Martha Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 27 July 1850. ⁷

1850 US Census
Page 202B, Family 50, Roll 739
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Martha Lightfoot..4..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on June 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 26, Family 185, Roll 1050
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Martha Lightfort..14..Ohio

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 1 June 1870. ⁹

1870 US Census
Page 3, Family 20
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Martha Lightfoot..24..OH..School Teacher
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Cincinnati, OH on 14 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 73A, District 111, Dwelling 424, Family 473, Roll 1024, Ward 1
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Crawford Avenue
Martha Carr..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband, 3 children, brother-in-law, and mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 11 Aug 1845, then her age should have been 34 instead of 33.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Toledo, OH on 1 June 1900. ¹⁰

1900 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 35, Dwelling 330, Family 373, Roll 1296
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
121 Palmer Street; house rented
Martha Carr..Head..Aug 7 1845..54..OH..married 19 years..6/6..Wd
Earl J. Carr..Son..May 1880..20..OH..Clerk, Railroad
Charles Carr..Son..Jul 1883..16..OH..Upholsterer
Elizebeth Carr..Daughter..Oct 1884..15..OH..Domestic
Wanda Carr..Daughter..Oct 1889..10..OH..At School

(Martha was widowed and living with 4 children.)

NOTE - The census record indicates that Martha had a total of 6 children with all 6 still alive but other records indicate a total of 9 children with 6 still alive at the time of the census. Those that had died include Torrence Lightfoot Carr in about 1878, Samuel Arthur Carr about 1881, and Mary Lovina Carr about 1886.
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• She was buried on 14 June 1916 in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville, OH.

Plot: Sec E, Lot 61, Grave 2
Find A Grave Memorial# 59254225
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper on 14 June 1916 in , Wayne County, OH.

¹¹ MRS. MARTHA CARR DIES AT TOLEDO

Mrs. Martha Carr, of Toledo, formerly an Orrville resident, died at a Detroit hospital at 8 o'clock Monday evening, following an operation for acute indigestion. She was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wanda Lind, when she was suddenly taken sick.

Mrs. Carr was born near Paradise, in 1845, and was aged 71 years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lightfoot. She was married in 1871 to Jerome Carr. To this union were born three sons and three daughters, all of whom survive her. They are J. E. Carr, Toledo, Charles E. and David C. Carr, of Gary, Indiana; Mrs. R. F. Lytle and Mrs. F. P. Schrag, Toledo, and Mrs. Wanda Lind, Detroit. Her husband preceded her in death by a number of years.

Mrs. Carr moved from Orrville in 1896 to Toledo, where she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Lytle. Funeral services were held at the Lytle home in Toledo, Wednesday afternoon. The body was brought to this city Wednesday evening and burial in the old cemetery.

NOTE - This newspaper article was found within the Lightfoot surname folder in the Genealogy section of the Wayne County Library. The article was apparently cut out of the newspaper but no date or name of the publication was provided. It most likely is from the local newspaper of Orrville probably dated around June 14 or 15. The article does not give a specific burial date and only mentions that the body was shipped from Detroit and arrived in Orrville on Wednesday night, June 14th. Arthur Carr provides a burial date of June 16th and a location of Crown Hill Cemetery instead of the "Old Cemetery" mentioned in the article. In spite of the misleading headline, she actually died in Detroit, Michigan as stated in the article. They had a total of 9 children, not 6 as stated in the article; 3 children died in their infancy. The marriage occurred in 1872, not 1871. Mrs. R. F. Lytle was Elizabeth Carr; Mrs. F. P. Schrag was Emma Carr; and Mrs. Wanda Lind (Ling) was Wanda Carr.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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Martha married Jerome Swartz Carr, son of David Carr and Lovina A. Swartz, on 20 May 1872 in , Wayne County, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (Jerome Swartz Carr was born on 15 August 1849 in Marlboro Township, Stark County, OH,^{3 14 15 16} died on 4 March 1894 in Litchfield, IL ^{15 16} and was buried after 4 March 1892 in Orrville, OH ^{2 3 15 16}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Cincinnati, OH on 14 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 73A, District 111, Dwelling 424, Family 473, Roll 1024, Ward 1
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Crawford Avenue
Jerome S. Carr..Head..31..OH..Real Estate Ag
Martha Carr..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Emma Carr..Dau..7..MI
David Carr..Son..4..OH
Infant Carr..Son..1m..OH
Philenzo Carr..Bro..29..OH..Agt For Mus. Instr
Lavina Carr..Moth..54..OH

NOTE - The "infant" was Jerome Earle Carr. Lavina Carr was Jerome's mother who was living with him because the father, David, had died in 1856.
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  Marriage Notes:

"The Carr Book", by Arthur A. Carr (1947), pp 393-394

"No drab and commonplace life was the life of Jerome and Martha. From their meeting at Mount Union College to his death some twenty years later their lives were crammed with action and excitement.

Their first venture was a Commercial College at Hillsdale, Mich. Then came work as a surveyor and land agent in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. From this Jerome expanded into Colonization activities in Texas with long trips across the untouched prairies. From these trips he brought home to Martha and the children many thrilling tales and wonderful souvenirs such as buffalo pelts and rattlesnake skins.

A later venture in Birmingham, Alabama in the coal business proved without profit so the family went to Saint Louis, Missouri where Jerome engaged in the insurance business.

About 1888 they resided in Carrondolet, Missouri, where Jerome became a Methodist minister in which profession he died four years later while serving a circuit of Churches from Litchfield, Illinois. He achieved marked success as a Minister of the Gospel.

Jerome Carr not only possessed a keen, active mind but an inventive one as well. In 1884 while at Cincinnati he built and patented what was the forerunner of the motor bus. Although it failed to meet requirements due to the crude gas engines of the day it attracted much attention. The family preserved a letter from P. T. Barnum offering to equip his circus with the new transportation if it proved successful. (See under Philonzo D. Carr)

Jerome was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried in Cincinnati with Masonic rites. After the death of Martha his body was taken to Orrville, Ohio, where he and his beloved wife lie side by side in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Nine sons and daughters were born to Jerome and Martha. Three of them, Torrence, Samuel and Mary, died as infants. The other six are all considered in the next Generation."
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Emma's place of birth pinpoints their move to Michigan within the first year of their marriage. Jerome and Martha must have founded their commercial college in Hillsdale sometime between 1872 and 1876. David's birth in Ohio three years later means they left Michigan before 1876, at which point they probably moved to Cincinnati. Arthur Carr says they remained in Cincinnati in 1884.
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