Joseph Carr


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Jordan & Carr, 125 Sycamore, Petersburg VA (ca.1865-ca.1868) 2,3
  Jordan & Carr, cor Sycamore & Washington, Petersburg VA (1870-1871) 1,4
  Joseph Carr, 139 Sycamore, Petersburg VA (1872)
  Joseph Carr, 1 n Sycamore, Petersburg VA (1866-1882)
  Joseph Carr, 109 w Washington, Petersburg VA (1891)

Notes:
 In 1860, N. F. Rives took on Joseph Carr (1836-1902)5 and Walter B. Jordan as partners to his drug business, renaming the business "N.F. Rives & Co". 6

In 1861, Carr enlisted as a Private and fought in the civil war, where he was wounded in Malvern Hill. 7

About 1865, he and Jordan started their own drugstore called "Jordan & Carr".2
The partnership lasted until 1871, and by 1872 Carr had started his own drugstore.1

Carr seems to have left the drugstore business for a few years, as he is listed as a real estate agent in the 1888 Petersburg city directory. But in the 1891 directory, he was again listed as a drugstore owner, this time at a new address.1

In 1893, Carr had joined John W. Burrow's drugstore in Norfolk. 8
Carr passed away in 1901.5

Bottles:
carr_01 This is an aqua 4.0" mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: JOSEPH CARR / PETERSBURG, VA.
carr_02 This is a clear 4.25" mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: JOSEPH CARR / DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG, VA.


1 Petersburg VA city directories for years: 1866,70,72,76-77,79,82,86,88,91,93,95,97,99,1901,03,05,07,09,11,13,15,17-18,20-22,24,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,48,50,52,54-55,57,59
2 Daily Express (Petersbrug), 5-Sep-1865, p.1 (Earliest newspaper mention I found for "Jordan & Carr")
3 Richmond Christian Advocate, 30-Jan-1868, p.3 (last newspaper mention I found for "Jordan & Carr" @ 125 Sycamore)
4 Richmond Christian Advocate, 23-Mar-1871, p.3 (newspaper mention for "Jordan & Carr" @ cor Sycamore & Washington)
5 Find-a-grave entry for Joseph Carr
6 Richmond Christian Advocate, 9-Feb-1860, p.3 ("CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTIC")
7 "US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865" on ancestry.com
8 Norfolk Virginian, 3-Mar-1893, p.2 (in the "Personals" section)


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