John Carey (April 5, 1792 – March 17, 1875) was a

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from

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for one term from 1859 to 1861.

Biography

Born in

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(now West Virginia), Carey moved with his parents to the

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in 1798. He served under General

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in the

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. He served as associate judge 1825–1832. He was appointed Indian agent at the Wyandotte Reservation in 1829. He served as member of the

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in 1828, 1836, and 1843.

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in 1840 for

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. Promoter and first president of the

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, from Sandusky to Dayton, about 1845. He is the namesake of the town of

Carey, Ohio Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,507 at the 2019 census. History The village is near Sheriden Cave, where habitation occurred around 11,000BC. The village of Carey was founded in 1843 when William ...

. Carey was elected as a

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to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861). He died in

, March 17, 1875. He was interred in the family burial ground on the home farm. He was reinterred in 1919 in Spring Grove Cemetery,

Family

John Carey was the second son and third child of Stephen Brown Carey and Sarah Mitten Carey. He married Dorcas Wilcox (1790-1867), of

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, on January 9, 1817. She was a native of

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. They had six children named Napoleon Bonaparte Carey (1818-1846), MacDonnough Monroe Carey (1820-1895), Emma Marie Carey (1822-1842), Eliza Anne Carey Kinney (1824-1904), Cinderella Carey Brown (1826-1892), and Dorcas Carey Dow (1830-1909). Kinney Grimes 2010 : 110-115

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