I am seeking information about the parents of WILLIAM DODSON CARLTON, b.
1826 in North Carolina or Tennessee, d. 1898 in Cass County, Texas. He
married LAVINIA EMELINE FISHER in 1848 in Marshall County, Tennessee.
According to the 1850 census, WILLLIAM CARLTON was a blacksmith in Marshall
County, Tennessee. Reportedly, he was also a Methodist minister. Before
1860, WILLIAM and LAVINIA moved to Decatur County, Tennessee, and they were
in Scotts Hill, Henderson County, Tennessee in 1874. They moved to Texas
after 1881. William is said to have died in Atlanta, Texas (Cass County),
and Lavinia, who died in 1912, is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Paris,
Texas (Lamar County). Their children included EUPHRASIA FLORENTINE
CARLTON, JULIUS CARLTON, ARMENIUS CARLTON, ISORA CARLTON, and DIONYSIUS
THEBURN CARLTON. EUPHRASIA married CHARLES DANIEL AUSTIN and remained in
Tennessee. ISORA married JAMES NAPOLEON MEDLIN and they moved to Texas soon
after the Civil War. DIONYSUS THEBURN, also said to have been a minister,
moved to Texas and is also buried in the the Evergreen Cemetery in Lamar
County, Texas. So far, I have been unable to trace the parentage of
WILLIAM DODSON CARLTON. I would very much appreciate any information about
his ancestors or about his descendants.