Major Charles Karr
Major Charles Karr, the second surviving son of Hugh and Mary M. Karr, as above stated, was born at the old homestead in Whitewater township in 1806. He inter-married with Jerusha HARVEY, a native of New Hampshire, second daughter of Joseph HARVEY, esq., later one of the pioneers of the Whitewater valley. Major Karr died in April, 1853, aged forty-six years. His widow still survives him. His family, surviving him, consisted of seven sons and one daughter, viz: John, Joseph H., Matthew H., Charles W., William W. N., Caroline, Lewis C., and Thomas H. Karr. Of the sons, John and Charles W. are members of the Cincinnati bar, Joseph H. and William W. are farmers residing in Nodaway county, Missouri, and Charles C. and Thomas H. in Whitewater township. Three of the sons served in various capacities during the war of 1861-5 - John as State military agent, under Governors Broug, Anderson and Cpx. Charles W., as a captain in the Second regiment, Kentucky volunteer cavalry, and afterwards as Adjutant-general of Ohio, under Governors Hayes and Young in 1876-7; Matthew H., as a sergeant in company B, Fourteenth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, and died from injuries and exposure upon the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee, April, 1862.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881