Primary Name: Carver, John Nelson "Doc"
Filed as: carver_john_nelson_doc
Also known as: John Nelson Carver; Doc Carver; John "Doc" Carver
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; prospector; teamster; Civil War veteran
Born: 1848, near Janesville, Wisconsin
Died: February 3, 1936, Juneau, Alaska
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Associated places: Janesville, Wisconsin; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: John Nelson Doc Carver, John Carver Civil War veteran Juneau, Doc Carver Juneau pioneer
Biography
John Nelson “Doc” Carver was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Carver was born near Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1848. At the age of sixteen, he enlisted as a private in Company L of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. He served on the battlefront and mustered out of service on October 23, 1865.
Carver came to Juneau around the turn of the twentieth century and spent several years prospecting. For a time, he was employed in the printing shop of George Simpkins and also worked as a teamster for Juneau transfer companies.
As Juneau’s only Civil War veteran, “Doc” was always given a place of honor in the Memorial Day processions. The nickname “Doc” had been given to him many years earlier after Dr. Carver, the famous buffalo hunter.
He died in Juneau on February 3, 1936, at the age of eighty-eight.
Sources
Daily Alaska Empire, February 3, 1936
Tags: John Nelson Carver, Doc Carver, Carver John Nelson, Juneau Men’s Igloo, Civil War veterans in Alaska