Dabney S. Carr

Dabney S. Carr

Carr, Dabney Smith (1802-1854) — Born in Albemarle County, Virginia, March 5, 1802. Grandnephew of Thomas Jefferson; son of Peter Carr and Hester Smith-Carr; grandson of Dabney Carr and Martha Jefferson Carr (Thomas Jefferson's sister); married to Sidney Nichols. Newspaper publisher; U. S. Resident Minister at İstanbul, to Turkey, 1843-49. Died in Charlottesville, Virginia., March 24, 1854. Interment at Thomas Jefferson's home, "Monticello", family cemetery, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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