Charles Carr (1819 - 1877)

CARR, MCCONNALLY, MEENAN

Posted By: DJ Scieszinski
Date: 10/11/2015 at 18:47:34

CARR, CHARLES (deceased); Born in County Donegal, Ireland in 1819. Married Miss Nancy Meenan; came to this country in 1843; settled in New Jersey; in 1850, he moved to Pennsylvania; in 1853, to this state; in 1855, settled in Sec. 30 in this county, where he died May 23, 1877; reared a family of five children - Susan, Mary, Charley, Dominie and Katie. Mr. C. was extensively engaged in contracting and building; he was contractor and master builder of the Catholic church at Staceyville; accumulated a large property; owned 800 acres of land, on which his family now reside; was a faithful and consistent member of the Catholic Church, respected and honored by the entire community, among whom he lived so long. The funeral services were held in the Catholic Church at Staceyville, which, though a large building, could hardly contain the great number who came to follow the honored citizen to his last resting - place.

Source: THE HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, IOWA
Chicago, Western Historical Company, 1878
Directory of Monroe County, Guilford Township, Page 501