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Byron (George Byron) Carr
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Byron (George Byron) Carr

23 Aug 1869 - 8 Mar 1946
bornPennsylvania, USA
diedArizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe c1890. In 1930, -'31 was an electrical engineer.Superintendent of the Tempe city water plant, c1929-1945. In 1931, '32 was a pumpman for the water dept.
Prior to 1929, he was a farmer.
Owned land near Tempe in 1900. In 1932 was pumpman for Water Dept.
Shareholder in the Tempe Irrigating Canal Co., 1923. Owned N2 NE4 and NE4 NW4 section 31 (112 acres), in 1924.
Lived on a ranch near Tempe in 1920, '23, -'26 on R 1.. In 1928, '30, '31, '32 lived at 516 N Myrtle Ave.
He and his wife lived in a house at the water plant, at 707 S. College Avenue, c1929-1945. After his retirement in 1945, they moved to 223 E. 5th Street.
OSB 4; OSB 18; OSB 40; OSB 44; OSB 91
BIO-Carr; BIO-Mullen
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Federal census (Tempe), 1900, 1910
Painter Scrapbook, p. 43 Tempe CD 1930, -'31, -'32
TH-231
Tempe CD, 1918, , '21, '23,-'26, '28, '30, '31, '32
Tempe Telephone Directory, 1924, 1940
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Person TypeIndividual