Samuel Carr was born in Vermont, May 27, 1815. Married Elizabeth Emmins, February 22, 1843. He died June 22, 1861. Mrs. Carr married Mr. James Collins. Samuel Carr settled in Erie in 1836. He commenced keeping a “hotel” in a log cabin in 1843, when the Frink & Walker Stage Line was carrying passengers and the mails. The “hotel” stood near the site of the present St. Nicholas House.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County IL 1877
