MELVILLE married COLEMAN MARGARET FAITH on 17 Aug 1920. MARGARET was born on 23 Jan 1895. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

David Preston Carson, the sixth child of John and Elizabeth Carson was b. 6/16/1865, D. 5/2/1852. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. John Carson came with his father, John Carson, along with his brothers and sisters, to America and settled in Pilot Knob Township in 1846. the brothers and sisters of David Carson may be found under (John and Elizabeth Carson). After the death of his mother 6/23/1889 of lockjaw, David married Eleanor Todd Kennedy 11/13/1889, daughter of Katie J. Willson of Pennsylvania and Andrewe Todd Kennedy, who was a Sergeant in the Civil War. Eleanor was b. 5/11/1867, d. 11/30/1929. Her mother died when she was 18 days old. She was taken by her grandmother, Eleanor Todd Kennedy and made her home with her until she married, except for the years she attended a girl's school in Oxford, Ohio.

The children born to david and Eleanor Carson were: Melville Kennedy Carson b. 11/16/1890, he was a miister in Reformed Presbyterian Church for 50 years, having pastorates in Sparta, Seattle, Washington, Bell Center, Ohio. After retiring he preached in Montclair, New Jersey until his death 3/13/1970. He married Margaret Faith Coleman, b. 1/23/1895, date of marriage was 8/17/1920. To this union were born three children: David Melville Carson; Margaret Coleman Carson; and James Donald. All the children were born in Sparta, whle their father was minister there.

Second child, Katie Willson, b. 4/28/1892, d. 5/2/1967, married 6/16/1915 to Joseph Houseman, b. 3/26/1889. Katie was a school teacher. To this unnion 11 children were born: Elizabeth May; David Paul; Willard Joseph; all born in Detroit, Michigan, while their father worked in the Ford Plant. The followign eight children were born in Lakeland, Florida; Mary Eleanor; Anna Margaret; Clara Rose; Fred Lewis; Fern Abigail; John Moody; Hannah Ruth; and Stephen Daniel.

Third child, John Elwyn Carson (See John Elwyn Carson History).

Fourth child, Eleanor Elizabeth Carson (See Harold Auld History).

Fifth child, Mary Fern carson (See Kenneth Frieman History).

By Fern Frieman

From 1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY.

DAVID married KENNEDY ELEANOR TODD on 13 Nov 1889 in Elkton, Illinois. ELEANOR (daughter of KENNEDY ANDREW TODD and WILLSON CATHERINE JANE) was born on 11 May 1867 in Elkhorn, (Elkton) Illinois; died on 30 Nov 1929 in Oakdale, Illinois; b. Oakdale Cem.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John Carson and Elizabeth Carson were married at Elkhorn in 1849. Both of them had migrated from Ireland, seeking the greater opportunities of the New World. John Carson was born in the town land of Crievagh, County Monaghan, in 1830, the son of John and Elizabeth Moffett Carson. He died at Oakdale in 1800. Elizabeth Carson was born in Lac Livery, also in County Monaghan, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Wilson Carson. She died at Oakdale June 23, 1889 of lockjaw.

John came to America in 1846 and settled on the land in Pilot Knob Township where Preston Carson now lives. Elizabeth came to New York in 1848, and after working there for some months, made the journey by the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes, the Ohio Canal to Cincinnati, and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, to St. Louis; and from there by a three-day wagon trip to Oakdale.

John Carson had two brothers, Thomas (who did not marry) and Richard (who died an infant). He had four sisters, Eliza, who married John McClay; Nancy, who married David McClay; Jane, who married Samuel McCloy; and Isabella, who married John McCloy.

Elizabeth Carson had five brothers who lived to adulthood: Henry, William, John, Thomas, and Isaac; and four sisters, Ann Carson Carson, Jane Carson Montgomery, Mary Carson Smith, and Eleanor Carson McCloy. All of her family except Thomas migrated to Illinois, settling near Oakdale or in the vicinity of Staunton. At last her parents came, too, and spent their last years in America. Ella Carson died July 30, 1890 shortly after she came to U.S. In the next generation two of Thomas's daughters came, Jennie Carson McClay and Margaret Carson McFate.

John and Elizabeth Carson and their family were all active members in the Oakdale Reformed Presbyterian Church; two of their grandchildren became Reformed Presbyterian ministers, Rev. Charles T. Carson, son of William Henry -- (Elizabeth Ramsey Carson) and Rev. Melville K. Carson, son of David P. (Eleanor Kennedy Carson).

They had six children, two of whom died in infancy (Mary Carson, b. April 15, 1850, d. August 8, 1852; John Carson, b. March 15, 1851, d. December 17, 1853). The four surviving sons were:
William Henry Carson, who married Elizabeth Ramsey; he was a farmer near Oakdale. They had six sons; Edwin, Waldo, Charles, Willard, Roy, and Floyd.
John Moffett Carson, who married Lillie Hood; he was a merchant in Nashville. Their daughter, Ruth, married Myrl Lumbattis.
Robert Sloan Carson, who married first Ella Donnelly (they had a son, Warren) and second Lena Speer (their daughter Ella married Frank Harrison).
David Preston Carson, who married Eleanor Kennedy. They had five children: Melville, Katie, Elwyn, Elizabeth and Fern.
By David Carson

From 1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY

JOHN married CARSON ELIZABETH in 1849 in Elkhorn. ELIZABETH (daughter of CARSON JOHN and WILSON ELIZABETH) was born in in Lac Livery, County Monaghan, Ireland; died on 23 Jun 1889 in Oakdale, Il., died of lockjaw. [Group Sheet]

ANDREW married WILLSON CATHERINE JANE. CATHERINE was born in in Of Pennsylvania; died in 1967 in Died when daughter was 18 days old.. [Group Sheet]