Biography & Emigration: Joseph Carson from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland to Washington County, Pennsylvania
"20th Century History of the City of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens"
(Chicago, Ill., Richmond: Arnold Pub. Co., 1910), by Joseph F. McFarland
Submitted by Annie Crenshaw
crenshawannie@gmail.com
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JOSEPH CARSON, deceased. The Carsons of Ohio County, W. Va., have always enjoyed high standing in that section and one of the representative and worthy members was the late Joseph Carson, who was born on the old family home place there, August 21, 1801, and was a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Irwin) Carson. The family originally moved from Scotland to County Tyrone, Ireland, and from there emigrated to America, where the family has been established for more than 200 years. Richard Carson, the father of Joseph Carson, was a native of Pennsylvania. In the latter part of the eighteenth century he removed from Dauphin County, Pa., from the vicinity of Harrisburg, to Ohio County, Va., where he purchased the farm which later became the possession of his son Joseph. Richard Carson was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his death occurred at Delaware, Ohio, while on his way home from that war. He married Elizabeth Irwin and they had the following named children born to them : Abner, John, Nancy, Joseph, David, Elizabeth and Irwin. His widow subsequently became the wife of William Paris.
Joseph Carson, the third son, was young when he was left fatherless. He was reared on the home farm and gained sufficient education in the subscription schools and through his own efforts, to enable him to teach school and for several years before settling down to an entirely agricultural life, he engaged in teaching in his native county. He was a man of marked ability and his public spirit was shown in his efforts to better his community and to develop a spirit of progress, at all times exerting an influence in the direction of education and religion. He lived a long and useful life and died on the farm on which he was born, July 20, 1887.
In 1828, Joseph Carson was united in marriage with Miss Anna Brown, a daughter of William Brown, of Ohio County, and they had the following children born to them: Elizabeth, who married Robert Criswell; Hannah J., who married Harvey J. Milligan; Richard; Mary A., who married David M. Boggs; Sarah; William; Almira S. and Harriet, both of whom are now deceased; Vincent B. and John I., the last named being a very prominent citizen of Washington, Pa., and a leading member of its able bar. Joseph Carson was an old-time Democrat and was a man of party influence in his day and for some years he served as a justice of the peace. For more than a quarter of a century he was an elder in the West Alexander Presbyterian Church.
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