fromBetsy <betsy630(a)comcast.net>
tosetilleman(a)gmail.com
dateThu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:23 PM
subjectMarion Pomeroy Carlock
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I have letters that Marion Carlock wrote to my grandmother (his first wife
but not mentioned in his book) when he was sent to the Philippines. My
grandmother's name was Josephine Mabel Brown -- everyone called her Dolly.
My mother met Marion once-- he was on his way east with Marvin, who was
going to play in the junior tennis competition at Forest Hills (the annual
competition was held at the West Side Tennis Club -- it was very prestigious
and West Side remained the site of the national tennis championship until
the modern era of the Open).
At that time, Marion gave Mother a copy of the book he had written about the
Carloch family history. It does not mention his first family. Marion wrote
in the front of the book that mother and her sister Elizabeth and her
brother Billy were his children from his first marriage. Mother was so
unhappy that the first marriage was not documented except for the notation
on the fly leaf and she disposed of the book. But she did keep his note
(tore it out of the book). She also kept the letters that he sent to my
grandmother. They tell about going to California by train, enjoying the
sights and life in San Francisco, training at Angel Island and going on to
the Philippines. He served there until he fell ill and was sent home. I
have no idea where the marriage record for Josephine Mabel Brown and Marion
Pomeroy Carlock is -- I assume it is in the county records.
I would like to find someone from Marion's family to whom I can give the
letters so that his descendants might enjoy them. Otherwise, I will have to
determine a suitable recipient fort them. I would assume McClean County
Historical Society (if there is one) or the county library or a county
entity that keeps county historical records. I am afraid that they are
becoming fainter and fainter.
I do not want money for the letters -- I want to find any of his
descendants, who may be interested in them. Since you maintain the website,
I am writing to you. Otherwise, I will donate them as I stated above. Also,
I do not want to trade on Marion's family's pre-revolutionary history. My
mother's family arrived in Connecticut around 1634, we are collateral
descendants of the Adams and have sizable documented participation in the
Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Our family letters are in
the library of Congress, etc.
My mother and her brother and sister took the name of their stepfather --
Charles Lockwood.
Sincerely,
Betsy Warner