PVT, Co. H, 75th Ohio Vol Inf....Enlisted as a Private on 9 December 1861 at the age of 27 in Company H, 75th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 23 Dec 1861. Captured at Gainesville FL, POW at Andersonville GA. Mustered Out on 25 Jan 1865 at Columbus, OH.
Parents: Henry Carr, Anne Charlton
Spouse: Mary McFarland
THE CARRS
Hugh Carr and Mary (McFarland) Carr came from Belfast, Tyrone, Ireland in or near 1860. They would have been in their early twenties. No dates to verify this but seems to be about right. The dates of their birth and deaths are established by their grave stones. Mary arrived in New York with three sons alone, as Hugh wasn't able to sail with them. He was held in port according to the story, he had an eye infection that had to be cleared up before he could continue the voyage. By the time Hugh arrived in the states, Mary had gone west with a family of settlers to Ohio. They settled near the town of South Perry, Ohio. Mary worked for families in that area to support her three children and herself. Communications were slow between the Ohio Territory and the east coast. Only riders carried messages and mail. He searched three years before he found his family. What a reunion that must have been. Hugh's pet name for his wife was "honey bird". I remember our Dad talking about his Grandfather Hugh Carr, how kind and patient he was with him. A hard working person with so much "common sense". He loved the simple things in life.
- Opal (Carr) Davis
Parents: Henry Carr, Anne Charlton
Spouse: Mary McFarland
THE CARRS
Hugh Carr and Mary (McFarland) Carr came from Belfast, Tyrone, Ireland in or near 1860. They would have been in their early twenties. No dates to verify this but seems to be about right. The dates of their birth and deaths are established by their grave stones. Mary arrived in New York with three sons alone, as Hugh wasn't able to sail with them. He was held in port according to the story, he had an eye infection that had to be cleared up before he could continue the voyage. By the time Hugh arrived in the states, Mary had gone west with a family of settlers to Ohio. They settled near the town of South Perry, Ohio. Mary worked for families in that area to support her three children and herself. Communications were slow between the Ohio Territory and the east coast. Only riders carried messages and mail. He searched three years before he found his family. What a reunion that must have been. Hugh's pet name for his wife was "honey bird". I remember our Dad talking about his Grandfather Hugh Carr, how kind and patient he was with him. A hard working person with so much "common sense". He loved the simple things in life.
- Opal (Carr) Davis
PVT, Co. H, 75th Ohio Vol Inf....Enlisted as a Private on 9 December 1861 at the age of 27 in Company H, 75th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 23 Dec 1861. Captured at Gainesville FL, POW at Andersonville GA. Mustered Out on 25 Jan 1865 at Columbus, OH.
Parents: Henry Carr, Anne Charlton
Spouse: Mary McFarland
THE CARRS
Hugh Carr and Mary (McFarland) Carr came from Belfast, Tyrone, Ireland in or near 1860. They would have been in their early twenties. No dates to verify this but seems to be about right. The dates of their birth and deaths are established by their grave stones. Mary arrived in New York with three sons alone, as Hugh wasn't able to sail with them. He was held in port according to the story, he had an eye infection that had to be cleared up before he could continue the voyage. By the time Hugh arrived in the states, Mary had gone west with a family of settlers to Ohio. They settled near the town of South Perry, Ohio. Mary worked for families in that area to support her three children and herself. Communications were slow between the Ohio Territory and the east coast. Only riders carried messages and mail. He searched three years before he found his family. What a reunion that must have been. Hugh's pet name for his wife was "honey bird". I remember our Dad talking about his Grandfather Hugh Carr, how kind and patient he was with him. A hard working person with so much "common sense". He loved the simple things in life.
- Opal (Carr) Davis
Parents: Henry Carr, Anne Charlton
Spouse: Mary McFarland
THE CARRS
Hugh Carr and Mary (McFarland) Carr came from Belfast, Tyrone, Ireland in or near 1860. They would have been in their early twenties. No dates to verify this but seems to be about right. The dates of their birth and deaths are established by their grave stones. Mary arrived in New York with three sons alone, as Hugh wasn't able to sail with them. He was held in port according to the story, he had an eye infection that had to be cleared up before he could continue the voyage. By the time Hugh arrived in the states, Mary had gone west with a family of settlers to Ohio. They settled near the town of South Perry, Ohio. Mary worked for families in that area to support her three children and herself. Communications were slow between the Ohio Territory and the east coast. Only riders carried messages and mail. He searched three years before he found his family. What a reunion that must have been. Hugh's pet name for his wife was "honey bird". I remember our Dad talking about his Grandfather Hugh Carr, how kind and patient he was with him. A hard working person with so much "common sense". He loved the simple things in life.
- Opal (Carr) Davis
Gravesite Details
Hugh & Mary's son, John W. Carr, 1859-1937, is buried in Hoopeston, Iroquois Co., Illinois.
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