The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
AT REST.
Esquire J. D. Carr Ends His
Long Pilgrimage on
Sunday Morning.

James D. Carr, for nearly forty
years a resident of this city, breathe6
his last at the home. of his son Byro1
at 500 a. m. on Sunday last, in the
Seth year of his age. His final sick.
ness, incident to old age, had not been
long and was free from any evidences
of physical suffering.
He was born on November 10, 1917
in Orangecounty, New York, and with
his parents, removed to Pennsyl-
vania when six years old, and lived
there eleven years. He was one of a
family of nine children, eight sons
and a daughter-the youngest of the
family, the mother Of Chas. M. Boss
OF this city. Mr., Carr was the seventh
son, and the last survivor. At the
age of tHenty-four he married Jane E.
Truesdell, who shared his joys and his
sorrows until three years ago when
she died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Lyman Kells, with whom the
aged couple had made their home for
several years.
In 1S47 Mr.. and Mrs. Carr removed
with their young family to Columbia
county, Wis, and eight years later
came to Minnesota, settling in Rice
county where they lived until 1865,
when they removed to Sank Centre,
then a struggling and struggling
hamlet. He has seen it increase from
mere handful to the vigorous and
beautiful little city that it is, aud has
been factor in it's development and
growth. He was ever public spirited,
taking deep interest in whatever
effected the nation, the state or the
community; well-read, Intelligent and
active, his influence was eyer for the
advancement and welfare of the COM,
munity. For years he was actively
engaged in the real estate business,
but adverse conditions swept from him
a comfortable property, but meyer dis
heartened nor discouraged him. He
served the township and village for
years as Justice of the Peace, and was
a model officer. His mind was pecul-
iarly alert, and he was ever interest
ing and entertaining in conversation,
advancing opinions and views pecu-
liarly his own, but never in an offensive
nor dictatorial manner. In fact he
was always courteous and consider
ate of the feelings of others, and only
severe when severity was a yirtuous
necessity. He was of an ingenious
and inventive turn of mind, natural
mechanic, and his score of lesser in
ventions, wrought out with patience,
would have made the fortune of a man
more aggressive in business methods.
He enjoyed life for the pleasure he
could extract from the very, fact of
living.
He was fine shot, well-versed in
the peculiarities and habits Of the
animals and birds indigenous to this
country, and nothing gave him sim
cerer pleasure than day afeld with
a dog and gun, with congenial COM
-pany, even when most men would
have considered themselves too aged
for such exertion. He was peculiar
ly vigorous in mind and body even
after his snowy hair and beard told
the world that he was an old man.
AS late as this winter he has been
seen walking the streets with vigorous
and elastic step, hating to exchange
a bright and CHEEKY word with friend
and neighbour, or driving a spirited
team with all the masterfuI energy
of a man of half his years. He was
highly regarded by his troops of
friends who sincerely grieve at his
death. AS Oliver Wendell Holmes
said to friend who congratulated
him on being eighty years old-'sNot
eighty years old-but eighty years
young" So with Esquire CARRIE
never left nor lost his youth until the
final decay of his physical powers
rendered him helpless.
His father was veteran of the war
of 1872, and two of his three sons.
Byron F. and Theron F., were sol.
diers of the war of the rebellion. Two
other children, Charles and Maggie
survive him, all resident of this CITY
excepting Theron who is in business
in Texas. His funeral occurred on
Monday from the Episcopal church,
Rey F. M Garland officiating, and
he was inferred in Oakland cemetery.
He was prominent Mason, and the
local lodge assisted at the funeral.
He will long be held in tender
memory by this entire community.
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