Charles A. Carson

1866 - 1880  (13 years)

• Name	Charles A. Carson
  Born	27 Sep 1866	Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jul 1880	Hardin County, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I706	Carson Family
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Eli William Carson,   b. 14 Nov 1836, Morgan County, Indiana ,   d. 16 Oct 1915, Hardin County, Iowa, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Melissa Humphrey,   b. 29 Dec 1843, Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1903, Hardin County, Iowa, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1861	Decorah, IA
  Notes	Ethel Carson's Carson Record
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Typed Notes Tim Carson's Our Family Tree. History of Hardin County IA, 1883, page 979: Charles Carson, a 14-year-old son of Eli Carson, of Grant township, fatally shot himself July 19, 1880. It was supposed that he was crawling through the grass after game with his gun, when the trigger caught and the weapon was discharged. The gun was loaded with shot, the load making a large hole in the right side of the neck, and lodging against the base of the skull. Death must have been instantaneous. He was accompanied by a little brother, who was too young to give any positive information. He came running home and told them the gun had kicked Charlie over. The mother went out and found him lying in the grass dead with his clothes on fire. Uncle Walt's Chart -> Charles Edison Carson