Mary Ann Clark Carson

Mary Ann Clark Carson was the mother of Andrew Jackson Carson, the grandmother of Mary E. Carson Wyant and the great grandmother of Bessie Ethel Wellons, my grandmother.

She was born about 1825 in Kentucky. This is not well documented.

Her father was William Clark and her mother was Margaret Carson.

She married William Carson (possibly her first cousin) on July 14, 1846.

Within a short period of time, William and Mary Ann Carson’s daughter Elisabeth is born (1846 or 1847) per later censuses. Elisabeth marries at least three times.

William and Mary Ann Carson’s son, Andrew Jackson Carson, was born on June 4, 1850, in Bond County, Illinois.

Mary Ann Clark Carson may have died in 1852, but I cannot find documentation.

She is not with the family in the state census of 1855. William Carson is living with 2 children and no other adult.

She is not living in the 1860 census when William is living with 14 year old Elisabeth and 11 year old. Andrew.