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Author: jasche
Surnames: Carson
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CARSON, Erskine Apr 16, 1838 - Jul 25, 1894
Greenview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Scioto Twp, Ross County, Ohio
"Tombstone Inscriptions of Grandview Cemetery," Compiled by the Ross Co
Genealogical Society (1999) Page 21
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E. CARSON, Postmaster.--Among those who have been actively identified with public affairs,
both in this and his native county, we refer to Mr. E. Carson, our present postmaster. Mr.
Carson is a native of Chillicothe, in this State, where he was born in 1838. After
completing his literary education in his native place, he became identified with railroad
work, from 1856 to the breaking out of the war of the rebellion was in the employ of the
Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. The toxin of war and the threatened disruption of the
Union, led his in Oct. 1861, to forsake the quiet walks of life and enter the army in the
defense of our national integrity and honor. Becoming a member of of Co. I, 73rd O. V.
I., he served with credit and distinction through battle bivouac and march until disabled
by a gunshot wound received at the second battle of "Bull Run," receiving his
honorable discharge Oct. 21, 1862. Few persons have carried with them, every day, a wound
which was a constant !
reminder of our national conflict. Ever since receiving this wound, Mr. Carson has been
obliged to have it dressed three times each day. In 1863 he was called upon by his fellow
citizens of Ross county to fill the position of clerk of courts, after which he again
engaged in railroad work, and previous to receiving the appointment of postmaster of this
place, April 18th, 1890, he filled the position of station agent here for the C., W. &
V railroad, now the B. & O. S. W. R'y. As a matter of public record and history,
we may be permitted to recall an incident in which Mr. Carson was incidentally the means
of breaking out the famous reply of Gov. Foraker, in the matter of returning "Rebel
Flags." The proposition incited comments in all sections, and the following
correspondence fully explains, itself:
Hillsboro, June 15, 1887
Gov. J. B. Foraker, Columbus, O.:
The old soldiers of Hillsboro hope you will not give up any captured rebel flags in the
State House, at Columbus-intense feeling among the boys who wore the blue.
E. Carson
To which Mr. Carson Received the following:
Executive Chambers,
Columbus, Ohio
June 15, 1887
E. Carson Esq. Hillsboro, O.:
"No Rebel flags will be surrendered while I am governor J. B. Foraker"
Under the administration of Mr. Carson the postoffice here has received his personal
attention, and its departments so systematized as to insure the highest efficiency and
public convenience.
Page 49-50 General business review of Highland County, Ohio : for the year 1892-3. Newark,
Ohio: Historical Pub. Co., 1892, 128 pgs
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