CARR, MICHAEL W.: 1851–1922.
Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1851, Michael Carr came to the U. S. in 1861 and settled in Toledo, O., where his father had established a home. He was educated in the Toledo schools and at the University of Notre Dame.
From 1873 to 1879 he acted as editor of the TOLEDO REVIEW. In 1881 he came to Indianapolis, where he was biographical correspondent for the INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL and later editor of the PEN, an early monthly magazine. He died in Indianapolis on Apr. 30, 1922.
Information from Cyril S. Carr, of Indianapolis.
- History of Catholicity and Catholic Institutions in
Indianapolis with Sketches of Bishop Chatard and His Four
Predecessors. Indianapolis, 1887.
- History of Catholicity and Catholic Institutions in
Evansville. Indianapolis, 1888.
- Catholicity in Terre Haute and Vigo County,
Indiana–A Short History.
Indianapolis, 1888.
- History of Catholicity in Richmond and Wayne County,
Indiana. Indianapolis, 1889.
- History of Catholicity in New Albany and Jeffersonville and
Floyd and Clark Counties, Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1890.
- Catholicity in Tipton, City and County, Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1890.
- Criticism of Fanatical Temperance.
Indianapolis, 1895.
- History of Catholicity in Indiana. Volume I (with
others). Logansport, Ind., 1898.
- History of Catholicity in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of
Cleveland. Cleveland, 1903. 2 vols.
