Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Franklin CARR 
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790Birth Date12 Oct 18282255
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Death Date16 Mar 1865 Age: 36
Burial PlaceCentre Cemetery, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Cause of DeathDied while a Prisoner of War
FatherAsahel CARR (1805-1869)
MotherCatherine Lybarger GRIMER (1809-1880)
Misc. Notes
“died of wounds in Civil War”
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Benjamin Carr and his brothers attended school at Red Bank [Clarion County, PA] 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 [1911], 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.†2270
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Benjamin Carr married Elizabeth Williams and purchased land which is now owned and occupied by his sons, Cyrus and Sawyer. He was also engaged in the lumber business and had a mill at Bald Hills. When the civil war broke out, though Benjamin Carr had a wife and family, he answered the call for volunteers and enlisted. He was a brave soldier and died at Annapolis, Md., from the effects of hardship and exposure made necessary by
the war.2011
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Benjamin Carr, with his brothers Alexander, Richard and William, is listed among those who served in the Civil War from Curwensville in this source. In addition he is indicated to have attended the organization meeting of John Kratzer Post No. 184, Grand Army of the Republic [on July 3, 1880].824
This Benjamin’s could not have been in attendance at the meeting as described above as he died in the Civil War.3
*Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the harsh conditions under which prisoners from the Union Army were kept.3
†It is certainly possible that Benjamin was buried at Annapolis but his body later moved to Centre Episcopal Cemetery in Hyde, PA. OR maybe a headstone was erected in his memory at Centre, but he is not actually buried there.3701
See also Edward Anderson Irvin (1838-1908) in this database who was also captured and held at Libby Prison.3298
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Benjamin Carr and his brothers attended school at Red Bank [Clarion County, PA] 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 [1911], 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.†2270
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Benjamin Carr married Elizabeth Williams and purchased land which is now owned and occupied by his sons, Cyrus and Sawyer. He was also engaged in the lumber business and had a mill at Bald Hills. When the civil war broke out, though Benjamin Carr had a wife and family, he answered the call for volunteers and enlisted. He was a brave soldier and died at Annapolis, Md., from the effects of hardship and exposure made necessary by
the war.2011
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Benjamin Carr, with his brothers Alexander, Richard and William, is listed among those who served in the Civil War from Curwensville in this source. In addition he is indicated to have attended the organization meeting of John Kratzer Post No. 184, Grand Army of the Republic [on July 3, 1880].824
This Benjamin’s could not have been in attendance at the meeting as described above as he died in the Civil War.3
*Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the harsh conditions under which prisoners from the Union Army were kept.3
†It is certainly possible that Benjamin was buried at Annapolis but his body later moved to Centre Episcopal Cemetery in Hyde, PA. OR maybe a headstone was erected in his memory at Centre, but he is not actually buried there.3701
See also Edward Anderson Irvin (1838-1908) in this database who was also captured and held at Libby Prison.3298
Spouses
Family ID6170