Caroline Rosina Carrie was the daughter of Gaspard Theodore Carrie "Judge Carrie" and Lucy Angeline Blodgett Carrie. She was born in Penfield, Greene County, Georgia on October 6, 1850. Caroline "Carrie" was a twin. Her twin sister was named Lucy Angeline "Angie" Carrie. Carrie and Angie's mother, Lucy Angeline Blodgett had also been a twin. The Blodgett family originally came from Woburn, Lexington, and Deerfield Massachusetts but later settled at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.(See the Lucy Angeline Blodgett Carrie memorial to find out how they arrived in Georgia.) Caroline's father "Judge Carrie" was from Augusta, Richmond County, GA. His father was originally from Bordeaux, France and his mother was from Barnwell District, South Carolina.

Carrie grew up most of her life in Big Shanty, now Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA. An interesting fact passed down in our family is that she and her sister Angie were present the morning the Locomotive "The General" was stolen in Big Shanty, Cobb County, GA, April 12, 1862 by Union Raiders. Their father, G.T. Carrie was Manager of the famous Lacy Hotel, (helping the George Lacy Family) that served as a rest stop and eating place for breakfast along the Western and Atlantic Railroad route. This event was later known as the "Great Locomotive Chase" and inspired many books and movies on the subject. After Sherman's Army burned the Hotel to the ground during the Civil War, the State built back another one on the same site after the war and it was renamed "Big Shanty Eating House" serving breakfast and dinner. The hotel was well known throughout the state for being a place to get a fine meal. (Her father, Judge Carrie was proprietor of this establishment. )

Sept. 4, 1873, C. R. Carrie married William Absalom Booth in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia. They lived at what is now North Booth Rd. near Bells Ferry Rd.(This was once Booth Family land.) They had nine children: Ben, Millard, Eugene, Cliff, Annie, Bertie, Mattie, Susie and Carrie.

They were members of Noonday Baptist Church in Cobb County, Georgia.

Caroline Rosina is my two times maternal great grandmother. I descend from her daughter Susie who is my great grandmother.