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positor. He was city clerk of Madison from 1864 to 1868. Later he filled the chair of rhetoric and English literature in the University of Wisconsin, and afterwards that of logic and English litera- ture. In 1871 he declined the position of presi- dent of the University of Kansas. He published many valuable treatises, including : Moral Forces in Education ; twelve lectures on the Evidences of Christianity ; TJie Metaphysical Basis of Sciences; The Philosophy of Evolu- tion; English of the Fourteenth Century (1872) ; An Introduction to the Stttdy of Anglo-Saxon (1875) ; and The Elements of English An- alysis (1877). He died in Geneva, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1878.

CARPENTER, William Lewis, soldier, was born in Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1844, son of William Lewis, and Frances (Bristol) Carpenter, and direct descendant from William Carpenter, who landed at Plymouth, Mass. from the ship Bevis in 1638. In 1861 he joined the U. S. navy as acting midshipman, serving as such until May, 1864, when he enlisted in the U. S. artillery. He was promoted 2d lieutenant, 9th U. S. infantry, April 5, 1867, and 1st lieutenant, Dec. 81, 1873. In 1873 he was made naturalist of the U. S. geograph- ical survey and in. 1875 was transferred to the U. S. geological survey. He was made fellow of the American association for the advancement of science in 1877, and was a member of the loyal legion and of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion. On Oct. 2. 1887. lie was promoted captain. He died at Madison Barracks, N.Y.. July 10, 1898.

CARR, Caleb, colonial governor of Rhode Island, was born in 1623. He was third assistant under Gov. Cranston, and in May, 1695, was chosen governor, serving until his death, Dec. 17, 1695.

CARR, Dabney, patriot, was born in Virginia, Oct. 26, 1743; son of John Carr. He was grad- uated at William and Mary college in 1762, and entered the profession of the law. In 1773, he was elected a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, and was selected to move the resolu- tions for a committee of correspondence. On July 20, 1765, he was married to Martha, sister of Thomas Jefferson. He died at Charlottesville, Va., May 16, 1773.

CARR, Dabney, jurist, was born in Virginia, April 27, 1773; son of Dabney and Martha (Jef- ferson) Carr. He was chancellor of the Winches- ter district, 1811-'24, and judge of the court of appeals, 1824-'37. He died Jan. 8, 1837.

CARR, Dabney Smith, diplomatist, was born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1802, son of Peter and Hetty (Smith) Carr, and grandson of Dabney and Martha (Jefferson) Carr. He was for a long time editor and proprietor of the Repuhlican and Argus, a leading Democratic daily in Baltimore. From 1826 to 1843 he was naval officer of the port

of Baltimore, and was appointed by President Tyler, in the latter year, minister to Constanti- nople, where he remained until 1850. He died in. Charlottesville, Va., March 24, 1854.

CARR, EHas, governor of North Carolina, was born in Edgecombe county, N. C, Feb. 25, 1839, son of Jonas Johnston and Elizabeth (HilUard) Carr. Among his ancestors were Jonas Johnston, of revolutionary fame, and the Hon. Richard Hines, a member of Congress. He attended school at the Oaks in Orange county, and subsequently completed his education at the universities of North Carolina and Virginia. He served in the Confederate army during the civil war, returning^ at its close to his private agricultural interests in Edgecombe county. He was connected with the first planters' clubs, and was an active member in the Farmers' alliance. In 1886 he was a delegate from North Carolina to the national farmers' convention at St. Paul, and in 1891 was appointed commissioner to the World's fair. He was gov- ernor of North Carolina, 1893-97. He died at Old Sparta, N.C., in 1900.

CARR, Eugene A., soldier, was born in Erie county, N. Y., March 20, 1830. He was graduated at West Point in 1850. In March, 1855, he was- made 1st lieutenant in the 1st cavalry, and in 1858 received his commission as captain. The 1st became the 4th cavalry in 1861. During the civil war he was actively engaged in many important operations and battles, and was rewarded with several brevets in the regular service " for gallant and meritorious service " in the field, and in .some notable engagements in the southwest. He was made major of tlie 5th cavalry, U. S. army, in 1862, and received numerous brevet ranks in the volunteer service, being mustered out of the vol- unteers in 1865 as brevet major-general. In 1873 he was made lieutenant -colonel in the 4th cavalry, being transferred later to the 5tli cavalry, and in 1879 he was promoted to be colonel of the 6th cavalry. He was actively concerned in many of the Indian wars of the west, and proved himself an able and efficient soldier. The commission of brigadier-general was given him in July, 1892, and he was retired Feb. 15, 1893. He was awarded a congressional medal of honor for "having most distinguished himself in action " at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 7, 1862.

CARR, Joseph B., .soldier, was born at Albany, N. Y., Aug, 16, 1828. His military career begart in 1849, when he joined as a private the Troy Re- publican guards. At the close of a year he was- commissioned as 2d lieutenant, and ro.se to the rank of colonel of the 24th regiment, N. Y. S. M., which position he held at the outbreak of the civil war. On May 18, 1861, he went to the front iiL command of the 2d N. Y. volunteers. The regi- ment arrived at Fort Monroe on the 24th of that