Son of John Carnahan (1792-1880) and Nancy Hill Carnahan (1790-1870). Married Melissa Abigail Mitchell (1829-1903) on 11-13-1845 in Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill.
Children are Seleste Carnahan (1846-xxxx), Sarah Agnes Carnahan Zabriskie (1848-1934), Lavenda Carnahan Denny (1850-1891), Louis Kasuth Carnahan (1852-1928), Ida Ophelia carnahan Thomas (1855-1916), Charles Sumner Carnahan (1858-1931) and Lucy Florilla Carnahan Harman Moss Miller (1860-1942).
Siblings are William McFarland Carnahan (1818-1897), unnamed infant Carnahan (1819-1819), twins Mary Carnahan Martin (1821-1906) and John Carnahan (1821-1881), Jane Carnahan Anderson Hoagland (1823-1913), Porter Carnahan (1825-1830), Joseph Carnahan (1827-1914), Agnes Carnahan (1830-1830), Eliza Carnahan Pinkerton (1831-1893) and James Carnahan (1834-1861).
According to his grand-daughter, Ida May THOMAS SCHNEIDER, David had red hair, and sapphire blue eyes. He had badly formed feet (crooked toes) and had to wear soft leather foot casings and could hardly walk any distance. He read books on every topic, such as, Veterinary medicine, weather, animal husbandry, farm rotation, history and the Bible. He was full of curiosity and had said that the more he knew the more ignorant he felt. He was always looking for more information to learn.
Mrs. Paul A. CARNAHAN states that David came to Kansas with his father's family from Illinois by ox-team. They bought lumber at Leavenworth and brought it to McLouth.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 17 Jan 1890
Broke His Leg.
The first accident resulting from the cold weather that we are called upon to record is that of David CARNAHAN, an old and prosperous farmer who resides on the county line a mile and a half east of this city, who fell on the ice and broke his leg last Monday afternoon.
Mr. CARNAHAN had gone out that afternoon to look after his stock and see the water supply was all right, and when walking on the crust beside a straw stack, both feet slipped sideways and from under him, breaking both bones of his right leg a short distance above the ankle.
After the fall he attempted to crawl to the house but could not because of his suffering, and then he shouted loudly for help. His cries for assistance were soon heard and help rendered.
When an attempt was made to help him to the home, he was in so much misery that he could not be helped until he was placed upon a board, and in this way he was carried to the house after which medical aid was summoned.
Dr. JONES set the fracture and the patient is doing as well as could be expected, considering his extreme age.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 8 Aug 1890
On Sunday last a villinous tramp stole a thermometer from Uncle David CARNAHAN, who resides a mile and a half northeast of this city, but it was quickly recovered after its loss was discovered.
In the afternoon of the day mentioned a tramp came along and asked in piteous tones for a few morsels to eat. He was furnished with a generous lunch which he ate in the shade near the house, after which he filled his pockets with apples and proceeded on his way.
After his trampship had been gone an hour or more, Uncle David had occasion to examine his thermometer to see how warm the weather was, when Lo and Behold, it was gone!
Suspicion pointed to the tramp as being the thief, so Uncle Davy at once mounted a horse, arming himself with a good sized club, and put out after his tramp.
The tramp had not gone far before he came to a grove, and the day being a warm one, he laid down to enjoy himself and was thus disporting himself when Uncle Davy came upon him. A demand was made for the thermometer but a strong denial was put forth by the tramp that he knew nothing of its whereabouts. This did not suit the pursuer, who declared he would wear the club to pieces over his head if he did not at once produce the weather director!
The earnestness of Uncle David impressed itself so vividly upon the mind of his trampship that he pointed to a bush nearby on which the stolen instrument was hanging. It was secured, brought home and is now hanging in its accustomed place on the side of the house.
Whether the excessive anger of Uncle Davy had anything to do with producing the storm of Sunday night our informant did not say.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 26 Sep 1890
Uncle David CARNAHAN met with quite a mishap on our streets Wednesday. He had been in this city to do some trading and just as he had started home, accompanied by Charlie CARNAHAN and Bill DENNY, the coupling of his buggy broke and let the bed down, the team being a gentle one, no one was hurt.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 16 Mar 1900
Old Mr. CARNAHAN is very low with grippe. He is 84 years old and the prospects for his recovery are not the best.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 12 Oct 1900
Mr. CARNAHAN died at 6 o'clock this (Friday) morning after a lingering illness. He was 84 years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist Church. Dr. JONES will officiate.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 19 Oct 1900
David CARNAHAN was born June 16, 1816, in Wilmington, Mercer county, Penn. He with his father's family, emigrated to Mercer county, Ill., in the spring of 1839. In the autumn of 1845, he was united in marriage to Melissa MITCHELL. To this union were born seven children, two sons and five daughters.
In the spring of 1871 he, with his family, came to Jefferson county, Kansas, where he resided until the time of his death, which occured October 12, 1900. He leaves a wife, two sons, three daughters, twenty-nine grand and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Early in life, Mr. CARNAHAN accepted Christ as our Savior, and during all the years of suffering and affliction, which he bore patiently, he ever held fast to the promises of God, and passed away leaving with his family and friends the blessed assurance that all was well with his soul.
Mr. CARNAHAN was an exceptionally interesting conversationalist, being well posted in theology, mathematics, history, and different branches of science. Being gifted with a remarkable memory, he took great delight in putting hard questions and answering them himself when others failed. He was a loyal, honest, kind and peacable citizen, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
A Neighbor
Children are Seleste Carnahan (1846-xxxx), Sarah Agnes Carnahan Zabriskie (1848-1934), Lavenda Carnahan Denny (1850-1891), Louis Kasuth Carnahan (1852-1928), Ida Ophelia carnahan Thomas (1855-1916), Charles Sumner Carnahan (1858-1931) and Lucy Florilla Carnahan Harman Moss Miller (1860-1942).
Siblings are William McFarland Carnahan (1818-1897), unnamed infant Carnahan (1819-1819), twins Mary Carnahan Martin (1821-1906) and John Carnahan (1821-1881), Jane Carnahan Anderson Hoagland (1823-1913), Porter Carnahan (1825-1830), Joseph Carnahan (1827-1914), Agnes Carnahan (1830-1830), Eliza Carnahan Pinkerton (1831-1893) and James Carnahan (1834-1861).
According to his grand-daughter, Ida May THOMAS SCHNEIDER, David had red hair, and sapphire blue eyes. He had badly formed feet (crooked toes) and had to wear soft leather foot casings and could hardly walk any distance. He read books on every topic, such as, Veterinary medicine, weather, animal husbandry, farm rotation, history and the Bible. He was full of curiosity and had said that the more he knew the more ignorant he felt. He was always looking for more information to learn.
Mrs. Paul A. CARNAHAN states that David came to Kansas with his father's family from Illinois by ox-team. They bought lumber at Leavenworth and brought it to McLouth.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 17 Jan 1890
Broke His Leg.
The first accident resulting from the cold weather that we are called upon to record is that of David CARNAHAN, an old and prosperous farmer who resides on the county line a mile and a half east of this city, who fell on the ice and broke his leg last Monday afternoon.
Mr. CARNAHAN had gone out that afternoon to look after his stock and see the water supply was all right, and when walking on the crust beside a straw stack, both feet slipped sideways and from under him, breaking both bones of his right leg a short distance above the ankle.
After the fall he attempted to crawl to the house but could not because of his suffering, and then he shouted loudly for help. His cries for assistance were soon heard and help rendered.
When an attempt was made to help him to the home, he was in so much misery that he could not be helped until he was placed upon a board, and in this way he was carried to the house after which medical aid was summoned.
Dr. JONES set the fracture and the patient is doing as well as could be expected, considering his extreme age.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 8 Aug 1890
On Sunday last a villinous tramp stole a thermometer from Uncle David CARNAHAN, who resides a mile and a half northeast of this city, but it was quickly recovered after its loss was discovered.
In the afternoon of the day mentioned a tramp came along and asked in piteous tones for a few morsels to eat. He was furnished with a generous lunch which he ate in the shade near the house, after which he filled his pockets with apples and proceeded on his way.
After his trampship had been gone an hour or more, Uncle David had occasion to examine his thermometer to see how warm the weather was, when Lo and Behold, it was gone!
Suspicion pointed to the tramp as being the thief, so Uncle Davy at once mounted a horse, arming himself with a good sized club, and put out after his tramp.
The tramp had not gone far before he came to a grove, and the day being a warm one, he laid down to enjoy himself and was thus disporting himself when Uncle Davy came upon him. A demand was made for the thermometer but a strong denial was put forth by the tramp that he knew nothing of its whereabouts. This did not suit the pursuer, who declared he would wear the club to pieces over his head if he did not at once produce the weather director!
The earnestness of Uncle David impressed itself so vividly upon the mind of his trampship that he pointed to a bush nearby on which the stolen instrument was hanging. It was secured, brought home and is now hanging in its accustomed place on the side of the house.
Whether the excessive anger of Uncle Davy had anything to do with producing the storm of Sunday night our informant did not say.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 26 Sep 1890
Uncle David CARNAHAN met with quite a mishap on our streets Wednesday. He had been in this city to do some trading and just as he had started home, accompanied by Charlie CARNAHAN and Bill DENNY, the coupling of his buggy broke and let the bed down, the team being a gentle one, no one was hurt.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 16 Mar 1900
Old Mr. CARNAHAN is very low with grippe. He is 84 years old and the prospects for his recovery are not the best.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 12 Oct 1900
Mr. CARNAHAN died at 6 o'clock this (Friday) morning after a lingering illness. He was 84 years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist Church. Dr. JONES will officiate.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 19 Oct 1900
David CARNAHAN was born June 16, 1816, in Wilmington, Mercer county, Penn. He with his father's family, emigrated to Mercer county, Ill., in the spring of 1839. In the autumn of 1845, he was united in marriage to Melissa MITCHELL. To this union were born seven children, two sons and five daughters.
In the spring of 1871 he, with his family, came to Jefferson county, Kansas, where he resided until the time of his death, which occured October 12, 1900. He leaves a wife, two sons, three daughters, twenty-nine grand and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Early in life, Mr. CARNAHAN accepted Christ as our Savior, and during all the years of suffering and affliction, which he bore patiently, he ever held fast to the promises of God, and passed away leaving with his family and friends the blessed assurance that all was well with his soul.
Mr. CARNAHAN was an exceptionally interesting conversationalist, being well posted in theology, mathematics, history, and different branches of science. Being gifted with a remarkable memory, he took great delight in putting hard questions and answering them himself when others failed. He was a loyal, honest, kind and peacable citizen, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
A Neighbor
Son of John Carnahan (1792-1880) and Nancy Hill Carnahan (1790-1870). Married Melissa Abigail Mitchell (1829-1903) on 11-13-1845 in Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill.
Children are Seleste Carnahan (1846-xxxx), Sarah Agnes Carnahan Zabriskie (1848-1934), Lavenda Carnahan Denny (1850-1891), Louis Kasuth Carnahan (1852-1928), Ida Ophelia carnahan Thomas (1855-1916), Charles Sumner Carnahan (1858-1931) and Lucy Florilla Carnahan Harman Moss Miller (1860-1942).
Siblings are William McFarland Carnahan (1818-1897), unnamed infant Carnahan (1819-1819), twins Mary Carnahan Martin (1821-1906) and John Carnahan (1821-1881), Jane Carnahan Anderson Hoagland (1823-1913), Porter Carnahan (1825-1830), Joseph Carnahan (1827-1914), Agnes Carnahan (1830-1830), Eliza Carnahan Pinkerton (1831-1893) and James Carnahan (1834-1861).
According to his grand-daughter, Ida May THOMAS SCHNEIDER, David had red hair, and sapphire blue eyes. He had badly formed feet (crooked toes) and had to wear soft leather foot casings and could hardly walk any distance. He read books on every topic, such as, Veterinary medicine, weather, animal husbandry, farm rotation, history and the Bible. He was full of curiosity and had said that the more he knew the more ignorant he felt. He was always looking for more information to learn.
Mrs. Paul A. CARNAHAN states that David came to Kansas with his father's family from Illinois by ox-team. They bought lumber at Leavenworth and brought it to McLouth.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 17 Jan 1890
Broke His Leg.
The first accident resulting from the cold weather that we are called upon to record is that of David CARNAHAN, an old and prosperous farmer who resides on the county line a mile and a half east of this city, who fell on the ice and broke his leg last Monday afternoon.
Mr. CARNAHAN had gone out that afternoon to look after his stock and see the water supply was all right, and when walking on the crust beside a straw stack, both feet slipped sideways and from under him, breaking both bones of his right leg a short distance above the ankle.
After the fall he attempted to crawl to the house but could not because of his suffering, and then he shouted loudly for help. His cries for assistance were soon heard and help rendered.
When an attempt was made to help him to the home, he was in so much misery that he could not be helped until he was placed upon a board, and in this way he was carried to the house after which medical aid was summoned.
Dr. JONES set the fracture and the patient is doing as well as could be expected, considering his extreme age.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 8 Aug 1890
On Sunday last a villinous tramp stole a thermometer from Uncle David CARNAHAN, who resides a mile and a half northeast of this city, but it was quickly recovered after its loss was discovered.
In the afternoon of the day mentioned a tramp came along and asked in piteous tones for a few morsels to eat. He was furnished with a generous lunch which he ate in the shade near the house, after which he filled his pockets with apples and proceeded on his way.
After his trampship had been gone an hour or more, Uncle David had occasion to examine his thermometer to see how warm the weather was, when Lo and Behold, it was gone!
Suspicion pointed to the tramp as being the thief, so Uncle Davy at once mounted a horse, arming himself with a good sized club, and put out after his tramp.
The tramp had not gone far before he came to a grove, and the day being a warm one, he laid down to enjoy himself and was thus disporting himself when Uncle Davy came upon him. A demand was made for the thermometer but a strong denial was put forth by the tramp that he knew nothing of its whereabouts. This did not suit the pursuer, who declared he would wear the club to pieces over his head if he did not at once produce the weather director!
The earnestness of Uncle David impressed itself so vividly upon the mind of his trampship that he pointed to a bush nearby on which the stolen instrument was hanging. It was secured, brought home and is now hanging in its accustomed place on the side of the house.
Whether the excessive anger of Uncle Davy had anything to do with producing the storm of Sunday night our informant did not say.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 26 Sep 1890
Uncle David CARNAHAN met with quite a mishap on our streets Wednesday. He had been in this city to do some trading and just as he had started home, accompanied by Charlie CARNAHAN and Bill DENNY, the coupling of his buggy broke and let the bed down, the team being a gentle one, no one was hurt.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 16 Mar 1900
Old Mr. CARNAHAN is very low with grippe. He is 84 years old and the prospects for his recovery are not the best.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 12 Oct 1900
Mr. CARNAHAN died at 6 o'clock this (Friday) morning after a lingering illness. He was 84 years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist Church. Dr. JONES will officiate.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 19 Oct 1900
David CARNAHAN was born June 16, 1816, in Wilmington, Mercer county, Penn. He with his father's family, emigrated to Mercer county, Ill., in the spring of 1839. In the autumn of 1845, he was united in marriage to Melissa MITCHELL. To this union were born seven children, two sons and five daughters.
In the spring of 1871 he, with his family, came to Jefferson county, Kansas, where he resided until the time of his death, which occured October 12, 1900. He leaves a wife, two sons, three daughters, twenty-nine grand and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Early in life, Mr. CARNAHAN accepted Christ as our Savior, and during all the years of suffering and affliction, which he bore patiently, he ever held fast to the promises of God, and passed away leaving with his family and friends the blessed assurance that all was well with his soul.
Mr. CARNAHAN was an exceptionally interesting conversationalist, being well posted in theology, mathematics, history, and different branches of science. Being gifted with a remarkable memory, he took great delight in putting hard questions and answering them himself when others failed. He was a loyal, honest, kind and peacable citizen, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
A Neighbor
Children are Seleste Carnahan (1846-xxxx), Sarah Agnes Carnahan Zabriskie (1848-1934), Lavenda Carnahan Denny (1850-1891), Louis Kasuth Carnahan (1852-1928), Ida Ophelia carnahan Thomas (1855-1916), Charles Sumner Carnahan (1858-1931) and Lucy Florilla Carnahan Harman Moss Miller (1860-1942).
Siblings are William McFarland Carnahan (1818-1897), unnamed infant Carnahan (1819-1819), twins Mary Carnahan Martin (1821-1906) and John Carnahan (1821-1881), Jane Carnahan Anderson Hoagland (1823-1913), Porter Carnahan (1825-1830), Joseph Carnahan (1827-1914), Agnes Carnahan (1830-1830), Eliza Carnahan Pinkerton (1831-1893) and James Carnahan (1834-1861).
According to his grand-daughter, Ida May THOMAS SCHNEIDER, David had red hair, and sapphire blue eyes. He had badly formed feet (crooked toes) and had to wear soft leather foot casings and could hardly walk any distance. He read books on every topic, such as, Veterinary medicine, weather, animal husbandry, farm rotation, history and the Bible. He was full of curiosity and had said that the more he knew the more ignorant he felt. He was always looking for more information to learn.
Mrs. Paul A. CARNAHAN states that David came to Kansas with his father's family from Illinois by ox-team. They bought lumber at Leavenworth and brought it to McLouth.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 17 Jan 1890
Broke His Leg.
The first accident resulting from the cold weather that we are called upon to record is that of David CARNAHAN, an old and prosperous farmer who resides on the county line a mile and a half east of this city, who fell on the ice and broke his leg last Monday afternoon.
Mr. CARNAHAN had gone out that afternoon to look after his stock and see the water supply was all right, and when walking on the crust beside a straw stack, both feet slipped sideways and from under him, breaking both bones of his right leg a short distance above the ankle.
After the fall he attempted to crawl to the house but could not because of his suffering, and then he shouted loudly for help. His cries for assistance were soon heard and help rendered.
When an attempt was made to help him to the home, he was in so much misery that he could not be helped until he was placed upon a board, and in this way he was carried to the house after which medical aid was summoned.
Dr. JONES set the fracture and the patient is doing as well as could be expected, considering his extreme age.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 8 Aug 1890
On Sunday last a villinous tramp stole a thermometer from Uncle David CARNAHAN, who resides a mile and a half northeast of this city, but it was quickly recovered after its loss was discovered.
In the afternoon of the day mentioned a tramp came along and asked in piteous tones for a few morsels to eat. He was furnished with a generous lunch which he ate in the shade near the house, after which he filled his pockets with apples and proceeded on his way.
After his trampship had been gone an hour or more, Uncle David had occasion to examine his thermometer to see how warm the weather was, when Lo and Behold, it was gone!
Suspicion pointed to the tramp as being the thief, so Uncle Davy at once mounted a horse, arming himself with a good sized club, and put out after his tramp.
The tramp had not gone far before he came to a grove, and the day being a warm one, he laid down to enjoy himself and was thus disporting himself when Uncle Davy came upon him. A demand was made for the thermometer but a strong denial was put forth by the tramp that he knew nothing of its whereabouts. This did not suit the pursuer, who declared he would wear the club to pieces over his head if he did not at once produce the weather director!
The earnestness of Uncle David impressed itself so vividly upon the mind of his trampship that he pointed to a bush nearby on which the stolen instrument was hanging. It was secured, brought home and is now hanging in its accustomed place on the side of the house.
Whether the excessive anger of Uncle Davy had anything to do with producing the storm of Sunday night our informant did not say.
MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 26 Sep 1890
Uncle David CARNAHAN met with quite a mishap on our streets Wednesday. He had been in this city to do some trading and just as he had started home, accompanied by Charlie CARNAHAN and Bill DENNY, the coupling of his buggy broke and let the bed down, the team being a gentle one, no one was hurt.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 16 Mar 1900
Old Mr. CARNAHAN is very low with grippe. He is 84 years old and the prospects for his recovery are not the best.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 12 Oct 1900
Mr. CARNAHAN died at 6 o'clock this (Friday) morning after a lingering illness. He was 84 years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist Church. Dr. JONES will officiate.
THE MCLOUTH TIMES - Friday - 19 Oct 1900
David CARNAHAN was born June 16, 1816, in Wilmington, Mercer county, Penn. He with his father's family, emigrated to Mercer county, Ill., in the spring of 1839. In the autumn of 1845, he was united in marriage to Melissa MITCHELL. To this union were born seven children, two sons and five daughters.
In the spring of 1871 he, with his family, came to Jefferson county, Kansas, where he resided until the time of his death, which occured October 12, 1900. He leaves a wife, two sons, three daughters, twenty-nine grand and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Early in life, Mr. CARNAHAN accepted Christ as our Savior, and during all the years of suffering and affliction, which he bore patiently, he ever held fast to the promises of God, and passed away leaving with his family and friends the blessed assurance that all was well with his soul.
Mr. CARNAHAN was an exceptionally interesting conversationalist, being well posted in theology, mathematics, history, and different branches of science. Being gifted with a remarkable memory, he took great delight in putting hard questions and answering them himself when others failed. He was a loyal, honest, kind and peacable citizen, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
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