Clark Ezra Carr

Background

Carr, Clark Ezra was born on May 20, 1836 in Boston Corners, Erie County, New York, United States. Son of Clark Murwin and Delia Ann (Torrey) Carr.

Education

Brother late General Eugene Asa Carr. Student Knox College, Illinois, 1851-1856. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1858.

(Doctor of Laws, Knox College, 1908).

Career

In practice at Galesburg, Illinois, 1858-1894, retired. On staff Governor Yates (Illinois) with rank of colonel during Civil War. Postmaster Galesburg, 1861-1885.

United States minister plenipotentiary to Denmark, 1889-1893.

Delaware Republican National Convention, 1864, delegate-at-large, 1884. Commissioner of Illinois for Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, 1863.

Member Conference United States Consuls-General, Paris, 1889. Inaugurated American Indian Corn Kitchen, Paris, Exposition, 1900.

President Illinois Commission, Omaha Exposition, 1898.

Trustee and member Executive Board Knox College, since 1881. Director Galesburg Public Library, since 1898. Author: The Illini, 1904.

Lincoln at Gettysburg, 1906.

My Day and Generation, 1908. The Railway Mail Service, 1909.

Life of Stephen A. Douglas, 1909. Home: Galesburg, Illinois.

Achievements

• Clark Ezra Carr has been listed as a notable author, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Conference United States Consuls-General, Paris, 1889.

Connections

Married Grace Mills, December 31, 1873.

Father:

Clark Murwin Carr

Mother:

Delia Ann (Torrey) Carr

Spouse:

Grace Mills