William Carson is the father of Andrew Jackson Carson, the paternal grandfather of Mary E. Carson Wyant, and the great grandfather of Bessie E. Wyant, my grandmother.
He was born on December 22, 1818 in Wayne County, Indiana. He died in 1894 in Bond County, Illinois.
His parents were Andrew Carson (b. 1788) and Elizabeth Gaston (b. 1796).
He married Mary Ann Clark, perhaps his first cousin, on July 14, 1846.
They had two children, Elizabeth was born in 1846 or 1847. Andrew Jackson Carson was born in 1849.
Elizabeth later married 3 times. First to A.J. Austin, then to Orlando Hay, and finally to William F. Steward.
In the 1855 state census, William and his children lived in Township 6 of Bond County, Illinois. The report shows just one adult and two children, both under the age of 10. Presumably, Mary Ann Clark Carson has died.
In the 1860 census in Bond County, Illinois, we have:
William 41, a farmer
Elisabeth 14
Andrew 11
William married Mrs. Rebecca Ann Boyd, a mother of three children, on May 7, 1868.
In the 1870 census in McCord Township of Bond County, Illinois, we have:
William 50
Rebecca 50
James Boyd 9
Elizabeth Boyd 7
Louisa Boyd 4
Mary Carson 1
After William dies in 1894 he is buried in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.
William and his family (either Andrew the father or Andrew the son or both, plus others) appear to be land investors. Many land transactions are recorded in documents that are now online.
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