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Obediance “Beda” Harris Carrigan

25 Nov 1832 – 28 Mar 1901

Birth25 Nov 1832
Death28 Mar 1901
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Daughter of Edward and Susan Ring Harris. She married Allen Carrigan on 10 Sep 1851 in Maury County, Tennessee. They had four children: John Edward Carrigan (1853-1913), Susan Elizabeth Carrigan Baker (1855-1939), Mary Thomas Carrigan Gray (1859-1939) and James Polk Carrigan (1861-1921). From the book titled "Coryell County Families"...... "...Allen Carrigan and Obediance Carrigan traveled in a covered wagon from Maury County, Tennessee in 1850 (transcriber's note: the Carrigans did not come to Texas until between 1870 and 1880, according to census records) to the southwestern part of Coryell County, four miles southwest of Bee House. They pre-empted 160 acres of land. There they built a large log cabin near an ever-flowing spring located on a mountainside. The Indians were a threat at all times. The children were taught mostly at home. Most travel was done in wagons or on horse back. There was no church near enough to attend. Several families met in their homes weekly for scripture reading, songs, and prayer." On July 31, 1899, Obediance Carrigan applied for a Confederate pension, which was approved on October 3rd, 1899. The application was made in Hill County, post office Whitney. In the application, she states she is 65 years of age and has lived in Hill County "off and on for 7 years". She states that she engages in no occupation and is in poor health and unable to do any work. She says she was married to Allen Carrigan in Murray (sic) County, Tennessee, and that Allen died November 21, 1882. She states he served in Company "C", 1st Tennessee Cavalry, but does not state length of service. Obediance further states she owns no real or personal property at the time of the application, and receives no income. She signs by a mark (X) witnessed by R. H. Sayers and L. L. Baker, who was her son-in-law. Obediance and Allen Carrigan are probably buried in Coryell County, possibly in a cemetery around the village of Bee House.

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