Friday, April 25, 2014

52 Ancestors - Week 17: #24 David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #17:

David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902) is #24 on my Ahnentafel List, and is my 2nd great-grandfather. He married #25 Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901) in 1851.


I am descended through:

*  their son, #12, Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), who married  #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.

* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)


To create this post, I made an Individual Summary report in RootsMagic 6, then saved it into an RTF file.  I then copied and pasted the Person, the Individual Fact List, the Marriages/Children, the General Notes, and the Source Citations into this blog post.  Unfortunately, the source citations superscripts did not survive this process as superscripts, so I put them in brackets in the lists and notes below, and without brackets in the Source Citation list.  I have images of many of these records, but have not included them in this blog post due to the length of the post.  Many of them have been transcribed or shown in Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts.

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                         David Jackson "D.J." Carringer [1, 14]   
*  Sex:                             Male   
*  Father:                         Henry Carringer (1800-1879)   
*  Mother:                        Sarah Feather (1804-1848)

*  Alternate Name:           D.J. Carringer [2, 6 - 7, 9 - 12, 15]    
*  Alternate Name:           Jackson Carringer [3]
*  Alternate Name:           David J. Caringer [4]
*  Alternate Name:           David J. Carringer [1, 5, 13]   

2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                          4 November 1828, Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [2] 
*  Residence:                  between 1829 and 1851 (between about age 1 and about 23), with his parents and siblings; Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
*  Census:                       1 June 1850 (age 21) Sandy Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [3]
*  Residence:                  between 1851 and 1858 (between about age 23 and about 30), with his wife and sons; Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States   
*  Residence:                  between 1858 and 1865 (between about age 30 and about 37), with his wife and children; Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States  
*  Census:                      1 June 1860 (age 31), Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [4]
*  Occupation:                1 June 1860 (age 31), Carpenter; Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States [4]
*  Deed:                         5 May 1862 (age 33), bought 40 acres of land in Louisa County, Iowa United States [5]    
*  Deed:                         3 March 1864 (age 35), sold 40 acres in Louisa County, Iowa, United States [6]   
*  Residence:                  between 1865 and 1873 (between about age 37 and about 45), with his wife and children; Jackson, Washington, Iowa, United States [7]  
*  Census:                      1 June 1870 (age 41), Jackson, Washington, Iowa, United States [8]
*  Occupation:                1 June 1870 (age 41), Farmer; Jackson, Washington, Iowa, United States [8]
*  Land sale:                   11 October 1872 (age 43), public sale notice; Jackson, Washington, Iowa, United States [7]
*  Residence:                 between 1873 and 1898 (between about age 45 and about 70), with his wife and sons; Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States   
*  Census:                      1 June 1880 (age 51), Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [9]
*  Occupation:                1 June 1880 (age 51), Carpenter and joiner; Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [9]  
*  Deed:                         28 September 1881 (age 52), sold 40 acres of land in Louisa, Iowa, United States [10]   
*  Census:                      1 June 1885 (age 56), Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [11]  
*  Occupation:                1 June 1885 (age 56), Fruit grower; Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States [11]   
*  Residence:                 between 1898 and 1902 (between about age 70 and about 74), with his wife and son Harvey; Horton and Ella Streets (now 30th and Ivy Streets), San Diego, San Diego, California, United States   
*  Census:                      1 April 1900 (age 71), Horton and Ella Streets (now 30th and Ivy Streets), San Diego, San Diego, California, United States [12]   
*  Death:                       20 January 1902 (age 73), of kidney trouble; San Diego, San Diego, California, United States [1]  
*  Burial:                       22 January 1902 (age 73), La Vista Cemetery, National City, San Diego, California, United States [13–14]   


3)  MARRIAGES/CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1.                  Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901)   
*  Marriage 1:                16 October 1851 (age 22), Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [15]

*  Child 1:                     Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946)   
*  Child 2:                     Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)    
*  Child 3:                     Effie Eva Carringer (1858-1874)

4)  RESEARCH NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

David Jackson Carringer was born on 4 November 1828 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, the second son of Henry and Sarah (Feather) Carringer.  The only record of his birth date is on the "Births" page of the D.J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer family Bible. [2] The entry says:

D.J. Carringer
born Nov 4th 1828 AD
Mercer Co. Pa.

David Jackson Carringer was also called David J., Jackson and D.J. during his lifetime.  He grew up and married in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  

In the 1850 U.S. census, the Henry Caringer family resided in Sandy Creek township, Mercer, Pennsylvania. [3] The family included:

*  Henry Caringer, age 56, male, a farmer, $2000 in real property, born PA
*  Eliza Caringer, age 23, female, born PA
*  Jackson Caringer, age 21, male, a carpenter, born PA
*  George Caringer, age 18, male, a farmer, born PA
*  Cornelius Caringer, age 17, male, a farmer, born PA
*  Mary Caringer, age 14, female, born PA, attended school
* Sarah Caringer, age 13, female, born PA, attended school
*  Henry Caringer, age 11, male, born PA, attended school
*  Loisa Caringer, age 9, female, born PA, attended school
*  Matilda Caringer, age 5, female, born PA, attended school
*  Harvey Caringer, age 2, male, born PA
*  Mary Caringer, age 82, female, born MD

D.J. Carringer married Rebecca Spangler, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Spangler, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania on 16 October 1851. [15]  In the "Marriages" section of the D.J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer family Bible:

Oct. 16 by Rev. McAdams
D.J. Carringer Miss Rebeccah Spangler
Mercer Co. Pa. 1851 AD

D.J. and Rebecca moved their growing family to Louisa County, Iowa before 1858, accompanying his widowed father and several of his siblings. By 1860, they had three children, Harvey Edgar, Henry Austin and Effie Eva Carringer.

In the 1860 US Census, the David J. Carringer family resided in Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa. [4] The family included:

*  David J. Caringer -- age 31, male, carpenter, $200 in real property, $100 in personal property, born PA
*  Rebecca Caringer -- age 28, female, born PA
*  Harvy E. Caringer -- age 9, male, born PA, attended school
*  Henry A. Caringer -- age 7, male, born PA, attended school
*  Epha E. Caringer -- age 2, female, born PA

On 5 May 1862, David J. Carringer bought 40 acres of land in Louisa County, Iowa, the North West quarter of the North West quarter of Section 17 In Township 74  from Catharine McConnel for $300. [5]

On 3 March 1864, D.J. Carringer and his wife Rebecca sold the 40 acres in Louisa County, Iowa, the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of section 17 in Township 74 North of Range 5 West, to John H. Davis for $320. [6]

Sometime during the 1860's, D.J. and Rebecca Carringer bought land in Jackson township, Washington County, Iowa where they resided for several years.

In the 1870 US census, the D. "Carenngtr" family resided in Jackson township in Washington County, Iowa. [8] The household (indexed as Carenngtr on www.Ancestry.com) included:

*  D. Carenngtr -- age 40, male, white, farmer, born PA
*  Rebeca Carenngtr -- age 38, female, white, keeps house, born PA
*  Harvy Carenngtr -- age 18, male, white, school, born PA
*  Henry A. Carenngtr -- age 16, male, white, school, born PA
*  Effie Carenngtr -- age ??, female, white, school, born PA

The farm in Jackson apparently failed, since a public notice announcing the sale of the farm and its contents on Friday, 11 Oct 1872 was published. [7] The public notice transcription for the sale of D.J. Carringer's farm in Jackson township, Washington County, Iowa is:


PUBLIC SALE!

I will sell at my place, 7 miles northeast from Washington, in Jackson township, 
beginning at 10 a.m., on
FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1872.
The following property, to wit:
1 Team of Mares, 2 Sets Harness, Wagon, Buckeye Mower and Reaper Combined, Self-rake, Bobsleds, Corn Plows, Double and Stirring Plows, Scotch Harrow, 2 Milk Cows, Calf, 13 Hogs, Berkshire Boar, 20 Shoats, Corn in field, and all my Furniture.
TERMS: A credit of Twelve Months will be given on sums over $5, with approved security.
D.J. CARRINGER
John S. Reeves, Auctioneer.

The family moved to Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado.  Tragedy befell them when their daughter Effie died on 8 June 1874 at the age of 15 years, 6 months, 12 days.  The obituary notice reads, in part:

"The deeply afflicted family have the sincerest sympathy of all the community.  The form of their loved one fades from earth 'but a fair maiden in the Father's mansion, clothed with celestial grace, and beautiful will all the soul's expansion, shall they behold her face.' "

In the 1880 US Census, the D.J. Carringer family resided in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. [9]  The household included:

*   D.J. Carringer -- white, male, age 51, married, a carpenter and joiner, born PA, parents born PA
*  Rebecca Carringer -- white, female, age 48, wife, married, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA
*  Harvey E. Carringer -- white, male, age 27, son, single, farming, born PA, parents born PA
*  Henry A. Carringer -- white, male, age 26, son, single, millwright and carpenter, born PA, parents born PA

On 26 September 1881, D.J. Carringer sold 40 acres of land in Louisa County, Iowa to Mary and Louisa M. Carringer for 1 dollar. [10] This was D.J.'s portion of his father's estate.  The land was the Northeast quarter of the SouteEast quarter of section number 29; township number 75. of Range number 5 West.

In the 1885 Colorado State Census, the D. J. Carringer family resided in Boulder County, Colorado. [11]  The household included:

*  D. J. Carringer - white, male, age 56, married, a fruit grower, born Pa., parents born Pa/Ohio
*  Rebecca Carringer - white, female, age 53, wife, married, housework, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.
*  Harvey E. Carringer - white, male, age 28, son, single, a clerk, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.

By 1898, D.J., Rebecca and Harvey Edgar Carringer had moved to San Diego.  The San Diego Union newspaper, dated 15 November 1898 reported that:

"D.J. Carringer has been granted a permit to build a cottage in Choate & Seaman's addition, east of the city park, to cost $800."

The home was located on the present northwest corner of 30th Street and Ivy Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of San Diego, near the home of their son, Henry Austin Carringer (sited on the northeast corner of 30th Street and Hawthorn Street).

In the 1900 U.S. census, the David J. Carringer family resided at the corner of Horton and Ella Streets (now 30th and Ivy) in the 4th Ward of San Diego, San Diego County, California. [12] The household included:

*  David J. Carringer -- head of household, white, male, born Nov 1828, age 71, married 49 years, born PA, father born PA, mother born OH, no occupation, owns home free of mortgage
*  Rebecca Carringer -- wife, white, female, born Apr 1833, age 67, married 49 years, had 3 children, two children living, born PA, parents born PA
*  Harvey E. Carringer -- son, white, male, born Aug 1852, age 47, born PA, parents born PA, no occupation

Some details about the D.J. Carringer family are posted on the web page for their burial of daughter, Effie E. Carringer, in Columbia Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado (see  http://gisweb.ci.boulder.co.us/website/parks/parks_columbia/columbia. htm?IDNUM=1101), researched and posted by the Boulder Genealogical Society.  The information includes:

*  Deed 7 Aug 1876 Columbia Lodge #14 to D.J. Carringer B5 Whole. (BB1; REC 38:169)
*  The Carringers were not on the 1870 Boulder County, CO census.
*  They were living in Boulder in 1880.
*  'The Petition for the town of Caribou, CO was filed 6 Oct 1874 and it was granted the same day. The petition set forth the boundary of the town and stated that a plat had been filed with the county clerk 26 Dec 1870.' Signers of the petition included D.J. Carringer. (BGS Qt vol. 16 p. 175)
*  Henry E. Carringer was in a list of unclaimed letters at the Boulder Post Office May 1875.
*  1880 Boulder, Boulder Co, CO:
              D.J. Carringer 54 PA PA PA carpenter & joiner,
              wife Rebecca 48 PA PA PA,
              son Harvey E. 27 PA PA PA farming,
              Henry A. 26 PA PA PA millwright & carpenter
*  1885 Boulder census:
              D.J. Carriner 56 PA PA OH fruit grower,
              wife Rebecca 53 PA PA OH,
              son Harvey E. 28 PA PA PA clerk
*  1896 Boulder Directory: Carringer, D.J., fruit grower, res. 2nd Ave, and 3rd St. North Boulder
*  The Carringers were not on the 1900 Boulder census
*  Mrs. D.J. Carringer died San Diego, CA a few days ago from cancer of the stomach. Mr. Carringer is in poor health. (BDC 20 Jan 1902:4)
*  D.J. Carringer d 20 Jan 1902 California of kidney trouble. 'His wife died only a month ago.' He was buried National City on Wed 21 Jan. The Carringers lived in Boulder many years. (BDC 24 Jan 1902:8)

The Carringer/Seaver family library has many books that are inscribed by one of these family members, including schoolbooks of the children.  There are also several letters from D.J., Rebecca and Edgar to the Henry Austin Carringer family that describe their life in Caribou, Colorado.  An 1862 Bible contains several generations of births, marriages and deaths of the family.

The death of D.J. Carringer was announced in the newspaper The Record published in National City, California on Tuesday, 23 January 1902.  It reads:

"David J. Carringer, who died in San Diego last Monday, was buried in La Vista cemetery, in this city, yesterday."

David Jackson and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer are buried in La Vista Cemetery in National City, California with gravestones in the ground next to their grandchild, Devier David Carringer. [13, 14]

No probate records have been found to date for David Jackson or Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer in San Diego County, California probate court records.

5)  SOURCES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

1. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Bible, Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946) (n.p. : n.p., n.d. before 1901), Deaths, entry for David Jackson Carringer, 20 January 1902.

2. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Bible, Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946), Births, D.J. Carringer entry, 4 November 1828.

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule; Sandy Creek township,  Page 312, dwelling #853, family #880,  Henry Carringer household, online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.

4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Louisa County, Iowa, Columbus City,  Page 857, house #558, family #558, David J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Series M653, Roll 331.

5. Louisa County, Iowa, "Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901", "Deeds, v. 14, 16, 1863-1865," Volume 14, Page 210 (stamped), Catharine McConnel to David J. Carringer entry, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,005,863.

6. Louisa County, Iowa, "Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901", "Deed records, lands, v. 43, 1884-1887, v. 45, 1886-1891, v. 48 (to p. 437) 1886-1891", Volume 43, Page 449, D.J. and Rebecca Carringer to John H. Davis entry, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 2,070,716.

7. "Public Land Sale Notice," 11 October 1872, Washington County, Iowa, original linen notice in the personal paper collection of Randall J. Seaver, Chula Vista, Calif.

8. 1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Washington County, Iowa, Jackson township: Page 131, house #49, family #49, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 424.

9. 1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Boulder County, Colorado, Boulder: Page 525B (stamped), Dwelling #11, Family #11, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 89.

10. Louisa County, Iowa, "Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901", "Deeds, v. 32, 35, 1876-1882", Volume 35, Page 618 (stamped), David J. Carringer and wife to Mary and Louisa Carringer, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,005,869.

11. "Colorado State Census, 1885," online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), County of Boulder, Enumeration district 1, Page 102 (penned), dwelling #1163, family #1177, D.J. Carringer entry.

12. 1900 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, San Diego County, California, San Diego City 4th Ward; ED 194, sheet 19B, house #440, family #496, D.j. Carringer household, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 99.

13. La Vista Memorial Park (National City, San Diego, CA), Grave markers, David J. Carringer Gravestone.

14. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), La Vista Cemetery (National City, Calif.), David Jackson Carringer memorial.

15. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Bible, Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946), Marriages, entry for D.J. Carringer and Rebeckah Spangler, 16 October 1851.

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2 comments:

Geolover said...

Randy, thanks for this interesting account.

The 1872 sale notice mentions farm equipment, household goods and chattels, but not land to be sold by D. J. Carringer.

Perhaps you have not yet had an opportunity to locate a sale deed, but could there be more to the story in court records?

Randy Seaver said...

good questions...I have Washington County Deeds on my list for my next visit to the FHL, and expect to find both the purchase and sale deeds of this land there.

The burial record of his daughter also provides leads to land in Boulder County, Colorado, and I hope to pursue those too.

Court records may be another lead - thanks!

Our work is never done...I just try to peck away at them with the time, information and money I have available.