Jul-28-2018
Husband: Benjamin E. Carson Also known as: Bengamine Carson 1
Born: Sep- 2-1846 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Jul-26-1907 in Wetzel Co, WV 2 Father: Robert Carson Mother: Mary Sims
Wife: Elizabeth Hawkins 1 Married: 1873 in Wetzel Co, WV
Born: Jan-17-1853 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 2 Died: Sep-19-1929 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 2 Father: Joshua Hawkins Mother: Nancy Waters
M Child 1: Friend Ebenezer Carson 2 Born: Apr-13-1880 in Wetzel Co, WV 2,3,4 Died: Oct- 6-1942 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 2,3 Buried: in Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery, Marion Co, WV 2 Census: 1940 in Rinehart (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Census: 1910 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Occupation: 1940 rig building for natural gas company 5 Occupation: 1930 laborer for oil company 6 Occupation: 1920 carpenter in oil industry 7 Occupation: 1910 rig builder for oil wells 8 Wife: Myrtle O. Ash b. Jun-22-1884 d. Oct-18-1908 Also known as: Merty Ash 9 Married: Jun-20-1903 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 9 Wife: Verchie May Williams b. Jun-28-1891 d. Feb-21-1953 Married: Oct-18-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,4
M Child 2: John Emerson Carson Born: Mar-25-1893 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 11 Died: Mar-31-1956 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Resided: at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1940 at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1935 in Wetzel Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Occupation: Hope Gas Co. employee 11 Occupation: 1940 gas well tender and line walker 13 Occupation: 1930 helper cleaning out oil & gas wells 6 Wife: Nettie Evelyn Price b. Jul- 3-1892 d. Oct-12-1952 Married: ca 1915 6
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) 1930 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (7) 1920 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (8) 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (9) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11619148&Type=Marriage. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Friend E. Carson, 28, b. & res. in Wetzel Co; and Verchie Williams, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 18 1908 "at R. J. Williams," officiated by David Main, a Minister of the Church of Christ. Informant for marriage license: R. I. Williams. License issued Oct 13 1908. NOTE: Marital status of the two parties is not indicated. According to her death record, for which her husband was the informant, Friend Carson's first wife died on Oct 18 1908, the same date as his remarriage. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794702&Type=Marriage. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (13) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)Name Index