Sacramento County
Biographies
WALTER C. CARR
WALTER C. CARR.--Though retired from
active participation in business affairs, Walter C. Carr is one of the strong
and influential men of the Fruitridge section
adjacent to the city of Sacramenta,
having for the past twenty-five years been associated with its best moral and
material growth. He was born on his
father’s farm near Plymouth, N. H., February 16, 1842, the
youngest of four children born to Jacob and Harriet (Beattie) Carr, both
natives of New Hampshire. Jacob Carr was of Scotch descent, while
Harriet Carr came from an old English family who settled in America
in early colonial days. Jacob Carr and
his wife were reared, educated and married in New
Hampshire, where they became prosperous farmers and
continued to reside until their demise.
Walter C. Carr received his education in the public schools of New
Hampshire, and after completing his school course was
associated with his father on the home place until his twenty-first year, when
he began farming on his own account.
The
first marriage of Mr. Carr united him with Miss Muriella
York; and they were the parents of one daughter, now Mrs. Alice D. Mason, who
resides in New Hampshire. Mrs. Muriella Carr
is now deceased. Mr. Carr was married
the second time, to Miss Emma Pearl, a native of Maine. He followed farming in New
Hampshire for many years, and then learned the
shoemaking trade, in which he was engaged for a time. Afterwards he worked
in the lumber camps of New Hampshire, removing later to Parsonfield, Maine,
and again engaging in farming.
On
account of impaired health, Mr. Carr came West to California
and located in Sacramento County,
on the Freeport road; and later, in
1898, he purchased his present ranch of fifteen acres in the Fruitridge section of the county. Here, in 1899, he built a fine residence; and
he has otherwise improved his ranch, setting out an orchard and vineyard, and
through unceasing industry has now become independent. Mrs. Carr passed away at the family home; and
some time after his wife’s death, Mr. Carr went to New Hampshire to visit his
daughter, and while there was married the third time, to Miss Emily Frances
Door, born in New Hampshire, and a daughter of Stephen D. and Melvina Frances (Staples) Door, both natives of New
Hampshire and well-to-do farmers of that state.
Stephen D. Door was supervisor of Milton
Township, N. H. for many
years. Nineteen years ago Mr. Carr
returned to Sacramento. He has since resided on his home place at Fruitridge, and is now contemplating subdividing his ranch
into acre lots, making a desirable investment for home-builders in this section
of Sacramento County. In politics, Mr. Carr aligns himself with the
Democrats.
Transcribed
by Priscilla J. Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Page 589. Historic Record Company, Los
Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.