Sheila,
Actually you have gotten back a little further than I have. I'm not
positive of the parents of Elbert Hillard Carson, b.1854, MS. There is an
S.R. Carson listed in the 1870 census of Yazoo Co, MS who might be his
father. There is an Albert Carson age 16 in the hh of S.R. Carson.
1870 census of Yazoo Co, MS SHT 317, ln 37
Carson, S.R. 51 MS
Evaline 53 KY
Margaret 20 MS Could this be Gabriella?
Albert 14 " Possibly Elbert
Carson I or J 12 LA Could this be Gilbert?
Family tradition said that Elbert H. Carson had a brother named Gilbert and
a sister named Gabriella. Evidently neither married. An older relative
said that she remembered Gabriella and Gilbert coming to visit Elbert in
TX. She had a picture of Elbert and his brother Gilbert. In the 1900
census of Polk Co, TX Elbert gave the place of birth of his father as MS
and his mother as KY. So there is a lot that fits, but nothing definite.
Another interesting coincidence. There is a Margaret Carson, daughter of
Robert Carson of Madison Co, MS; who married a Gabriel Allen. In the same
area there is a Elbert H. Allen.
Dan