Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-04-23
OBITUARY..
ANSON X. CARR.


ANsoN X. CARR.
Arson K Carr, long resident of
Middlebury, died on Monday, April 10,
1915, at his home in New York city.
His death was due to arterial sclerosis
from which he had suffered for several
years. The end came peacefully and
without pain. Mr.. Carr was in the
seventy-sixth year of his age. He was
born in Berkshire, Vermont, October
Is, 1889. He was of Scotch-lrish descent,
his ancestors being the first settlers of
Antrim, New Hampshire. His parents
died when he was child His boyhood,
which was passed in Franklin County.
was one of hardship and privation.
About 1855 he went West, spending
several years in Ohio and Wisconsin.
In 1863 he enlisted in Company F, of
the Ninth Vermont Regiment, in which
war. He was one of the first soldiers to
enter Richmond after its evacuation by
the Confederate army. For some years
after the war he was identified with the
Vermont merino sheep breeding in
dustry. During this period of his life
he resided in Shoreham and in Cornwall
but spent much time in Ohio. For over
a quarter of century he was engaged
in the wholesale produce business in
Middlebury, and no man was better
known to the farmers of Addison county
On February 26, 1879 he was married to
M. Louise Langdon of Charlotte, Yer
mont. They made their residence in
Cornwall, where was born their only
child. This son, Reid L.. graduated
from Middlebury College and has been
since 1903 lawyer in New York city.
In 1884 Mr.. and Mrs. Carr removed
from Cornwall to Middlebury, where
they resided until her death in 1909
Since her decease he has made his home
with his son at so Washington Square,
New York city.
Mr.. Carr was for many years active
in local affairs, serving frequently as
lister, auditor, justice of the peace,
delegate to many State conventions,
and member of the board of trustees of
this village. He was also long a director
of the Addison County Agricultural
society, and for two years Assis tant
Adjutant General of the c. A. r. for
the State of Vermont. He possessed a
rare talent of literary expression, and
his brilliant work as lecturer of the old
Addison County Grange will still be re-
called by residents of this county.
His business dealings were upright
and without stain. His heart was full
of sympathy toward the weak and I'M
fortunate. In local affairs he was uni
formly on the side of progress
His conversation was replete with
charm and humor His reading
was wide. his memory retentive. To
the day of his death his intellectual in
terests continued keen and unfailing.
Age did not weaken the vigor of his
mind. The closing years of his life
were simple, patient and tender, and he
remained to the end the most loving
and devoted of fathers.
the funeral service was held at the
Methodist Episcopal church on Wednes-
day at p. m. 1t was conducted in a
beautiful and appropriate manner by
Dr. John NJ. Thomas, president of Mid
dlebury College. The bearers were DR..
Ezra Brainerd, John A. Fletcher, John
H. Stewart, Charles E. Pinney, Joseph
M. Burke and Isaac Stems. The bank
and principal stores closed as tribute
of respect while the funeral procession
passed through the village. The inter-
ment was in the family plot in the West
cemetery.
Among the friends and relatives
present were Reid l.. Carr of New York
city, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Platt of Shore
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Spauding
of Panton, S. B. Langdon and Mrs H. s.
futile of Essex Junction, and Townsend
Morgan of New York city.
Taking Care of the Children.