“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


I. T. CARR,  editor and proprietor of the Jefferson Banner, was born in 
town of Henrietta, Monroe Co., N.Y., July 5, 1831, being the closing 
figure of one of the grand celebrations of our nation’s birth; he received 
a common-school education, and at the age of 15 years, learned the 
printer’s trade in the office of the Western New Yorker at Warsaw, N.Y., 
which business he has since followed most of the time.  Enlisted Aug. 6, 
1862, as private in Co. G, 22d W.V.I., and served thus nine months, 
when he was commissioned as First Lieutenant of Co. K, 16th W.V.I., in 
which position he served through the Atlanta campaign, and, after the 
fall of the city, he resigned his commission at Eastport, Ga., and was 
next commissioned Captain of Co. A, 46th W.V.I., and served until 
mustered out Oct. 10, 1865; in the mean time , he joined Sherman at 
Ackworth, Ga., and was actively engaged in the various campaigns of 
this army for some time; by order of Gen. Granger, was put in charge of 
the Freedmen’s Bureau at Huntsville, Ala.; was next detailed as 
President of Military Commission at Huntsville, Ala., for the trial of 
civil and criminal cases, till September, 1865, after which he joined the 
army and was mustered out.  After Mr. Carr left the army, he worked at 
the printing business till 1875, then bought out and published the Green 
County Reformer at Monroe, Wis., for three years; next came to 
Jefferson and bought out a half-interest in Jefferson Banner, and soon 
after became sole proprietor, and still continues in said capacity.  Mr. C. 
is strongly Democratic in politics, and is well known among the press 
fraternity; also has been prominently identified in the political affairs of 
the State.  In 1866, he was Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms in the State 
Assembly.  His was the first newspaper in the West to present Tilden’s 
name as candidate in 1876; Mr. C. was Delegate to the National 
Convention that nominated Tilden, and labored with telling effect for his 
election both with his “pen and press,” as well as “on the stump.”  
Married Miss Nancy T. Popple Dec. 7, 1853; she was born May 22, 
1833; there are three children – Ella E., born Oct. 1, 1854; Francis W., 
Jan. 31, 1860; Charles M., March 28, 1862; these sons are in the printing 
business with their father; Mr. C.’s first wife died Oct. 26, 1871; he next 
married Mrs. Charlotte A. Moore for second wife May 1, 1878; she was 
born May 20, 1838.


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