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Thought someone might be interested in this marriage information. AND... if
any of you ID these folks or know which family this Ruth Carnahan connects to
could you please let me know.
Thanks - Emma
Fayetteville Democrat - Fayetteville, Arkansas - 12 Feb 1921
Marriage Licenses
Earnest Osburn and Miss Ruth Carnahan, both of Prairie Grove
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Surnames: Carnahan
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Hi Linda,
Thanks for the info. Do have a couple of questions. His obit says he was born 1 Oct 1849 and that his mother died a couple of months after his birth. That would be a d. date for her of possibly Dec. 1849.
But in the 1850 census dated Sept. 5, 1850 John T. Carnahan is listed with wife Margaret.
I think the obit might be off by about a year on her date. What do you think?
John T. Carnahan did marry a 2nd time apprarently - on 22 Mar 1852 to Lydia Gillis.
And... does anyone know.... did John Mitchell Carnahan ever marry?
Thanks again and take care - Emma
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Hi Phil,
I actually have some but I have to find them first...<g>.
I recently moved bedrooms around or maybe I need to say I partially moved bedrooms around and boxes are still sitting there. So I need to go on a hunt.
Think you have a wonderful idea here.
Take care - Emma
Phil -
Haven't found them yet, but will let you know if I do. Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip D. Carnahan" <pcarna(a)pacific.net>
To: <CARNAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CARNAHAN-L] Carnahan Tombstone Photos
> Hi Linda,
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> If I can obtain permission from whoever owns the site, I can copy
> them and place them on my site. Or I can always place a link to
> where they reside now. Do you have some in mind that I need to look
> at?
>
> Phil Carnahan
> Ukiah, CA
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Surnames: Carnahan, Mitchell, Crosson, Garner
Classification: Obituary
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Here is the obit of John Mitchell Carnahan - Telegrapher. If I have it figured right - John was the son of John T. Carnahan and Margaret Crosson. John T. was the son of Aaron Carnahan and Elvira Mitchell.
THE DAILY MISSOULIAN, MISSOULA, MONTANA, TUESDAY MORNING, October 25, 1938:
CUSTER MASSACRE TELEGRAPHER HAS LAST CALL HERE. John M. Carnahan, who gave world news of disaster, passes at hospital. Sender of one of the world’s greatest new flashes – the Custer Massacre – John M. Carnahan, 89, passed away at a hospital here early Monday morning after a short illness. Although hearty and active despite his advanced age, a cold which developed in this throat last week brought about his death.
Carnahan’s feat of sending several thousand dollars worth of telegraph messages on the tragedy which occurred on the Little Big Horn in June 1876, never has been duplicated, and according to Harry Peterson, local Western Union manager, will never be approached.
The Bismark garrison, which included many friends of Carnahan, was in the Custer expedition which rode out to the plains in June to punish the Sioux. On the night of July 5th the steamer, “Far West”, came down the river and tied up at Bismark when most people were in bed. The boat brought the wounded of Reno’s command and the official dispatches which told of the complete annihilation of Custer’s outfit. Called from his bed, Carnahan went to the telegraph office to find a carpetbag full of official reports of the fight and its results. After sizing up the job, his first step was the flash the word east that the massacre had occurred.
AT KEY 21 HOURS –
Then he settled down to transmit the official story to the Department of War at Washington. For some 21 hours he did not leave his key. Coffee and sandwiches were handed him now and then during the long shift and he kept a wet towel on his forehead. When the reports were gone, he fell into bed to sleep for three hours. Then he got up and returned to the key. Eastern newspapers for two days had clamored for detailed news of the massacre, but Carnahan could not leave his official work. Still weary to exhaustion, he returned to his office as there was no one else to send news of the disaster. Carnahan had sent 80,000 words in two shifts and the receipts to his office in those two days was $3,000.
A telegraph operator for 53 yeas before he retired, he had sent many thrilling stories to the newspapers. During his early days of his career, he sent much news when he was on the border between the North and the South during the Civil War.
His only known surviving relative is a niece, Mrs. Moses Garner of Los Angeles California.
Carnahan gave his birth date as October 1, 1849 at Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio. His mother died two months after he was born and soon after his father was left penniless by the collapse of a Cincinnati bank. At 12 he was a newsboy and soon after he learned the telegraphic work. He spent his time in the Cincinnati telegraph office during the Civil War. From there he was sent to Nashville, then back again. Later he went to Chicago, and in a few months to LaCross, Wisconsin. In April 1873, he was sent to Bismark, North Dakota as manager of the Northwestern Telegraphy Company. For 17 years Carnahan was at the frontier station in Bismark and when he left, it was to come here in 1890. He remained in the Western Union office in Missoula until 1916 when he retired. Mr. Carnahan’s body is at the Stucky Chapel. Funeral services are pending word from Mrs. Garner.
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Come on folks! I need your help! This project can only succeed if you send me copies of your photos of Carnahan tombstones. I have posted the 59 photos sent to me, but there are many more to be done.
You can see what is up at the following web site:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/Carnahan/carnahan.html
If you have a tombstone photo, contact me directly so we can arrange for the best way for you to get me a copy.
Hi Linda,
If I can obtain permission from whoever owns the site, I can copy
them and place them on my site. Or I can always place a link to
where they reside now. Do you have some in mind that I need to look
at?
Phil Carnahan
Ukiah, CA
Mendocino County Indexes
http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna
Mendocino County Tombstone Photos
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/
Carnahan Tombstone Photos
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/Carnahan/carnahan.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hansen" <hansen8(a)burgoyne.com>
To: <CARNAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CARNAHAN-L] Carnahan Tombstone Photos
> Phil - I think your website is great. I wish I had some pictures to
> contribute. There are a whole lot of tombstones of Carnahans in Bull Creek
> Cemetery, Allegheny, Pennsylvania but I don't have pictures of them.
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> Is it okay to use pictures from another site - or not? Linda
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> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WeH.2ACEB/685
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> > Message Board Post:
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> > Come on folks! I need your help! This project can only succeed if you send
> me copies of your photos of Carnahan tombstones.
>
>
Linda,
Thanks for that info, but how does one access them? I haven't used
Family Search much and really need some direction. I used to receive
Linda's newsletters, also and they always had a lot of good family
information!
Hansen wrote:
>Are you talking about Linda Goodson Nelsen's Carnahan Newsletters? Linda
>has been gone a long time now . . . but they are archived at the Family
>History Library www.familysearch.org
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Ldrheafrog(a)aol.com>
>To: <CARNAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:42 AM
>Subject: [CARNAHAN-L] Re: CARNAHAN-D Digest V04 #62
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