Samuel
Thomas Carr
Kentucky Post, Monday, 5 July 1915, page 4
Samuel T Carr, 78 years young, "still a Yankee" became reminiscent the other day as he sat in front of his home on Second av. Dayton Ky. Kiddies were shooting firecrackers and yelling with glee as they heard the explosions of the gunpowder. "Youngsters are happy now," mused Carr, a Civil War veteran, "but 50 years ago today this town was different and people were acting very differently. Everything was silent. I remember it as if it had been yesterday. Only a few days before the Fourth we wended our way thru roads not streets of Dayton, every man of us wounded. One hundred and eleven men left in the company and only 11 came back. And now I am the only one left."
"Well, I remember that night when we came into town. Everything was sad. There was no discharging of fireworks or any other demonstration of joy or happiness. Children did not yell with glee as now. The Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment was formed, just three blocks up Second st. here. They didn't have to beg anybody to join either, patriotism ran so high. That was in 1861." Carr has a bloody sword which he carried thru the war. His eardrum was broken by a shell, 11 shots, entered his knee and his hand was crushed by the butt of a rifle.
"And then this little city" said Carr, "which before the war was called Jamestown, has changed since the close of war. I have lived here for 68 years and still can hardly realize this is the old "Jamestown. Faces and places have changed with time and my comrades gone."
Many records of bravery are attributed to the old man. He was the first man to reach the summit of Lookout Mountain when taken the first time. In the charge on Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee, he mounted a horst that no one else in his regiment could handle and led his company up the ridge. It was in this battle when he hand was mashed. He was waving his saber over his head when a Confederate struck at him with the butt of his rifle. He fought the entire battle out with this injury. It was in another battle he was shot in the leg and still another when a shell exploded and broke his ear drum.
He has served on the Board of Education for 22 years and is still a member.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 21 February 1919, page 3
Samuel T Carr, 80, pioneer resident of Dayton Ky. died Thursday night at the family residence, 819 Second av. Carr had been a citizen of Dayton more than 60 years and was widely known in the county. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon with services in the late home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 22 February 1919, page 2
Joe Hooker GAR will meet Saturday at 1 pm to attend the funeral services of Samuel Carr.