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John Carey Jr.

Civil Engineer/Gentleman

Centurion, 1875–1881

Born 21 May 1821 in London, England

Died 2 April 1881 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island

Proposed by George S. Greene, Theodore Weston, and Alfred W. Craven

Elected 6 February 1875 at age fifty-three

Archivist’s Note: Brother-in-law of John Jacob Astor III

Century Memorial

The names which have ceased to appear on our list, ranged in the order of seniority of membership are those of William Kemble, John A. Appleton, Wm. Tracy, Edwin W. Stoughton, Richard H. Bowne, Edward Delano, Francis T. Walker, Chas. H. Rogers, Chas. T. Blake, H. F. Vail, Alanson S. Jones, Samuel B. Ruggles, Edward A. Washburn, John Carey, Jr., Alexander Major and Samuel W. Johnson.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1882 Century Association Reports