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John Carson
13 Nov 1819 – 22 Aug 1895
| Birth | 13 Nov 1819 |
| Death | 22 Aug 1895 |
| Cemetery | Fairfield Cemetery Fairfield , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Bryan Chapman on 04 Jun 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44624706 |
Bio
Son of George Carson and Ann Hough Married Elvira Egbert, 31 Jan 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Married Emma Melvina Partridge, 28 Feb 1876, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p. 28. According to the history of Elvira Egbert Carson, wife of Bishop John Carson, written by her granddaughter, Minnie Healy Gibson, the family did not leave their home in Fairfield during the time of the occupation by Johnston's army. Johnston's army arrived in 1858 to settle in Fairfield, and my grandparents were getting ready to move south with the people who had decided to leave Utah if they could not make peace with the army officials. They were in the act of moving when the army vanguard met them out in the valley northeast of Fairfield and asked them why they were leaving and promised them protection if they would return. They were glad they did for the officers became real friends to them. They had a large house which was used as a hotel or inn for many years. During these years it housed many of the notables of the nation on their way to California, it being on the road to the gold fields of California. At this time Fairfield was given the name of Camp Floyd, having been given this name for John Floyd of Virginia who was Secretary of War. It was one of the stations on the Pony Express route and later used for the stage lines that followed. One room in the "Carson House," as it was known, was called the Greeley Room, so named for Louis Greeley, brother of Horace Greeley, who occupied it for a long time. Grandfather was considered as a friend by the Indians, who often came to visit him, but two of his brothers were killed by Indians below Fairfield when the officers tried to arrest an Indian and take him forcibly from camp. He was made bishop of Fairfield and kept this position for forty years. When the Relief Society was organized in 1864, Grandmother was set apart as first counselor and as such she remained until she moved from Fairfield. Elvira Egbert Carson lived to be eighty-seven years of age. They were pioneers of 1851.
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- William Huff Carson 1818–1901
- Elizabeth Ann Carson Griffeth 1822–1899 FaG
- George Carson Jr 1827–1856 FaG
- David Carson 1827–1905 FaG
- Washington Carson 1830–1856 FaG
- Mary Ann Carson Ewing 1833–1914 FaG
Children
- William Franklin Carson 1843–1911
- Minnie Elizabeth Carson Walker 1845–1896
- John Carson Jr 1848–1926
- Sarah Ann Carson Hague 1850–1926
- Elvira Carson Healey 1852–1886
- Mary Emily Carson Earl 1854–1886
- Susan Emmaline "Susie" Carson Dorrell 1856–1935
- Verena Caroline Carson Crandall 1861–1946
- David Carson 1863–1863
- Annie Louisa Carson 1864–1892
- Charles Henry Carson 1876–1950
- Emma Carson Allen 1878–1953
- May Carson Hancock 1880–1972
- Lorena Carson Nelson 1882–1967
- Warren H. Carson 1884–1968
- Ether Harvey Carson 1886–1938
- Minnie Carson Tegan 1888–1970
- Angus Hyrum Carson 1890–1891
- Etta Ruth Carson Dubois 1892–1929
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