b 1847 Pleasant Run, Tucker, (W)VA. d 7 Jan 1913 Tucker Co, WV. (s/o Thomas J BRIGHT & Sarah SHOONOVER)(4ch) > (3) Enos G. CARR. (b26 Nov 1850 Randolph Co, (W)VA d 19 Apr 1924 Jenningston, Tucker, WV m1 bef 1871 to Virginia CARR (no dates, don't know to whom she belongs, no known children) m2 21 Mar 1872 Tucker Co, WV to (cousin) Angeline F CARR b 19 Apr 1858 Red Run, Tucker, (W)VA. d 28 Dec 1912 Tucker Co, WV (d/o John W CARR & Virginia C BRIGHT)(13ch) (1) Mary Frances CARR b 25 Apr 1873 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (2) Thomas M H CARR b abt 18755 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) > (a) (3)James B. McClellan CARR. b 27 Sep 1877 Tucker Co, WV d 9 Mar 1925 m (need date and place) to (cousin) Julia Ann CARR b 29 Mar 1877 Tucker Co, WV d 23 Dec 1932 Otter Creek, Tucker Co, WV (d/o George W CARR & Jemima CARR)(7ch) [1] Lula CARR (no dates, not in order. m. Eberhardt) [2] Clara CARR b 21 Dec 1900 d Apr 1984 Thoms, Tucker Co, WV m. Harry BRIGHT [3] Harley Earnest CARR b 9 Oct 1907 d 7 Feb 1995 m. 15 Mar 1932 to Texie LONG. [4] Dale CARR b abt 1910 Elk, Tucker Co, WV > [5] Fred McClellan CARR. b 2 Jan 1914 Hendricks, Tucker, WV d 20 may 1964 Morgantown, Monongalia, WV m. 28 Apr 1935 Thomas, Tucker, WV to (cousin) Edith Virginia SMITH b 17 Mar 1914 Red Creek, Tucker, WV d 5 Dec 1987 St George, Tucker, WV (d/o Albert C SMITH & Mary S MALLOW) (4ch) (I am writing to one of this family) [6] Ralph CARR b abt 1915 d aft 1930 [7] Ruth Irene CARR b 20 Apr 1916 d 13 Nov 1996 m. Bud BRIGHT b 1916 (3ch) > (4) Henry C Steven CARR b 22 Jul 1879 Red Creek, Tucker Co, WV d 4 Dec 1945 m. 18 Sep 1907 to Anna May TETER b abt 1878 (1ch) (5) Martha CARR b 10 Feb 1881 Tucker Co, WV d 12 Jul 1881 Tucker co, WV (6) Rozetta "Etta" Virginia CARR b Mar 1882 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (7) Amos G CARR b Oct 1884 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (8) Elmare CARR b 27 Jul 1885 Tucker Co, WV m. Bessie ____ b 1882 (9) Abraham Lincoln CARR b 26 mar 1887 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (10) Louisa CARR b 4 Jun 1892 Tucker Co, WV d 27 Mar 1950 m. 2 Jun 1913 to (cousin) Delbert Howell CARR b Jan 1896 Tucker Co, WV (s/o George W CARR & Joanna SUMMERFIELD) (4ch) (11) Pearl Eltervin CARR b 1 Feb 1897 Tucker Co, WV d 3 Apr 1944 (nm?) (12) Wilbert CARR b Nov 1898 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (13) Earnest CARR b 1906 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) > (4)Margaret CARR b 5 Aug 1853 Randolph Co, (W)VA m 12 Sep 1872 Tucker Co, WV to Adam R ROY b abt 1850 VA (s/o Simon K ROY & Sidney _____) (7ch). > (5) Christina CARR b 1 May 1855 Randolph Co, (W)VA d 15 Nov 1861 Tucker Co, (W)VA (6) Seymour CARR b abt 1856 (Tucker Co, (W)VA) (7) Lucy CARR b 11 Mar 1858 Tucker Co, (W)VA d 20 Mar 1858 Dry Fork, Tucker Co, (W)VA (8) Daniel Adam David CARR.b 1 Jan 1859 Tucker Co, (W)VA d 13 Jul 1918 Upfords Creek, Clearwater, Idaho m. 27 Aug 1881 Harman, Randolph Co, WV to (cousin) Phebe Catherine SNYDER b 17 Nov 1865 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV d 6 Jul 1946 Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho (d/o Sampson SNYDER & Elizabeth BONNER)(6ch) > (9) Joab A CARR b 23 Apr 1861 Tucker Co, (W)VA m1. Sarah Catherine ______ (1ch- Flora CARR) m2. Elizabeth JOHNSON (1ch Freda Virginia CARR) > (10) Joseph D CARR (middle initial may be A.) b 23 Apr 1861 Dry Fork, Tucker Co, (W)VA d 22 Mar 1890 Tucker Co, WV m1. 31 oct 1879 Tucker Co, WV to (cousin) Elizabeth Jane CARR b 6 Oct 1864 Dry Fork, Tucker Co, WV d 22 Mar 1887 Tucker Co, WV. (d/o James B CARR & Jemima BRIGHT)(2ch (same names as the Joab A CARR above (?!?)) lives on Dry Fork ("History of Tucker Co by Hu Maxwell). (Or m2. Elizabeth H JOHNSON and had Floda Virginia CARR as above/below. This family definitely needs more research!) (a) Floda Virginia CARR b 3 Apr 1880 Dry Fork, Tucker Co, WV d 12 Apr 1881 Tucker Co, WV > (b) Flora CARR b 11 Jul 1881 Tucker Co, WV d 12 Jul 1881 Tucker Co, WV. > (11) George B. McClellan CARR b Aug 1863 Tucker Co, (W)VA d 1938 m. (cousin) Rachel Ann FLANAGAN b 22 Nov 1865 Black Fork, Tucker, WV (d/o Jacob G Flanagan & Rebecca Goldizen) (2ch). > (12) Phoebe Elizabeth CARR b 15 May 1866 Black Fork, Tucker Co, WV d 10 Nov 1942 m. 12 Jun 1886 Tucker Co, WV to Isom HARPER b 1864 Randolph Co, WV (s/o Jacob C HARPER)(7ch). > (13) Virginia C CARR b. 24 Dec 1869 Tucker Co, West Virginia d 16 Oct 1942 m. 20 Jun 1892 Tucker Co, WV to (cousin) Jessie Anderson CARR, b. 10 Oct 1866 Black Fork, Tucker Co, West Virginia, (s/o Angeline CARR) d. 27 Feb 1947, Buried: Tucker County, West Virginia. Virginia died 1937, West Virginia (?). > (a) Clarence CARR (no other info, probably not in birth order) (b) Margaret CARR b Jul 1888 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (c) Clifton Joseph CARR b. 10 Apr 1893 Dry Fork, Tucker Co, WV d Nov 1964, m. Mary Ethel COOPER, b. 2 Apr 1900 d Jul 1978 Thomas, Tucker Co, WV. Clifton died 1964. > [1] Harold CARR. > [A] Susan CARR. > [B] Ruthann CARR m. Unknown ROBINSON. [2] (unknown) CARR [A] Jeffrey CARR (d) Wilbert Clyde CARR b Feb 1896 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (e) Delphia CARR b Dec 1897 Tucker Co, WV (no other info) (f) Omer CARR b Feb 1899 Tucker Co, WV m. 7 Sep 1919 Randolph Co, WV to Ora MICK b 1898 Randolph Co, WV (g) Riley Austin CARR b 26 Mar 1900 Tucker Co, WV d 30 Nov 1954 m. 1921 to Georgia HARPER b 7 Sep 1904 Elkins, WV (5ch) (h) Texie CARR b 1907 WV (no other info) (i) Lula C CARR b Sep 1895 Tucker Co, WV m. (cousin) Ora Laken BONNER b 26 Aug 1886 Tucker Co, WV (9ch) > (14) Archibald B. CARR b 3 may 1870 Tucker Co, WV d 8 Jul 1928 m 30 Dec 1893 Tucker Co, WV to Phebe Christine BRIGHT b 17 Feb 1878 WV d 6 Feb 1935 (14ch) (15) Thomas CARR d young > b. Enos CARR b. 1829, Randolph County, West Virginia, m. (1) Unknown BUSHBEE >(2) Mary Ann WHITE, b. 1833, Buried: Carr Cemetery, Dry Fork, Tucker Co., WV. Jeff >Carr (ffejlny@juno.com) gives birth date at 1826, and wife as Sarah A Wyatt, m. 12 Dec 1852, with 8 children, and second wife Mary Ann White-BUSHBEE, m. 20 Jun 1863, Tucker Co, WV and having 2 children. > c. Christina CARR b. 1832, Randolph County, (West) Virginia, m. >24 Mar 1854, in Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia, Christian COOPER. >Christina died BEFORE 1900. Christian Cooper d 18 Aug 1902 WV (1) Mary Frances COOPER b 15 Jul 1855 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV (no other info) > (2) Martha Alice COOPER b. 30 Mar 1857, m. 20 Aug 1874 to Thomas >Wesley BRIGHT, b. 18 Jul 1857, d. 20 Mar 1944. Martha died 12 Aug 1939. (3) Asa COOPER b 29 mar 1858 Harmon, Randolph Co, (W)VA d 6 Aug 1931 m. 19 Jan 1884 Pendleton Co, WV to Gettie Lee McDONALD b 15 Jun 1864 d 1955 (6ch) (4) Emily J COOPER b 1861 Harmon, Randolph Co, (W)VA d 6 Feb 1873 (5) Salome COOPER b 1863 Harmon, Randolph Co, (W)VA m. 29 May 1887 Randolph Co, WV to William Frank Lee WYMER b 1865 Pendleton Co, WV d 1946 (2ch) (6) Phoebe COOPER b 4 Nov 1865 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV d 18 Jul 1940 m. 27 Mar 1889 to Riley WILSON b 12 jan 1859 Elk Garden, Mineral, (W)VA d 9 Nov 1931 (7ch) (7) John Adams COOPER b 11 Jan 1868 Harmon, Randolph, WV d 31 Dec 1903 (no other info) (8) George Washington COOPER b 22 Oct 1869 Harmon, Randolph, WV d 6 Jul 1903 m. 15 Sep 1900 Randolph Co, WV to Elizabeth HARPER b 8 Sep 1878 Randolph Co, WV d 5 mar 1959 (9) Valentine COOPER b Nov 1869 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV (no other info) (10) Ida Susan COOPER b 20 Oct 1871 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV d 19 Jun 1942 m. 22 Sep 1892 Randolph Co, WV to Jasper YOKUM b 13 Jan 1868 WV d 30 Jun 1956 (11) Jemima COOPER b 10 Aug 1874 Harmon, Randolph Co, WV d 7 Mar 1923 m. 30 Nov 1893 Randolph Co, WV to Floyd McDONALD b 1873 Randolph Co, WV d 6 Feb 1938 (12?) Amy COOPER (no other info) >d. Henson CARR b. 1835, Radolph County, West Virginia,Remarks: >Or Hanson?, m. Phoebe UNKNOWN. Henson died Dec 1868. Jeff Carr >(ffejlny@juno.com) says they had 2 children. >e. Emily CARR b. 1836, West Virginia, d. 26 Apr 1856. Jeff Carr (ffejlny@juno.com) >says she had 1 child. >f. Malinda CARR b. 1839, Randolph Co., West Virginia, m. 4 May >1854, Abigail BRIGHT, Remarks: 9 children?. Malinda died 1860. >Abigail: Name and info on Abigail from Jeff Carr (ffejlny@juno.com). This info on Malinda is odd. I have that she was b 1839 in Randolph Co, (W)VA and d 1860. Strange marriage if SHE married Abigail BRIGHT. Abigial was her step mother as she married the 54 year old John CARR and she, Abigail, was 20 years old. 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