Personal Life
Carrier and all three of his wives (Claire Seymour, d. 1912; Jennie Martin, d. 1939; Elizabeth Marsh Wise, d. 1964) are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. Despite being married three times, Willis Carrier fathered no children of his own. He adopted his second wife, Jennie's, two children.
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