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- "Funeral Services for Samuel Kern Carson
"Samuel Kern Carson, 63, well known Fabius farmer, died from a heart attack in the office of Dr. T.A. Roselle about 2:30 last Wednesday afternoon. Feb. 23. He came to Palmyra with his wife and son soon after 12 p.m. and was suddenly and critically ill about 2 o'clock. He had been under a physician's care fro more than a year.
"Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Bethel Baptist church north of here, conducted by the Rev. V. O. Graves, pastor. The funeral hymns were sung by Mrs. F.T. Sprague and Mrs Henry Nock, the accompaniment being played by Mrs. F.G. Carlstead, organist of Palmyra Baptist church. Interment was made in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were T.K. DuBois, Frank and Harold Hansbrough, John Barnett, Miles Chick and George Weller. The body was prepared for burial at Lewis Bros. funeral home.
"Mr Carson was born in this county October 24, 1879, a son of E.J. and Katherine Kern Carson.
"Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Katherine Ensminger Carson to whom he was married Feb. 19, 1913, and four children. Staff Sgt. James E., who is with the United States armed forces in Sardinia; Mrs. Katherine Jacobs of Palmyra and Wesley and Eugene at home.
"He also leaves six brothers and two sisters, James of Alberta, Canada; Frank of Lewiston, Mont.; Clyde of Chico, Calif; Harry of Philadelphia; and Elmer of Arkansas, Wis; Mrs Jennie Gash of Palmyra and Mrs. Lucille Morris of New York. One sister, Mrs Mary Stover preceded him in death several years.
"He united with the Bethel Baptist church early in life, where he remained a member until his death. He spent all his life in Marion county, with the exception of a few years during young manhood when he lived in the state of Washington.
"Mr. Carson possessed a sunny, jovial disposition and was interested in the welfare of young people. He was a courteous and accommodating neighbor and was held in high esteem by a host of friends.
"Mr Carson was a descendant of a pioneer family. His forebears immigrated to this country before the revolutionary war and several of them took part in that struggle.
"His grandparents, John and Sarah Stephens Carson came to Missouri from Virginia in 1829, and settled on a farm four miles west of Palmyra, where they lived and reared a large family, his father, E.J. Carson being one of them.
"The Kern family was also a representative pioneer family, who came to Missouri from Virginia almost a century ago." -- Palmyra Spectator, date unknown.
NOTE: The names of his siblings do not correlate with the list of siblings prepared by JET. It is possible that some of the names in the paper are nicknames or middle names. -- LKL
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1879 - 1943 (63 years)