James Carr, born Sept. 9, 1777. Was educated at Exeter and Byfield academies. He was clerk to Capt. Newman, in the U.S. ship Crescent, sent as a present to the Dey of Algiers, and remained there two years as secretary to Consul O'Brien. In 1806 he went to Orrington, and commenced business with his father and brother Joseph. He married Betsey S. Jarvis, sister of Leonard, Charles and Edward Jarvis. He was representative to the General Court in 1809, collector of the U.S. direct tax, and elected representative to Congress in 1816.
I take from a newspaper of the time the following:
"Drowned, 24th Aug, 1818, below Louisville, Kentucky, James Carr, Esquire, and his daughter, aged nine years. He was descending the Ohio with his wife and family, with an intention to settle in the west. His daughter fell overboard, and in his attempt to save her they both sunk to rise no more. Mr. Carr was formerly a member of congress from Maine, and more recently a merchant in Baltimore."
