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CARR, NATHANIEL, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Payson; was born in Christian county, Ky., Oct. 16, 1812. In his early boyhood, he, with his parents, emigrated west and settled in Pike county, Mo., where he received his early education, and in the spring of 1832 they removed to Adams county, and settled on his present farm in Fall Creek township, where he was married, in 1836, to Miss Christina Van Burkleo, daughter of Samuel Van Burkleo, of St. Charles county, Mo., born May10, 1816, and moved to this county in March, 1827, from Boone county, Mo. They have had eight children, five of whom are now living — two sons and three daughters: Mary, Samuel T., Anna, Olive, and Albert. J. He owns 554 acres of land, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation. The home place contains 280 acres, elegantly improved, abundantly supplied with fruit, and which for fertility of soil will compare favorably with any in the county. He is Democratic in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Christian church. He has been Supervisor of the township two terms, and Commissioner of Highways nearly twenty years. He is now one of the largest farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor. At the time of his settlement, and for years after, there were but few neighbors, and all the disadvantages and drawbacks of a new country.