http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-C.htm
From an 1891 history of POTTAWATTAMIE CO., IOWA found at the URL above.
I am not related to these individuals, but noticed this on that page and
thought it might help someone here.
Carson, George
JUDGE GEORGE CARSON has been identified with the interests of Pottawattamie
County since February 1869. His paternal ancestors were from Ireland, and his
maternal from England. The great-great-grandfather, Robert CARSON, came from
that country when about sixteen years of age, about 1740. He settled in a dense
wilderness in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and cleared a farm and made a
home, which was retained by his descendants for several generations. His son,
David CARSON, was a farmer in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and during the
Revolutionary War took an active part in establishing liberty in America, cultivating
his farm in summers and with his team served with the army during falls and
winters, and saw General Washington often at Valley Forge. His son, Hiram, the
grandfather of our subject, and David the father, who were born and reared on
the old CARSON homestead in Chester County, Pennsylvania, remained there until
about the year 1838, when they came west and settled in Indiana. The paternal
grandmother was of Welsh and German parentage. The mother of our subject was
Hannah BENNETT; her parents were natives of Derbyshire, England, and emigrated
to America after their marriage in 1817 and settled on the new purchase in
what is now Jennings County, Indiana, where they cleared and improved a farm,
and where Mrs. CARSON was born and reared. As above stated, the CARSON family
settled on the adjoining farm in 1838, and on August 8, 1839, David CARSON and
Hannah BENNETT were married, and settled on a farm in Jennings County, Indiana,
and were the parents of nine children; seven lived to be grown and six still
survive, of whom our subject was the eldest. Mrs. CARSON died March 17, 1871,
at the age of forty-nine years, and Mr. CARSON is now a resident of
Bartholomew County, Indiana. Our subject was born in Jennings County, Indiana, February
5, 1841, and was reared on the farm, attended the public schools and an
academy. In April 1861, he enlisted in the state militia and October 8, following,
he enlisted in Company K, 12th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served in General
Banks' command on the upper Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, until February
1862; was in two engagements during that period and was at the attack on
Jackson at Winchester, March 1862. Shortly after the occupation of Winchester, his
brigade was ordered to Warrenton Junction, Virginia, and remained there until
the following May, when his term of service expired and he was mustered out
of the service at Washington, May 20, 1862, as a Corporal. He returned home and
remained until August 10, 1862, when he again enlisted in Company I, 68th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was made First Sergeant at the organization of
the company, and was mustered into the service at Indianapolis August 19 and
started south the same day; and in Kentucky was attached to General Dumont's
command. In April 1863, the regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade of the
Fourth Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, or the Army of the Cumberland. He
participated in the battle of Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga on September 19 and 20,
1863, after which the regiment was transferred to the First Brigade, Third
Division of the Fourth Army Corps. Was at the battle of Chattanooga, November
23, 24, and 26, 1863, and was severly wounded at the storming of Mission Ridge
on November 25. He continued on duty and was in a forced march to Knoxville, to
raise the siege on Burnside, and was engaged in the campaign in East
Tennessee, until April 1864. April 3, 1863, he was promoted as Second Lieutenant, and
July 1, 1864, First Lieutenant, in which capacity he remained until the close
of the war, and was honorably discharged at Indianapolis July 6, 1865.
After the war, he attended the Hartsville University for a time, and January
1, 1866, he began reading law under the preceptorship of Colonel J. S. Scoby
of Greensburg, Indiana. He attended the Law Department of the University of
Michigan, where he graduated in 1868, and the following year came to Council
Bluffs and began the practice of his profession, which he followed successfully
until he was elected, on the Republican ticket, as a Representative from
Pottawattamie County in 1877 and re-elected in 1879. He was elected to the State
Senate in 1883, for a term of four years. In 1886 he was elected Judge of the
Fifteenth District for a term of four years and has served the full term.
Judge CARSON was married October 5, 1871, to Miss Rachel L. BOYCE of
Ypsilanti, Michigan, a daughter of John and Priscilla (VINNING) BOYCE; her father is
of Irish and her mother
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