Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 578
EDWIN C. CARRIER

No history of Harrison county, Iowa, would be complete that did not contain an account of the life and work of Edwin C. CARRIER, a well-known and popular resident of the county. Mr. CARRIER is truly one of the representative citizens of this county, and one whom it is a pleasure to honor in a work of this kind.

Edwin C. CARRIER was born November 4, 1850, in Cass county, Michigan, the son of Elias and Rosette (LUCE) CARRIER, natives of New York state. Additional details of the genealogy of the CARRIER family may be found in the sketch of Bert CARRIER, presented elsewhere in this volume.

When Edwin C. CARRIER was four years old his father died, leaving eight children, of whom Mr. CARRIER was the youngest. The mother kept the family together and Edwin made his home with her until he came west in 1870. He did not remain in the west at that time, returning shortly to his home in the east, but in 1871 he again came to Iowa, and in 1872 he was married and located in the Boyer bottoms where he has since lived. After his marriage his father-in-law gave his wife the eighty-acre farm where they now live, and since then they have added to that and now own one hundred and sixty acres. This land was in section 26 of Boyer township, one mile south of Woodbine. In the winter of 1894-5, Mr. CARRIER erected new buildings where he now lives, and has since made this his home. His first home was a long cabin.

Edwin C. CARRIER was married in 1873 to Olive L. JEFFERSON, who was a native of Harrison county, the daughter of Luke and Mary (FARNSWORTH) JEFFERSON. Her parents were natives of England and, it is thought, Ohio, respectively. The JEFFERSON family were very early settlers in Harrison county. Mrs. CARRIER died November 1, 1900, leaving her husband with five children: Fred T., who married for his first wife Nellie T. MOORE, had one child by this union, Marie. After the death of his first wife, Fred T. CARRIER married Carrie YEAGER, and to this union one child has been born, Eugene. Frank, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin CARRIER, married Nettie COWAN, and they have four children, Clifford and Elva (twins), Erma and Dale. Herman married Martha MERRY and they have one child, Edwin. Lewis lives at home, and Mary lives with her father.

Mr. CARRIER is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Though he is identified with the Republican party, he has taken no part in the office holding of his party except as school director. He and his family are adherents of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. CARRIER is genial, whole-hearted and approachable, a fact which accounts in a large measure for his great popularity throughout his township and county.

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