FOLLOWING BIO PROVIDED BY RUSSELL PERKINS 29 JULY 2013:
There are differing accounts of his name. On William's May 4, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is written as L. H. DeSpain; on the July 23, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is Hezekiah DeSpain; on the April 8, 1915 the name is written Hezkih. His family called him Carr. His maternal grandfather's name was Hezekiah Carr Warren, therefore, I have concluded he was named for him and have shown him named Hezekiah Carr DeSpain. However, it should be noted his obituary gave his name as Ezra Carr DeSpain.
Carr was still alive when his brother Ezekiel died in 1958.
Census data:
1870 Allendale, Green Co, KY, Page 510 - Linzey H.
1880 Lower Brush Creek, Green Co, KY page 10-57-1-17 - Linzey H.
1900 Green Co KY Federal Census, ED 34, Sheet 11B, Dist. 2, part of Lower Brush, June 15, 1900:
DeSpain, Lindsey P., 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, married 11 yrs., farmer, reads/write, rents
Martha, wife, 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, one child, one living
George W., son, 9, b. June 1890 KY
(Carr and Martha were living beween Martha's parents and Carr's brother Zeke's in-laws, James A. & Cynthia Warren Skaggs)
1910 Green Co, KY Federal Census; File #11a, #214-216:
Lindsay C. DeSpain, age 40, married 20 yrs., farmer
Martha, wife, age 39, b. KY
George W., son, age 19, farmer, b. KY
Kate Marr, mother-in-law, 56, b. KY
Eliza E, sister-in-law, 35, b. KY
Flora A. Melby (probably Milby), niece, 3, b. KY
(Carr and Martha were living next door to Carr's parents William and Elizabeth)
Commonwealth of KY, Certificate of Death File #116-59-16011.
Care [sic] DeSpain (we have determined this to be Carr)
Died: 24 Aug 1959, age 91; Widower; Place: Beckwood Nursing Home, Park City, Barren Co, KY; Res: Magnolia, Green Co, KY; informant: Luther DeSpain (son of John Willie DeSpain, Carr's brother). Date of birth given as December 18, 1878 (the year is incorrect, it should be 1869); father: Bill DeSpain; burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Green Co, KY.
Lindsey H. DeSpain, 20; 1st marriage; born Green Co.; parents born Green Co.
Martha A. Marr, 18; 1st marriage; b. Green Co.; parents b. Green Co.
29 Sep 1889 at Harvey Morgan's. Witnesses: F.J. Ward, G.T. Larimore. Surety: G.T. Larimore.
Carr separated from Martha March 11, 1914. They have a 5 year old daughter at home, he has not provided for them. She wants a divorce, it was granted June 19, 1917.
Martha married again aft 1911 to Edward Wiley Skaggs (1870-1955). She died 26 July 1950 and is buried in Wilson Cemetery in Green County.
Carol Coady, July 14, 2001: Hezekiah Carr DeSpain and Lindsey C. DeSpain are the same person. He was known as "Carr" by his family. My Aunt has his name in her Bible written as "Hesacar," On one of William Perry DeSpain's pension reply pages, he is "Hezekiah" and on another he is "L. H.." He was "Lindsey H" on his marriage certificate. Census records: 1870 - Linsy H; 1880 - Linsey H; 1900 - Lindsey P; 1910 - Lindsey C. On several deed transactions with his brother, Alford Thomas, he variously used "Carr" and "Kiah." Carr died in August 1959 was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, arrangements made by his nephew, Luther DeSpain (son of his brother, John Willie DeSpain). Carr lived in and around Magnolia in his later adult life. Carr's first wife, Martha Marr, divorced Carr, who had left her and refused to support her and a daughter, Grace Linney, and she married the second time to Edward Wiley Skaggs (brother to my Grandma, Ella Florence Skaggs DeSpain). Carr's and Martha's first child was George William DeSpain "Willie Carr."
About 1926 he married Mary Brown (1890-1957) She had been previously married to Amos Brown. Carr and Mary had one child, Arvin Mitchell DeSpain, b. 11 Nov, 1926 in LaRue County. Arvin DeSpain died in Jefferson County in 1985.
OBITUARY: Ezra Carr DeSpain, 91, Mt. Sherman, Ky., died Mon. [Aug 1959] at the Park City nursing home, after an illness of 2 weeks. He was a native of Green Co. Surviving are 1 son, George DeSpain, Buffalo, Ky; a brother, Lonnie DeSpain, Little Rock, Ark., and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tues. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Sylvester Johnson officiating. Burial was in the church cem. Pallbearers were Luther, Bobby, Louis, Harold Thomas, James and Tommy DeSpain….
There are differing accounts of his name. On William's May 4, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is written as L. H. DeSpain; on the July 23, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is Hezekiah DeSpain; on the April 8, 1915 the name is written Hezkih. His family called him Carr. His maternal grandfather's name was Hezekiah Carr Warren, therefore, I have concluded he was named for him and have shown him named Hezekiah Carr DeSpain. However, it should be noted his obituary gave his name as Ezra Carr DeSpain.
Carr was still alive when his brother Ezekiel died in 1958.
Census data:
1870 Allendale, Green Co, KY, Page 510 - Linzey H.
1880 Lower Brush Creek, Green Co, KY page 10-57-1-17 - Linzey H.
1900 Green Co KY Federal Census, ED 34, Sheet 11B, Dist. 2, part of Lower Brush, June 15, 1900:
DeSpain, Lindsey P., 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, married 11 yrs., farmer, reads/write, rents
Martha, wife, 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, one child, one living
George W., son, 9, b. June 1890 KY
(Carr and Martha were living beween Martha's parents and Carr's brother Zeke's in-laws, James A. & Cynthia Warren Skaggs)
1910 Green Co, KY Federal Census; File #11a, #214-216:
Lindsay C. DeSpain, age 40, married 20 yrs., farmer
Martha, wife, age 39, b. KY
George W., son, age 19, farmer, b. KY
Kate Marr, mother-in-law, 56, b. KY
Eliza E, sister-in-law, 35, b. KY
Flora A. Melby (probably Milby), niece, 3, b. KY
(Carr and Martha were living next door to Carr's parents William and Elizabeth)
Commonwealth of KY, Certificate of Death File #116-59-16011.
Care [sic] DeSpain (we have determined this to be Carr)
Died: 24 Aug 1959, age 91; Widower; Place: Beckwood Nursing Home, Park City, Barren Co, KY; Res: Magnolia, Green Co, KY; informant: Luther DeSpain (son of John Willie DeSpain, Carr's brother). Date of birth given as December 18, 1878 (the year is incorrect, it should be 1869); father: Bill DeSpain; burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Green Co, KY.
Lindsey H. DeSpain, 20; 1st marriage; born Green Co.; parents born Green Co.
Martha A. Marr, 18; 1st marriage; b. Green Co.; parents b. Green Co.
29 Sep 1889 at Harvey Morgan's. Witnesses: F.J. Ward, G.T. Larimore. Surety: G.T. Larimore.
Carr separated from Martha March 11, 1914. They have a 5 year old daughter at home, he has not provided for them. She wants a divorce, it was granted June 19, 1917.
Martha married again aft 1911 to Edward Wiley Skaggs (1870-1955). She died 26 July 1950 and is buried in Wilson Cemetery in Green County.
Carol Coady, July 14, 2001: Hezekiah Carr DeSpain and Lindsey C. DeSpain are the same person. He was known as "Carr" by his family. My Aunt has his name in her Bible written as "Hesacar," On one of William Perry DeSpain's pension reply pages, he is "Hezekiah" and on another he is "L. H.." He was "Lindsey H" on his marriage certificate. Census records: 1870 - Linsy H; 1880 - Linsey H; 1900 - Lindsey P; 1910 - Lindsey C. On several deed transactions with his brother, Alford Thomas, he variously used "Carr" and "Kiah." Carr died in August 1959 was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, arrangements made by his nephew, Luther DeSpain (son of his brother, John Willie DeSpain). Carr lived in and around Magnolia in his later adult life. Carr's first wife, Martha Marr, divorced Carr, who had left her and refused to support her and a daughter, Grace Linney, and she married the second time to Edward Wiley Skaggs (brother to my Grandma, Ella Florence Skaggs DeSpain). Carr's and Martha's first child was George William DeSpain "Willie Carr."
About 1926 he married Mary Brown (1890-1957) She had been previously married to Amos Brown. Carr and Mary had one child, Arvin Mitchell DeSpain, b. 11 Nov, 1926 in LaRue County. Arvin DeSpain died in Jefferson County in 1985.
OBITUARY: Ezra Carr DeSpain, 91, Mt. Sherman, Ky., died Mon. [Aug 1959] at the Park City nursing home, after an illness of 2 weeks. He was a native of Green Co. Surviving are 1 son, George DeSpain, Buffalo, Ky; a brother, Lonnie DeSpain, Little Rock, Ark., and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tues. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Sylvester Johnson officiating. Burial was in the church cem. Pallbearers were Luther, Bobby, Louis, Harold Thomas, James and Tommy DeSpain….
FOLLOWING BIO PROVIDED BY RUSSELL PERKINS 29 JULY 2013:
There are differing accounts of his name. On William's May 4, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is written as L. H. DeSpain; on the July 23, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is Hezekiah DeSpain; on the April 8, 1915 the name is written Hezkih. His family called him Carr. His maternal grandfather's name was Hezekiah Carr Warren, therefore, I have concluded he was named for him and have shown him named Hezekiah Carr DeSpain. However, it should be noted his obituary gave his name as Ezra Carr DeSpain.
Carr was still alive when his brother Ezekiel died in 1958.
Census data:
1870 Allendale, Green Co, KY, Page 510 - Linzey H.
1880 Lower Brush Creek, Green Co, KY page 10-57-1-17 - Linzey H.
1900 Green Co KY Federal Census, ED 34, Sheet 11B, Dist. 2, part of Lower Brush, June 15, 1900:
DeSpain, Lindsey P., 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, married 11 yrs., farmer, reads/write, rents
Martha, wife, 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, one child, one living
George W., son, 9, b. June 1890 KY
(Carr and Martha were living beween Martha's parents and Carr's brother Zeke's in-laws, James A. & Cynthia Warren Skaggs)
1910 Green Co, KY Federal Census; File #11a, #214-216:
Lindsay C. DeSpain, age 40, married 20 yrs., farmer
Martha, wife, age 39, b. KY
George W., son, age 19, farmer, b. KY
Kate Marr, mother-in-law, 56, b. KY
Eliza E, sister-in-law, 35, b. KY
Flora A. Melby (probably Milby), niece, 3, b. KY
(Carr and Martha were living next door to Carr's parents William and Elizabeth)
Commonwealth of KY, Certificate of Death File #116-59-16011.
Care [sic] DeSpain (we have determined this to be Carr)
Died: 24 Aug 1959, age 91; Widower; Place: Beckwood Nursing Home, Park City, Barren Co, KY; Res: Magnolia, Green Co, KY; informant: Luther DeSpain (son of John Willie DeSpain, Carr's brother). Date of birth given as December 18, 1878 (the year is incorrect, it should be 1869); father: Bill DeSpain; burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Green Co, KY.
Lindsey H. DeSpain, 20; 1st marriage; born Green Co.; parents born Green Co.
Martha A. Marr, 18; 1st marriage; b. Green Co.; parents b. Green Co.
29 Sep 1889 at Harvey Morgan's. Witnesses: F.J. Ward, G.T. Larimore. Surety: G.T. Larimore.
Carr separated from Martha March 11, 1914. They have a 5 year old daughter at home, he has not provided for them. She wants a divorce, it was granted June 19, 1917.
Martha married again aft 1911 to Edward Wiley Skaggs (1870-1955). She died 26 July 1950 and is buried in Wilson Cemetery in Green County.
Carol Coady, July 14, 2001: Hezekiah Carr DeSpain and Lindsey C. DeSpain are the same person. He was known as "Carr" by his family. My Aunt has his name in her Bible written as "Hesacar," On one of William Perry DeSpain's pension reply pages, he is "Hezekiah" and on another he is "L. H.." He was "Lindsey H" on his marriage certificate. Census records: 1870 - Linsy H; 1880 - Linsey H; 1900 - Lindsey P; 1910 - Lindsey C. On several deed transactions with his brother, Alford Thomas, he variously used "Carr" and "Kiah." Carr died in August 1959 was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, arrangements made by his nephew, Luther DeSpain (son of his brother, John Willie DeSpain). Carr lived in and around Magnolia in his later adult life. Carr's first wife, Martha Marr, divorced Carr, who had left her and refused to support her and a daughter, Grace Linney, and she married the second time to Edward Wiley Skaggs (brother to my Grandma, Ella Florence Skaggs DeSpain). Carr's and Martha's first child was George William DeSpain "Willie Carr."
About 1926 he married Mary Brown (1890-1957) She had been previously married to Amos Brown. Carr and Mary had one child, Arvin Mitchell DeSpain, b. 11 Nov, 1926 in LaRue County. Arvin DeSpain died in Jefferson County in 1985.
OBITUARY: Ezra Carr DeSpain, 91, Mt. Sherman, Ky., died Mon. [Aug 1959] at the Park City nursing home, after an illness of 2 weeks. He was a native of Green Co. Surviving are 1 son, George DeSpain, Buffalo, Ky; a brother, Lonnie DeSpain, Little Rock, Ark., and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tues. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Sylvester Johnson officiating. Burial was in the church cem. Pallbearers were Luther, Bobby, Louis, Harold Thomas, James and Tommy DeSpain….
There are differing accounts of his name. On William's May 4, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is written as L. H. DeSpain; on the July 23, 1898 pension reply sheet the name is Hezekiah DeSpain; on the April 8, 1915 the name is written Hezkih. His family called him Carr. His maternal grandfather's name was Hezekiah Carr Warren, therefore, I have concluded he was named for him and have shown him named Hezekiah Carr DeSpain. However, it should be noted his obituary gave his name as Ezra Carr DeSpain.
Carr was still alive when his brother Ezekiel died in 1958.
Census data:
1870 Allendale, Green Co, KY, Page 510 - Linzey H.
1880 Lower Brush Creek, Green Co, KY page 10-57-1-17 - Linzey H.
1900 Green Co KY Federal Census, ED 34, Sheet 11B, Dist. 2, part of Lower Brush, June 15, 1900:
DeSpain, Lindsey P., 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, married 11 yrs., farmer, reads/write, rents
Martha, wife, 30, b. Dec 1869 KY, one child, one living
George W., son, 9, b. June 1890 KY
(Carr and Martha were living beween Martha's parents and Carr's brother Zeke's in-laws, James A. & Cynthia Warren Skaggs)
1910 Green Co, KY Federal Census; File #11a, #214-216:
Lindsay C. DeSpain, age 40, married 20 yrs., farmer
Martha, wife, age 39, b. KY
George W., son, age 19, farmer, b. KY
Kate Marr, mother-in-law, 56, b. KY
Eliza E, sister-in-law, 35, b. KY
Flora A. Melby (probably Milby), niece, 3, b. KY
(Carr and Martha were living next door to Carr's parents William and Elizabeth)
Commonwealth of KY, Certificate of Death File #116-59-16011.
Care [sic] DeSpain (we have determined this to be Carr)
Died: 24 Aug 1959, age 91; Widower; Place: Beckwood Nursing Home, Park City, Barren Co, KY; Res: Magnolia, Green Co, KY; informant: Luther DeSpain (son of John Willie DeSpain, Carr's brother). Date of birth given as December 18, 1878 (the year is incorrect, it should be 1869); father: Bill DeSpain; burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Green Co, KY.
Lindsey H. DeSpain, 20; 1st marriage; born Green Co.; parents born Green Co.
Martha A. Marr, 18; 1st marriage; b. Green Co.; parents b. Green Co.
29 Sep 1889 at Harvey Morgan's. Witnesses: F.J. Ward, G.T. Larimore. Surety: G.T. Larimore.
Carr separated from Martha March 11, 1914. They have a 5 year old daughter at home, he has not provided for them. She wants a divorce, it was granted June 19, 1917.
Martha married again aft 1911 to Edward Wiley Skaggs (1870-1955). She died 26 July 1950 and is buried in Wilson Cemetery in Green County.
Carol Coady, July 14, 2001: Hezekiah Carr DeSpain and Lindsey C. DeSpain are the same person. He was known as "Carr" by his family. My Aunt has his name in her Bible written as "Hesacar," On one of William Perry DeSpain's pension reply pages, he is "Hezekiah" and on another he is "L. H.." He was "Lindsey H" on his marriage certificate. Census records: 1870 - Linsy H; 1880 - Linsey H; 1900 - Lindsey P; 1910 - Lindsey C. On several deed transactions with his brother, Alford Thomas, he variously used "Carr" and "Kiah." Carr died in August 1959 was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, arrangements made by his nephew, Luther DeSpain (son of his brother, John Willie DeSpain). Carr lived in and around Magnolia in his later adult life. Carr's first wife, Martha Marr, divorced Carr, who had left her and refused to support her and a daughter, Grace Linney, and she married the second time to Edward Wiley Skaggs (brother to my Grandma, Ella Florence Skaggs DeSpain). Carr's and Martha's first child was George William DeSpain "Willie Carr."
About 1926 he married Mary Brown (1890-1957) She had been previously married to Amos Brown. Carr and Mary had one child, Arvin Mitchell DeSpain, b. 11 Nov, 1926 in LaRue County. Arvin DeSpain died in Jefferson County in 1985.
OBITUARY: Ezra Carr DeSpain, 91, Mt. Sherman, Ky., died Mon. [Aug 1959] at the Park City nursing home, after an illness of 2 weeks. He was a native of Green Co. Surviving are 1 son, George DeSpain, Buffalo, Ky; a brother, Lonnie DeSpain, Little Rock, Ark., and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tues. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Sylvester Johnson officiating. Burial was in the church cem. Pallbearers were Luther, Bobby, Louis, Harold Thomas, James and Tommy DeSpain….
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