James T. Carr

James T. Carr, ninety-one, of Hamburg, died Saturday morning at Alexander Linn Hospital here where he had been a patient for three months after suffering a stroke. Mr. Carr was born in Vernon Township, June 21, 1842, a son of Gosper and Rachel Force Carr.  He lived in Wantage Township his entire life. He was a retired farmer, and had spent the last sixty-two years at the homestead halfway between Sussex and Hamburg.  Mr. Carr’s wife, Esther A. (Simpson) Carr, died the latter part of 1926.  He is survived by a daughter, Miss Bertha K. Carr, at the homestead; a son, David Carr, of Hamburg; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the homestead in the Hamburg road. Rev. Walter E. Reynolds, pastor of Sussex Baptist church, officiated.  Burial was in North Church cemetery.

Source:  Undated clipping on Find-a-Grave. James T. Carr died October 20, 1933.

John Curtis McGrew

Funeral services for John Curtis McGrew, 52, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Norman J. Tully, of the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church, officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park.

Mr. McGrew was born Aug. 28, 1903, in Langley, Wash. On Oct. 13, 1934, in Talent he was married to Eleanor Lynch,, who survives. He had made his home here since 1910.

Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Budd Carr, Contra Costa, Calif.; two brothers, Melvin and Elroy, both of Medford; one niece and two nephews.

Source: Medford Mail Tribune, December 18, 1955.

Mrs. Esther Amelia Carr

Wife of James T. Carr, died at their home in Wantage township near the Hamburg-Sussex State road, on Friday last, of the infirmities of age, being eighty-five years of age. She had been a life long resident of Sussex County. She is survivey [sic] by her husband and two children: Miss Bertha Carr, at home, and Chief of Police David Carr, of Hamburg.

The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Hamburg Baptist Church, Mrs. Carr’s pastor officiating. Interment in North Hardyston cemetery.

Source: Undated newspaper clipping on Ancestry. Esther Carr died December 10, 1926.

David Carr

David Carr, of Wantage avenue, Hamburg, died suddenly at his home Tuesday morning, aged sixty-eight years. He had been in ill health for about three years. He was born at Mt. Salem October 20, 1869, a son of James and Esther Simpson Carr. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Conklin Carr; one son, Frank Carr, of Hamburg; two daughters, Mrs. Edris Robinson and Miss Catherine Carr, both of Hamburg, and one granddaughter, Miss Carolyn Robinson of Hamburg; one sister, Miss Bertha Carr, also of Hamburg. He was water commissioner and pump house attendant in Hamburg for about eight years and retired last year because of poor health. For a number of years he was also a police officer of Hamburg. Most of his life was spent in Hamburg and vicinity. Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from his late home, Rev. A.H. Derby, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd officiating, with burial in North Church Cemetery.

Source: Undated newspaper clipping on Ancestry. David Carr died January 4, 1938.

Frank T. Carr

Dr. Frank T. Carr, vice chairman of the board of directors of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, died of a heart attack Oct. 27.  A retired Pomona banker, Carr played a major role in establishing the college in 1976.

Source:  Los Angeles Times, November 5, 1981.

Mary Carr & James DeWitt

MARRIED — On Saturday the 18th inst. by the Rev. L. Fletcher, Mr. Matthew Westfall, to Miss Matilda Evans, both of Wantage. By the same on the 18th inst. Mr. James DeWitt, to Miss Mary Carr, both of Vernon.

Source:  New Jersey Herald, October 27, 1828.

Hannah Middaugh Everett

Mrs. Hannah Everett of Mt. Salem, N.J., who celebrated her 93rd birthday, July first, died July 11 of a broken hip received in a fall. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. William Carr.

Source:  Orange County Independent, July 17, 1928.

Small Town News—Port Jervis

The largest apples by far that we have ever seen are now displayed in Vail Brothers show window. They are called pound sours or [unclear] apples. The two weigh three pounds and seven ounces, and one measures 15¼ and another 15¼ around. They were grown on the farm of Lewis Cox, about a mile and a half beyond Deckertown, and were picked from the trees by W.H. Dewitt of this village, a brother-in-law of Mr. Cox. (Port Jervis Evening Gazette, October 16, 1880)

We learn from the Middletown Press that Jonathan Dewitt, of Deckertown, last Sunday made a call at the house of G.R. Carr. A political discussion ensued, which waxed very warm, and finally ended in Mr. Carr ordering him from his house and, as he had no inclination to do so, struck him with a chair, when he got out. He was bruised a little. (Port Jervis Evening Gazette, December 2, 1876)

The youngest child of William H. Dewitt, the builder, was Tuesday taken very sick. Dr. Hunt was called, and he pronounces the disease diphtheria, the first well-defined case in Port Jervis since last winter. (Port Jervis Evening Gazette, February 1, 1881)

The donation of the Rev. D.E. Frambes of Montague, Sussex county, N.J., will take place at the Brick House on Wednesday evening, Dec. 20th, instead of the 30th, as previously stated. (Port Jervis Evening Gazette, December 14, 1876)

The old barns on the Rorick English [sic] farm, at Monroe Corner, were totally destroyed by fire Monday evening of last week with the contents, consisting of farming implements, harness and a large amount of hay and grain. (Port Jervis Gazette, October 28, 1880)

Small Town News—Middletown Times Herald & Middletown Daily Argus

Miss Jeanne Arnold of Matamoras returned home today after a week’s visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Carr. (Middletown Times Herald, September 21, 1946)

Mrs. Edna Bush of Unionville returned there Monday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Halsey Decker. (Middletown Times Herald, June 5, 1941)

Mrs. Edna Bush is a guest at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Decker in Washingtonville. (Middletown Times Herald, October 5, 1948)

Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Davidson of Cooperstown spent the weekend with Mrs. Davidson’s sisters, Miss Lillian, Florence and Mary Sutton. Miss Elizabeth Davidson of New York also spent the week-end at the Sutton home. She is taking a nurse’s training corps [sic] at the Presbyterian Hospital. Mrs. Mae Sutton of Unionville was also a guest at the same home. (Middletown Times Herald, October 3, 1945)

Mrs. Lulu Hissenbottle [sic] of Palisades Park, N.J., returned home Sunday after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. George E. Carr. (Middletown Times Herald, July 31, 1945)

Mrs. Leslie Hissenbottle [sic] of Palisades Park, N.J., is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. George E. Carr. (Middletown Times Herald, August 7, 1946)

Mount Salem — Miss Alice Northrup spent a couple of days in Middletown, last week, accompanied by Mrs. John Carr, of Unionville. (Middletown Daily Argus, October 9, 1895)

Mrs. Kenneth Whitaker has taken her daughter Sally to Sampson Naval hospital for removal of her tonsils. (Middletown Times Herald, August 17, 1945)

Assorted Business News Items

Vincent Carr has served [sic] his connection with the Markovitt’s store. (Middletown Times Herald, January 6, 1932)

Vincent Carr, recently discharged from service, has resumed his work with Charles Kithcart. (Middletown Times Herald, December 20, 1945)

OCEANSIDE NEWS: David Rorick, an attorney from Des Moines, Iowa, is building a residence on Pacific avenue. He will open an office here for the practice of his profession. (Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1906)

Frank Rorick is clerking in G.M. Graves’ insurance agency. (Daily Huronite, April 12, 1886)

Report of Superintendents of Poor House Farm shows that Jacob Rorick succeeded N.K. Beardslee. Failure of crops increased expenses of institution, a long and hard winter ran the number of inmates up to 110. Of the 99 inmates on May 10, forty-five were children too young to be bound out. (Newspaper Clippings from the Sussex Register. 1897-1899. Newton, NJ: The Register. Item originally published June 19, 1837.)

Superintendents of poor house and farm publish annual report; express satisfaction with Mr. Rorick and re-engage him at increased salary; he had improved the meadows and proved himself to be a superior farmer. Owing to the bad year only three bushels of wheat and 47 1/2 of rye were gathered from the farm; many sheep had been lost through scab. (Newspaper Clippings from the Sussex Register. 1897-1899. Newton, NJ: The Register. Item originally published June 25, 1838.)

Mr. Harry F. Tyrrell, secretary of the university Y.M.C.A., will attend the annual convention of Y.M.C.A. secretaries to convene at Saugatuck, Mich., on June 27th for a two weeks session. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Tyrrell. (Iowa City Press Citizen, June 26, 1925)