 BITUARIESLenawee County, Michigan |
-- WIDELY KNOWN RESIDENT OF ADRIAN IS DEAD. -- Many Years--First Ward Supervisor. Austin W. Carey, who had been one of the most widely known men in the county be reason of both continuous residence and continuous business activity. Identified with Adrian. and Lenawee history for nearly 50 years, died at his home, 118 West Maumee street at one o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Carey last winter suffered a severe attack of grip, which left him with heart trouble of a serious nature. At time he had been quite improved, but not for a very long time. His illness had been more or less serious since May. Deceased was born in Bergen, N. Y., in August, 1834, and when a lad of ten, removed with his parents to Fon Du Lac. Wis. Here he presided until 1859, when he came to Adrian to clerk for his brother. Mr. Carey went into the dry goods business with his uncle Ira Bidwell whom he later bought out. He conducted this business until burned out in 1868. He then re-engaged in the dry goods business, only retiring four years ago. For years the A. W. Carey store, now occupied by the Crescent theater, was headquarters for country people for miles around. Mr. Carey had always been a prominent and active citizen. He knew all the old families, was familiar with their genealogy, with the history adn growth of Lenawee county and Adrian, and had kept track of many of the old residents who had gone out into the world. He was a vestryman in the Episcopal church for over forty years, and an active worker. Mr. Carey superintended the building of the present handsome edifice and had been very proud of it. In 1904 Mr. Carey was elected supervisor in the First ward and had bee very conscientious in his work. In 1862 he married the oldest daughter of J. J. Newell, one of Adrian’s first settlers and their married life had been a very happy one. She, with one brother and one sister at Fon Du Lac, Wis., Edwin A. Carey and Mrs. James B. Perry, and a second sister at Chatham, Va., Mrs. E. J. Laughlin, survive. Mr. Carey possessed a happy nature, and he particularly attracted children, of whom he was very fond. He was faithful as a friend, very approachable, social and kindly in nature and did his duty as he saw it. The funeral has been arranged for three o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Christ Episcopal church. -------------------------- Believe this to be a clipping from the Adrian Daily Telegram located in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan. Date unknown but most of these clippings are between 1900-1910. (errors in text are in original)
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