I have just acquired a copy of Ezra P. Carrell's " The Descendants of
James Carrell and Sarah Dungan " etc, and I would like to point out to
anyone who is interested the true facts regarding the family of David
Dawson and wife Elizabeth Carrell Dungan. In 1860 they are found in the
Federal Census for Delaware Co. In, Muncie Township. Their family
consists of dau Mary A., and sons William J., Clifton C., Eddy H., Lewis
J., and John M. In the Federal Census for 1870 they are found in Rock
Island Co, IL, Buffalo Prarie Township. The family is the same except
for Mary A. who was married on Aug 19, 1869 in Muscatine, IA to Joseph
Crabtree. Joseph and Alice ( she preferred to go by her middle name) are
also in Buffalo Prarie township with their infant son Leslie. Compare
this info with p.65 in the Carrell Genealogy. All the children of David
Dawson and Elizabeth Carrell Dungan are listed there, but the two eldest
children are said to be married, and the four youngest sons are
supposedly their issue! If anybody out there is planning to update the
Carrell family genealogy, please e-mail me first so we can avoid
perpetuating the error found not only in the Carrell genealogy, but also
in Justice's book on the Dungan family. Thank you. Charles Fisher