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J2-3 Family of John R. Carder (1797-1876) and Frances Spicer Carder (1797-1883)
1 Albert Spicer Carder (12 December 1822 - August 1900), married 29 March 1845, at
Bristol, Harrison County, WV, to Martha Pauline Barnett (7 December 1827 - 1 June 1900),
who was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Calhoun Barnett, who were born at Uniontown,
Pennsylvania. Martha’s mother was a first cousin of the statesman, John C. Calhoun. Albert
Carder was born in Culpeper Co., Va. and is buried at Adamston, near Clarksburg, Harrison
County, WV. In the 1850 census he is listed in Gilmer County, WV as a merchant. In 1860 he
is listed in Harrison County as a physician. He was a doctor, singing master, and scholar.
According to one source, he was considered to be the best physician in the community for
his time.
2 James Franklin “Frank” Carder (1825-), married Margaret _____ (1829 - ), who was born in
Ohio. “Frank” Carder was born in Culpeper County, Va., and is listed as a farmer in Gilmer
County, WV in 1850 he lived near his brothers Albert, Randolph, and George L. Carder. He
was a physician around Sardis, Harrison County, WV, for a while and then moved to other
parts of West Virginia and other states. In 1880 he was living in Doddridge County, WV,
where he was a physician.
3 Randolph Carder (1826-), married first to Jane (1830-before 1865), second in 1865 to
Eliza A. O’Rourke (1821-). He was a farmer in 1850 in Gilmer County, WV, and was a farm
laborer in 1860 in Harrison County, WV. He lived at the old homestead.
4 George Lawson Carder (16 April 1827 - 11 March 1912), married September 1853, to Mary
Law (20 June 1834 - 28 September 1912). He was born in Culpeper Co., Va. and lived in
Gilmer Co., WV in 1850 and Harrison Co., WV in 1860. A Jacob Carder, born 1775, was living
in his household in 1860. This is probably the same Jacob Carder who appeared on the tax
lists of Culpeper County from 1799 to 1804 and later lived in Harrison (1819-1828) and
Wood (1850) Counties, WV. This Jacob Carder could be George L. Carder’s great uncle,
possibly a brother to James Carder (born about 1766).
5 Thomas J. Carder (1830-1898), married 13 December 1849 to Nancy E. Barnett (1830-1915),
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Calhoun(?) Barnett. He was born in Culpeper County, Va.
and was a farmer. His wife is listed as Mary in the 1860 census. In 1910 Nancy lived with
her son Irving in Braxton County, WV.
6 Nancy Carder (1833-), born in Culpeper County, Va. This person is listed in the John
Carder household in 1850, but might be Thomas Carder’s wife.
7 Mary Carder, died perhaps before marriage.
8 There is a Martha Carder (born 1840) listed with John and Frances Carder in the 1860
census.