Aaron C. Carey

        A. C. Carey, city engineer, was born in the Keystone State, but was reared in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received his education in the public schools of that city. While in the city of Cincinnati he practiced civil engineering for several years prior to coming to Chattanooga, and was well qualified to fill the position of city engineer in this city. He accepted his present position February 1, 1881. He has stock in several business enterprises of Chattanooga. His father, E. H. Carey, was also a native of Pennsylvania, where he followed the harness-maker's trade.   He afterward came to Cincinnati and superintended the construction of several different street railroad lines until his death, which occurred in 1883.  The mother, A. M. (Juvinal) Carey, was also born in the Keystone State, and is now a resident of Cincinnati.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887  
1880 US Census, District 5, Hamilton, Tennessee; Page 57C.