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William Bishop Carr

Birth: unknown
England
Death: 24 May 1867
New York, USA
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section 185 - Lot 18016
Memorial ID: 25079710 View Source

Murder victim: On May 21, 1867, William T. Skidmore shot him in the head with an air-gun on Gold Street, near the corner with Johnson, in Brooklyn.

Carr left a wife & 5 children.

Freemason

Carr was an inventor of a "return ball" toy. (On an elastic cord.)

Article on his death: "Brooklyn Daily Eagle", May 25, 1867 - Page 2

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Mary A. Carr

unknown–1894

Children

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William Bishop Carr

Family Members

Mary A. Carr