Jerome Swartz Carr ^{3 4 5 6 7}

  Burial Notes:

While some researchers place his year of death as 1892, his new gravestone erected shortly after his re-interment in 1916 indicates the year as 1894.
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He was originally buried in Mount Washington Cemetery in Litchfield, Illinois but when his wife died in 1916, he was reinterred to be buried alongside her in Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville, Ohio.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He 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 Agn't
(Living with wife, 3 children, brother, and mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 15 Aug 1849, then his age should have been 30 instead of 31.
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• He was buried after 4 March 1894 in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville, OH.

Plot: Sec E, Lot 61, Grave 1
Find A Grave Memorial# 59254224
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• He was buried after 4 March 1894 in the Mount Washington Cemetery in Mount Washington, OH.

This is a listing for the first burial of Jerome Swartz Carr in 1894. When his wife Martha Lightfoot died in 1916, his remains were removed to Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville, OH.
Find A Grave Memorial 58777957
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Jerome married Martha Lightfoot, daughter of Samuel Lightfoot and Mary Mitchell, on 20 May 1872 in , Wayne County, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (Martha Lightfoot was born on 11 August 1845 in Paradise, OH,^{2 3 8 9 10 11 12} died on 12 June 1916 in Detroit, MI ^{3 12 13 14} and was buried on 14 June 1916 in Orrville, OH ^{3 12 13 14}.)

  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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