Philip Everest Carhart (1160) - born 28 Apr 1897 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States.
1900 - US Federal Census - Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States (with parents)
1910 - US Federal Census - La Salle County, Texas, United States (with parents)
1900 - US Federal Census - Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States (with parents)
1910 - US Federal Census - La Salle County, Texas, United States (with parents)
Philip married Grace Delphine Blake (1161) on 8 Sep 1917 in Fort Morgan, Morgan, Colorado, United States. Grace was born 19 Feb 1898 in Black Hawk, Gilpin, Colorado, United States to Osgood Isaac and Bessie Ethel Isaacks (Justus) Blake.
Philip and Grace had the following children:
- Phyllis Carhart (1162) - born 5 Jun 1918 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. She died 27 Dec 1961 in McKinleyville, Humboldt, California, United States.
- John Allen Carhart (1163) - born 31 Aug 1923 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. He died 21 Oct 1997 in Nice, Lake, California, United States.
- Dorothy Carhart (1178) - born 8 Nov 1926 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. She died 8 Jun 1986 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States.
- Ross Osgood Carhart (1167) - born 30 May 1929 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. He died 3 Jan 1999 in Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado, United States.
- [living] (1179)
- Lucinda Alice "Sugar" Carhart (1180) - born 8 Jun 1932 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. She died 23 May 1988 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States.
- [living] (1181)
1918 - Residence - Eskdale, Morgan, Colorado, United States (Source: World War I Draft Registration), Occupation: Self Employed. Physical Description: Blue eyes, Light hair.
1920 - US Federal Census - Sheridan, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States (Occupation: Tire Business, Owner)
1930 - US Federal Census - Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States (Occupation: Conductor, Street Car)
1934 - Residence - 3291 S. Pearl, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States (Employed as manager by COCo 44) (Source: 1934 Denver, Colorado City Directory)
1940 - US Federal Census - Cedar Point, San Juan, Utah, United States (Occupation: Farmer)
1920 - US Federal Census - Sheridan, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States (Occupation: Tire Business, Owner)
1930 - US Federal Census - Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States (Occupation: Conductor, Street Car)
1934 - Residence - 3291 S. Pearl, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States (Employed as manager by COCo 44) (Source: 1934 Denver, Colorado City Directory)
1940 - US Federal Census - Cedar Point, San Juan, Utah, United States (Occupation: Farmer)
The following article was published 24 Oct 1948 in an unnamed newspaper in San Juan County, Utah:
Motorman 'Farmer of Week'
Carhart Family Start From Scratch on 320 Acres Of Sage Brush Near Monticello
By Earnest O. Biggs
MONTICELLO (Special) -- A former worker for the street car lines in Denver is today's "Farmer of the Week" from San Juan County.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Carhart came to San Juan County with a family of six children and settled in the dry farm region known locally as Cedar Point. Mr. Carhart had been reared on a farm during his boyhood days, but had spent 20 years working with the street car lines in Denver.
It was in 1936 when he came to Cedar Point and purchased 320 acres of uncleared sage brush land. He paid $800 for this land. He also bought a tractor, which was the second tractor on the point.
The family's first home was a log dugout, which the family lived in for six trying and discouraging years while he cleared the ground.
"I used to borrow enough money in the spring to make a crop and it took most of the crop and sometimes all of it to pay my notes in the fall," Mr. Carhart said.
He states that the turning point in his career as a farmer came when he got enough money to purchase a steel granery so he could store his grain and sell at the most opportune time. Wheat that year sold for 90 cents per hundred in the fall and $1.50 in the spring.
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Mr. Carhart's farm is typical of the dry farms in San Juan County. He raises pinto beans and wheat as cash crops.
Little by little he has taken advantages of opportunities to enlarge his holdings until now he owns (debt free) 1320 acres of land -- 800 to 900 acres which is cleared and under cultivation. His two boys, John and Ross, and his son-in-law assist him with the farm work.
This year he raised 680 acres of pinto beans which averaged him over 400 pounds per acre, 80 acres of wheat and 70 acres of certified Ranger alfalfa which he raises exclusively for seed.
When Carhart started raising beans he got about three sacks per acre, some of which sold as low as $1.85 per hundred. His high yields came in 1947, when his beans averaged over 900 pounds per acre. In 1946 he received $14.35 per hundred for his beans.
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They have two acres devoted to a dry land orchard and garden. Apples, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, grapes, and etc., as well as all garden vegetables do well and Mrs. Carhart cans over 1000 quarts of fruits and vegetables annually from this plot of ground. When times were difficult, most of their living came from this plot of ground, their chickens and their milk cows.
One draw back is cullinary water. Mr. Carhart has drilled two deep wells, one of which supplies his home with water, with the other he plans on irrigating a garden plot, raising strawberries, raspberries, and vegetables for the family use.
When times became better, the Carharts built the basement of a modern home and lived in that until this year, when he began construction of the house proper. A year ago he built a modern home for his son John, and this year in addition to constructing his own home, he is building a new home for his son-in-law. Mr. Carhrat and boys do most of this construction themselves.
Mr. Carhart was selected as the farmer of the week because of his leadership in farming, and because dry farming is so typical of San Juan County's agriculture.
He was a leader in following soil conservation practices. The gullies on his farm have been filled with check dams. On steeper slopes his crops are planted on the contour, his farming practices prevent erosion and blowing. He led out in raising certified dry land alfalfa seed, and above all he always does his work on time. He runs the farm, the farm doesn't run him.
He had one son, "John," in the Service, another son, "Ross," is enrolling at the USAC as a sophomore.
Grace died 26 Dec 1964 in Cedar Point, San Juan, Utah, United States. She was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States [Find A Grave Memorial# 139737420]. Her Obituary was published 1 Jan 1965 in the Dove Creek Press, Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado, United States:
Services held for Mrs. P. E. Carhart who died at her home Saturday
Mrs. P. E. Carhart passed away very suddenly at her home on Cedar Point Saturday, Dec. 26, 1964.
She was born February 19, 1899 at Blackhawk, Colo., the daughter of Bessie E. Anderson and Osgood Blake.
She was married to Phillip E. Carhart September 8, 1917 in Fort Morgan, Colo. They lived in Englewood several years before moving to Cedar Point in 1936 and have been residents here ever since.
To this union were born seven children: Phyllis (Mrs. Melvin Davis), John A. Carhart of Santa Cruz, Calif., Dorothy (Mrs. Norman C. Hause) of Denver, Ross O. of Dove Creek, Barbara (Mrs. Dewey Richard) of Englewood, Colo., Lucinda (Mrs. Ralph Carver) of Montrose, David E. of Cedar Point.
She is survived by her husband Phillip, all of her children except Phyllis, who preceded her in death, 22 grand-children and five great grand-children.
Mrs. Carhart was a member of the First Methodist Church in Dove Creek and of the Vesper Chapter 146 Order of the Eastern Star.
Services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with Rev. John Carr officiating.
The body was then take to Denver where there will be a service and interment at Chapel Hill Memorial Garden in Denver.
Grace had another obituary published 31 Dec 1964 in The San Juan Record, page 2, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States:
Services today for Mrs. Carhart
Services were held this afternoon (Wednesday) at the Dove Creek Methodist Church for Mrs. Grace Delphine Carhart who died Dec. 26 at her home at Cedar Point. The Rev. John Carr officiated. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Ertel Funeral Home of Cortez. Interment will be in Englewood, Colo.
Mrs. Carhart was born Feb. 19, 1899 in Black Hawk, Colo. She was married to Phillip E. Carhart and had lived at Cedar Point since 1936. She was a member of the WSCS at the Dove Creek Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband; sons: John, Santa Cruz, Calif., Ross and David, Dove Creek; daughters: Barbara Richards, Englewood, Colo.; Lucille Carber, Montrose, Colo.; her mother, Mrs. Bessie Anderson, Englewood; half sister, Kathryn Phillips, Memphis, Tenn.; 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Philip died 3 Jun 1978 in Westminster, Adams, Colorado, United States. He was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States [Find A Grave Memorial# 139737371].