I'd be grateful for any information about marriages or burial for the
following Carson family which shows up in the 1880 and 1900 census of
Fishing River Township, Clay County MO:
Joseph Carson; born 1801-1802 KY; gunsmith
* 1830, 1850 census Jessamine County KY
* 1880 census Fishing River Twp/Clay County MO
Joseph Carson married 25 January 1830 Jessamine County KY: Elizabeth
Overstreet, daughter of James and Lydia (Johnson) Overstreet,born
1814-1815 KY
Children [probably incomplete]
1. Eliza J. Carson; born 1833-1834 KY; married 27 May 1852 Jessamine
County KY: Whitfield Collins
2. Isabella Carson; born 1835-1836 KY; married 5 December 1854
Jessamine County KY: George W. Brown
3. William Carson; born 1838-1839 KY
4. Harriet Carson; born 1841-1842 KY
* 1880 census Clay County MO [household of father Joseph
Carson]
5. Andrew F. Carson; born 1844-1845 KY
6. James P. Carson; born January 1853 KY
* 1880 census Fishing River Twp/Clay County MO [household of
father Joseph Carson]
* 1900 census Fishing River Twp/Clay County MO
James Carson married -----: Frances L. -----, born February 1865
MO; children till 1900:
x. Lonnie M. Carson; son; born September 1888 MO
x. Jessie Lee Carson; born March 1891 MO
x. Bessie Lee Carson; born March 1891 MO
x. Fred Loos Carson; born August 1895 MO
x. ----- Carson; dead 1900
x. ----- Carson; dead 1900
Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you.
Scott Swanson
Department of History
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485
sswanson(a)butler.edu