Biography - Dolphas Carr
Dolphas CARR, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in North Carolina February 9, 1852, and came to this State when fifteen years of age; was partially educated in North Carolina; finished in this State, in common school of country, and worked on the farm by day labor until he bought the place on which he now resides, containing 100 acres of well-improved land, with good, comfortable buildings; married, September 19, 1878, to Miss Alice CLINE; she was born in this county September 9, 1862; Nelson CLINE, her father, was born in North Carolina; her mother was also a native of same State, born about 185, still living. John CARR, his father, and also his mother, were born in North Carolina; she ws the mother of the one child, and he has only one child, Charlie CARR; are members of Lutheran Church; politically, Republican.
Extracted 22 Nov 2016 by Norma Hass from 1882 History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 2 Biographical Department, page 284.