Newspaper obit:
Michael W. Carr, 71, ill two days, Is Dead
Had Lived in Indianapolis Thirty-five Years
Noted Catholic Writer.....
Michael William Carr, age seventy-one, a native of Ireland, but for thirty-five years a resident of Indianapolis died at his home, 1720 North Pennsylvania Street, Sunday afternoon after an illness of two days. Mr. Carr was the editor of the Pen magazine, published in Indianapolis some years ago. He was the author of "A History of Catholicity in Northern Ohio" published in two volumes. At the time he became blind, three years ago, he was engaged in collection material for a history of the Catholic Church in Indiana. Mr. Carr was born in Leitram County, Ireland, April 15, 1851. He came with his father, to Toledo, Ohio in 1861. He was educated in the elementary schools of Toledo, the University of Louisville, and Notre Dame University. After his graduation, he returned to Toledo and published the Toledo Review for five years. In 1887, he came to Indianapolis and was for a number of years connected with the Indianapolis Sentinel. He married Miss Carrie B. Sargeant, of Waukesha, Wis., in 1889. As president of the Catholic Historical Society, he wrote a number of historical tracts on Catholicism in Indiana cities. He was a member of SS. Peter and Paul cathedral.
Mr. Carr is survived by his widow, Carrie, a son, Cyril S. Carr, a sister, Mrs. Anna L. Phillips, of Toledo, and two nieces, Mrs. George Sadlier and Mrs. W.H. Hansen, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at SS Peter and Paul cathedral. The Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand, bishop of the diocese, will officiate. The burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin Pg.894-895
Silas S. Sawyer, a well known pioneer of Waukesha of 1853, was born in Chester, Vermont in 1815, and is a son of Joseph and Betsey Sawyer. His ancestors on both sides were members of the old colonial families, who moved to Vermont from Boston about the time of the Revolution.
Our subject was reared in his native town, where he received a good common school education. On reaching manhood he was married in Chester to Julia S. Sargeant, their marriage occurring in the spring of 1843. Mrs. Sawyer was a native of New England and a daughter of Ezra Sargeant, also of an old New England family. In the autumn of 1853, Mr.Sawyer removed with his family to Waukesha, Wis., arriving in that city on the 10th of September. Mr. & Mrs. Sawyer's family consisted of three sons as follows: George S., the eldest, married Phoebe Hubbard and is a resident of Oak Park, ILL.; Walter P. married Nellie Williams and is Cashier of the National Exchange Bank of Waukesha, Wis., ; Charles E. wedded Elsie Jennings and is Cashier of the First National Bank of Crookston, Minn.
Prior to his coming to Waukesha, Mr. Sawyer was engaged in the lumber business in Vermont, where he accumulated considerable property. For a time after locating in Waukesha he did not engage in active business, but subsequently became interested in Merchandising in North Prairie, Waukesha County, though always making his home in the village of Waukesha, Wis.. He also became interested in banking, and was one of the incorporators and a member of the Board of Directors of the old Waukesha County Bank, which was incorporated in 1855. He was also one of the incorporators and member of the first Board of Directors of the Waukesha National Bank, into which the Waukesha County Bank was merged in May, 1865. See history of Waukesha National Bank.
Mr. Sawyer and wife are members of the Baptist Church. In his political sentiments he is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant for official distinction. He still calls Waukesha home, however, he and his wife spend a portion of their time with their children away from Spring City. Mr. Sawyer has been a resident of Waukesha for forty years, and is recognized as a most worthy citizen, one whose course in life has been distinguished by strict integrity, love of justice and morality.
Reference: "Portrait and Biographical Record of Waukesha County," Page 577:
Andrew J. Frame, President of the Waukesha National Bank, is a native of Waukesha County and was born in the village of Waukesha February 19, 1844. His parents, Maxwell and Jane (Aitkin) Frame, were born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and emigrated from that country to the United States in 1840. They first made their home in western New York, and from there came to Waukesha, Wis., in 1841. The father died in the latter part of 1844, leaving a wife and two children, Henry M. and Andrew J. the last named being then but an infant ten months old. Mrs. Frame remained in Waukesha.
At the age of eighteen (May 2, 1862) Mr. Frame entered the Waukesha County Bank as office boy and received various promotions up to and including the Presidency. From office boy he became bookkeeper and a year later, in May, 1865, was appointed Assistant Cashier of the Waukesha National Bank, into which the Waukesha County Bank had been converted that month. In February, 1866, he was promoted to be Cashier. In 1869 he became a member of the Board of Directors, and on the 20th of July, 1880, was elected President of the bank.
On August 25, 1869, in Waukesha, he married Emma J. Richardson, only child of Hon. Silas Richardson, an early settler of Waukesha who died on September 10, 1880. Mrs. Frame was born in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, and came to Waukesha with her parents in 1856.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frame:
Walter R.
William S.
Harvey J.
Esther Mabel
Mr. Frame was a Knight Templar Mason, a member of Waukesha Lodge No. 37, A. F. & A. M., and of the Waukesha Commandery No. 23, K.T. He was a member of the School Board for 20 years.
He had been a member of the Village Council at the time of the adoption of the street grade plans. He was a Director of the Gas and Electric Light Company and of the Water Works Company since their organization. He took an active interesting in building the Spring City Hotel.