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H. A. KARR, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Heyworth; was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 5, 1830, where he lived nearly four years; he then moved with his parents to Illinois, and settled in McLean Co., where the present village of Heyworth now stands, where they lived twenty-two years; they then came to the present residence, both being on the same farm, and he has lived here since. At the age of 18, he worked around by the month, until he was 21 years old, making his residence at home; he then apprenticed to the carpenter’s trade, and followed the same for fifteen years, being transient in this neighborhood; he then took the management of a portion of his father’s farm, and has followed the same ever since. He owns 174 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor. He married Miss Mattie E. Story, June 10, 1861, who was born in Hamilton Co., Ill.; they have four children— Lyon, Grant, Mary and Frank. His parents, Walter and Eliza A. Karr, were natives of Sussex Co., N. J.; they were married in Hamilton Co., Ohio; he died March 20, 1879; she died June 3, 1843.