Individual Details
Thornton W CARR
(30 Jun 1840 - 9 Dec 1930)
This was included at the findagrave page for daughter Iambie, but couldn't have been part of her obituary as she died after her father.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Events
| Birth | 30 Jun 1840 |  | |||
| Death | 9 Dec 1930 | | |||
| Burial | Aft 9 Dec 1930 | Mendocino Cemetery, Parlier, Fresno Co., California | |
Families
| Spouse | Helen R MCCLOSKEY (1842 - 1906) |
| Child | Sophia J "Sophie" CARR (1866 - 1938) |
| Child | Iambie Alice CARR (1867 - 1947) |
| Child | Robert CARR ( - ) |
| Child | Oscar CARR ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Thomas CARR (1870 - 1944) |
| Child | Maggie CARR ( - ) |
| Child | Bertha CARR ( - 1917) |
| Child | John W CARR ( - ) |
| Child | Mark Heber CARR (1872 - 1876) |
Endnotes
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