Enoch Terry Carson (1822-1899) was a prolific book collector, whose Shakesperiana collection was donated to the University of Cincinnati by William Proctor. A public servant who held both local and state offices, Carson was surveyor of the Port of Cincinnati under Lincoln. He was also a Mason, and became Grand Commander of the Knight Templar of Ohio in 1871. He served as Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Northern Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Thirty Third Degree. He died in February of 1899 in Cincinnati at age 77.
-Obituary of Enoch T. Carson. New York Times, February 24, 1899, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E06E4DE1F3AE533A25757C2A9649C94689ED7CF
From the guide to the Enoch Terry Carson Shakespeariana Collection, 1749-1891, (University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library)
