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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Jacob W. Carr, the third in the family of eight children of James and Ann (Weast) Carr, was born in the State of Ohio, in 1836. The parents came to Missouri in 1850, purchasing eighty acres of land and entering about 120 more, all of which was unimproved, and the clearing of which devolved upon Jacob W. and brothers, as the father was forgeman at the old Meramec Iron Works. During the war Jacob W. was enrolled in the State Militia, but did no active service. In 1866 he purchased a tract of ninety-six acres, twelve or fifteen acres of which were cleared, and upon which was erected a small log cabin. December 29, 1870, he married Mary, daughter of Henry Benner, who survived her marriage but one year, and was interred in the family graveyard near the residence. In 1873 Louisa, daughter of Jacob Souders, became the wife of Mr. Carr. Two children were born to this union, only one now living—Frank. Deprived of his second wife by death in 1877, Mr. Carr next married, April 23, 1884, Emily, whose father was Samuel Adams. They are the parents of one child, named James C. Mr. Carr and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, and are looked upon as prime factors in the neighborhood. He has been very successful in his chosen occupation of a farmer, and now owns 250 acres of land and has a comfortable residence. A Republican in politics he is not an office seeker, preferring the quiet life of a farmer without official responsibilities. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is rearing an orphan child named Maude, who is the daughter of Benjamin and Celia Woodruff, for whom he discharges the duties of a guardian.

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