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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 545-546]

    A. J. CARMEN, a well-known citizen of Cherokee Township, was born
    February 16, 1835, in Greene County, New York; he is a son of NATHAN
    and MARY (GEBBARD) CARMEN.  NATHAN CARMEN was born on Long Island,
    and is a son of CALEB CARMEN, an Englishman who had three sons in
    the Revolutionary War; two never came back. One of his sons, JOHN
    CARMEN, fought in the War of 1812.  NATHAN CARMEN was the youngest
    of fourteen children.  His wife was born in Providence, Rhode Island,
    of English and French ancestry.  Both father and mother died in Greene
    County, New York.  A. J. CARMEN was reared to the occupation of a
    farmer, and obtained his education in the common schools of Greene
    and Dutchess counties.  After leaving school he taught for a time,
    and in 1863 came to Iowa and settled in Linn County.  In the fall of
    1864 he enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company
    C, and served his country faithfully until his honorable discharge.
    He was at Baltimore, Savannah, and in the rear of General SHERMAN'S
    army at Morehead City.  He was on garrison duty for a time at
    Savannah, Georgia, and then at Augusta.  After the war he returned
    to Davenport, Iowa, where he received his pay; thence he went to
    Linn County, Iowa, and then took a trip to New York.  He came back
    again to Linn County, and lived there until 1872 when he went to
    O'Brien County, Iowa, and took a homestead of Government land of
    160 acres; this was situated five miles west of Primghar, and Mr.
    CARMEN made it his home for fourteen years.  He improved the land
    until it is considered one of the best farms in the county.  In
    1886 he sold the place and bought forty acres where he now lives,
    which is one of the neatest and most comfortable homes in the
    neighborhood.  Mr. CARMEN has erected a nice residence of a modern
    plan, and the lawn surrounding it is dotted with pines and shrubs,
    and is altogether an unusually attractive place.  Mr. CARMEN also
    owns 115 acres of improved land in Liberty Township, known as the
    FRANK GREEN farm.  He was married in Linn County, Iowa, to Mrs.
    EMELINE GRAVES, a daughter of DARIUS HULL, Esq., deceased.  Mrs.
    CARMEN has one daughter by her former marriage, EMMA.  In politics
    Mr. CARMEN supports the issues of the Republican party.  He is a
    member of the General Custer Post, No. 25, G.A.R.  He is a man of
    a genial disposition, and has a wide circle of friends.

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