Biography of Aaron M. Carr, pages 62 / 63.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.  

   Aaron M. Carr.  One of the fine farms longest under one continues 
ownership and management in DeKalb  is the William Carr farm, two miles 
south of Auburn.
   Its original settler, William Carr, is still living there, at the 
venerable age of eighty-seven. The responsible head of  the farming business 
for many years has been his son, Aaron M. Carr.
   The latter was born on this farm October 2, 1868, and is a son of William 
and Fannie (Shuger) Carr.  William Carr was born in Richland County, Ohio, 
June 2, 1832, and was brought to DeKalb County in 1839.  He grew up in a 
pioneer environment, and began the improvement of the land comprised in 
his present farm in 1859. He is the oldest member of the Auburn Lodge of 
Masons 
and is a democrat in politics.  His wife died in 1872, and of their six 
children, three are living:  Margaret, widow of David Dulany; Nora, wife 
of Miles Osbun, living in Spokane, Washington, and Aaron M.
   Aaron M. Carr grew up on the home farm and was educated in the common 
schools.  November 5, 1899, he married Anna Strebe.  She was born at 
Auburn March 14, 1871, and was educated in the common schools. They have 
three sons; William F., the oldest, attended the Auburn High School two 
years and married Florence Antrup, who lives in Jackson Township, and 
Walter A., and George A., have both completed the work of the common 
schools.
   Aaron M. Carr is affiliated with Auburn Lodge No. 191 of the Knights of 
Pythias, and Lodge No. 566 of the Loyal Order of Moose.  He is quite 
active in the democratic party.  Mr. Carr with the aid of his sons 
operates his farm of two hundred acres and handles good livestock of all 
kinds.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com