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Martin VanBuren CARDER

Martin VanBuren CARDER

Male 1843 - 1891  (47 years)

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  • Name Martin VanBuren CARDER 
    Born 8 Jun 1843  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co E, 2nd W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War  [4, 5] 
    • Martin V. Carder filed for an invalid's pension on 5 Apr 1887. His wife Clarissa filed for a widow's pension on 17 Apr 1891.
    Census 1850  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as a farm hand in the household of Samuel & Margaret (George) Underwood.
    Residence 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 6] 
    Died 25 Jan 1891  [1] 
    Buried IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I99372  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2024 

    Father John CARDER,   b. CA 1810 
    Mother Melissa Elizabeth SWISHER,   b. CA 1811,   d. Bef 1880  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Family ID F28186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Phebe E. VAN DYKE,   b. 15 Apr 1850, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1880  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District), enumerated on June 1, 1880:
      Martin V. Carder, 37, widowed, farmer; son Charles E, 10; son John L, 9; dau Laura M, 7; servant/housekeeper R. Underwood, 44, divorced.
    Children 
     1. Charles Elsworth CARDER,   b. 23 Oct 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1920, Montrose Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. John Lee CARDER,   b. 29 May 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef June 1900  (Age 29 years)
     3. Laura May CARDER,   b. 20 Mar 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1898  (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F30188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clarissa FRALIX,   b. Sep 1856, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1940, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 25 May 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F61489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2456] 1850 Census, Wood County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2193] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).