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Surnames: CARROLL, CARRELL, CARREL, DRAIN, ICE, CUNNINGHAM
Classification: Query
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Hello
Im looking for information on Nancy E. CARROLL. She was born about 1846 in probably
Harrison Co. She did marry there in 26 Janunary 1862 to Isaac DRAIN. They divorced
sometime before 1868 because by then Isaac was married in Emily J. DRAIN.
In 1870 Nancy and her two children Senora/Lenora V. and Robert J. were listed with the
last name "CARRELL" and living in the home of John DRAIN. John was a widower
with 7 children, only 5 of whom were still at home in 1870. As far as I can tell John and
Isaac were not brothers but possibly cousins. John's first wife was
Melinda/Molly/Mary/Millinium CUNNINGHAM.
Nancy's children Robert and Senora/Lenora are listed a "CARRELL" instead of
DRAIN. It is unknown if these children are from Isaac DRAIN or if she had an affair or
??? and that is why they divorced.
On 24 July 1871 Nancy E. CARROLL and John DRAIN married in Harrison Co. John died in 1877.
The youngest of his children with his first wife were living in 1880 with Isaac and Emily
DRAIN. In 1880 there is no sign of Nancy or her two children. John's death certificate
says his wife was Mary. I assume by this that his children didnt like Nancy very much and
put their mother's name as that of John's wife instead of hers.
On her marriage records Nancy's mother is listed as Barbara Carroll. I think Nancy is
the first child of my 3x great aunt Barbara/Barberry Carroll daughter of Samuel
CARROLL/CARREL and Nancy MARSHALL.
Barbara's sister Elizabeth CARROLL ICE had a daughter Lousia Jane ICE who married a
man named Presley DRAIN. While Presley and Louisa Jane married in Doddridge Co they lived
in Harrison, I assume near the boarder area.
As for Nancy's daughter Senora/Lenora.
Ancesty.com has her transcribed with the
"S" but it could be an "L": Personally I think her name was Lenora
since if Nancy is related to my family her grandfather would have been named Leonard
CARROLL and so maybe the daughter was named after him.
If anyone has idea what became of Nancy or her children after John's death please let
me know.