A great deal of interest attaches itself to each of the four American generations of this family, represented in legal and business circles in Richmond, Virginia, by Joseph Preston Carson, no small part of which is in the fact that each of the direct line leading from the immigrant ancestor, Joseph Carson, to Joseph Preston Carson, has been indentified with the professions, three with the law and one with the ministry. Joseph Carson, who founded his line in Virginia, was a native of Ireland, and was a prominent lawyer of his period.
(II) Judge Joseph S. Carson, son of Joseph Carson and grandfather of Joseph Preston Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, and there died in 1870. The law was the calling he adopted early in life, his career as an attorney a successful one, and at his death he was judge of the county court sitting at Winchester. Judge Carson was connected with the confederate service during the civil war, although at the opening of it past the age when he might serve as a soldier in the ranks.
(III) Rev. Dr. Theodore M. Carson, the eldest son of Judge Joseph S. Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, in 1834, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1904. He was an M. A. of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and after his ordination into the ministry spent the first four years as chaplain in the army of the Confederacy. At the close of the war, and after several previous charges, he was for thirty-three years rector of St. Paul's Church, at Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attained high position in the church, and at his death was president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, also dean of the Convocation of Southern Virginia. Rev. Dr. Carson was a scholar of broad culture, a preacher of intense inspiration, and a minister of measureless sympathy, and during the years of his life, passed in such faithful devotion to the cause he had espoused, he became the instrument of infinite good in the service of the Master. He married, in 1860, Victoria Ellen, daughter of William and Ann (Waters) Allison. William Allison was a member of an old Irish family, born in Ireland, and after coming to Virginia made his home in Richmond. His wife was a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of a family of thirteen children, the eldest, James head of the firm of Allison & Allison, the youngest Victoria Ellen, of previous mention, married Rev. Theodore M. Carson. Children of Rev. Dr. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson are: Joseph Preston, of whom further; Maud Lee, born in 1866, married Professor W. M. Lile, dean of the law department of the University of Virginia.
(IV) Joseph Preston Carson, son of Rev. Dr. Theodore M. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson, was born at the Preston homestead, "Solitude," Montgomery county, Virginia, August 2, 1862. His youthful education was obtained in the schools of Winchester and Lynchburg, and after a course in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, he matriculated at the University of Virginia, being in the class of 1882. Soon after graduation he became an analytical chemist with the firm of Allison & Allison, in 1883 taking up residence in Richmond, where he has since remained. For ten years he was associated with the previously mentioned firm, during that time pursuing legal studies at the University of Virginia, and in 1887 gained admission to the bar. He has made steady advances in his profession and now occupies a responsible position in legal circles, but has not confined his labors to this field, being at this writing connected with several large business interests, and president of a widely extended company of manufacturing chemists, in Richmond. With the responsibility of the affairs of this latter company and the exactions of his law practice, Mr. Carson's existence is a busy one, a fact that detracts little from his enjoyment, for he is of vigorous nature, finding in close application to his business an agreeable satisfaction that comes only with labor well done and duty thoroughly performed.
Mr. Carson, although he has never sought or held political office, is a staunch Democrat in both state and national politics. While a member of many of the social organizations of Richmond, his recreations are sought in outdoor pleasures, and he is a director in several hunting and fishing clubs in the state. Mr. Carson is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Lodge and Chapter, and is a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. His residence is the handsome estate of "Dundee," Chesterfield county, Virginia.
He married, in Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 1900, Catherine Valentine, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 17, 1873, daughter J. J. Montague, her father a native of Prince Anne county, Virginia. He also was a soldier in the Confederate States army, serving during the entire war, and is now vice-president of the Planters' National Bank of Richmond. Mr. Montague married Catherine Warren, a native of Virginia, who died in 1909. Children of Joseph Preston and Catherine Valentine (Montague) Carson are: Theodore Montague, born February 10, 1901, now a student in Richmond Academy; Catherine Warren, born May 24, 1903; Joseph Preston Jr., born April 1, 1905. (Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies - Vol. IV. Transcriber: Chris Davis)
(II) Judge Joseph S. Carson, son of Joseph Carson and grandfather of Joseph Preston Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, and there died in 1870. The law was the calling he adopted early in life, his career as an attorney a successful one, and at his death he was judge of the county court sitting at Winchester. Judge Carson was connected with the confederate service during the civil war, although at the opening of it past the age when he might serve as a soldier in the ranks.
(III) Rev. Dr. Theodore M. Carson, the eldest son of Judge Joseph S. Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, in 1834, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1904. He was an M. A. of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and after his ordination into the ministry spent the first four years as chaplain in the army of the Confederacy. At the close of the war, and after several previous charges, he was for thirty-three years rector of St. Paul's Church, at Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attained high position in the church, and at his death was president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, also dean of the Convocation of Southern Virginia. Rev. Dr. Carson was a scholar of broad culture, a preacher of intense inspiration, and a minister of measureless sympathy, and during the years of his life, passed in such faithful devotion to the cause he had espoused, he became the instrument of infinite good in the service of the Master. He married, in 1860, Victoria Ellen, daughter of William and Ann (Waters) Allison. William Allison was a member of an old Irish family, born in Ireland, and after coming to Virginia made his home in Richmond. His wife was a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of a family of thirteen children, the eldest, James head of the firm of Allison & Allison, the youngest Victoria Ellen, of previous mention, married Rev. Theodore M. Carson. Children of Rev. Dr. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson are: Joseph Preston, of whom further; Maud Lee, born in 1866, married Professor W. M. Lile, dean of the law department of the University of Virginia.
(IV) Joseph Preston Carson, son of Rev. Dr. Theodore M. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson, was born at the Preston homestead, "Solitude," Montgomery county, Virginia, August 2, 1862. His youthful education was obtained in the schools of Winchester and Lynchburg, and after a course in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, he matriculated at the University of Virginia, being in the class of 1882. Soon after graduation he became an analytical chemist with the firm of Allison & Allison, in 1883 taking up residence in Richmond, where he has since remained. For ten years he was associated with the previously mentioned firm, during that time pursuing legal studies at the University of Virginia, and in 1887 gained admission to the bar. He has made steady advances in his profession and now occupies a responsible position in legal circles, but has not confined his labors to this field, being at this writing connected with several large business interests, and president of a widely extended company of manufacturing chemists, in Richmond. With the responsibility of the affairs of this latter company and the exactions of his law practice, Mr. Carson's existence is a busy one, a fact that detracts little from his enjoyment, for he is of vigorous nature, finding in close application to his business an agreeable satisfaction that comes only with labor well done and duty thoroughly performed.
Mr. Carson, although he has never sought or held political office, is a staunch Democrat in both state and national politics. While a member of many of the social organizations of Richmond, his recreations are sought in outdoor pleasures, and he is a director in several hunting and fishing clubs in the state. Mr. Carson is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Lodge and Chapter, and is a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. His residence is the handsome estate of "Dundee," Chesterfield county, Virginia.
He married, in Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 1900, Catherine Valentine, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 17, 1873, daughter J. J. Montague, her father a native of Prince Anne county, Virginia. He also was a soldier in the Confederate States army, serving during the entire war, and is now vice-president of the Planters' National Bank of Richmond. Mr. Montague married Catherine Warren, a native of Virginia, who died in 1909. Children of Joseph Preston and Catherine Valentine (Montague) Carson are: Theodore Montague, born February 10, 1901, now a student in Richmond Academy; Catherine Warren, born May 24, 1903; Joseph Preston Jr., born April 1, 1905. (Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies - Vol. IV. Transcriber: Chris Davis)
A great deal of interest attaches itself to each of the four American generations of this family, represented in legal and business circles in Richmond, Virginia, by Joseph Preston Carson, no small part of which is in the fact that each of the direct line leading from the immigrant ancestor, Joseph Carson, to Joseph Preston Carson, has been indentified with the professions, three with the law and one with the ministry. Joseph Carson, who founded his line in Virginia, was a native of Ireland, and was a prominent lawyer of his period.
(II) Judge Joseph S. Carson, son of Joseph Carson and grandfather of Joseph Preston Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, and there died in 1870. The law was the calling he adopted early in life, his career as an attorney a successful one, and at his death he was judge of the county court sitting at Winchester. Judge Carson was connected with the confederate service during the civil war, although at the opening of it past the age when he might serve as a soldier in the ranks.
(III) Rev. Dr. Theodore M. Carson, the eldest son of Judge Joseph S. Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, in 1834, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1904. He was an M. A. of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and after his ordination into the ministry spent the first four years as chaplain in the army of the Confederacy. At the close of the war, and after several previous charges, he was for thirty-three years rector of St. Paul's Church, at Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attained high position in the church, and at his death was president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, also dean of the Convocation of Southern Virginia. Rev. Dr. Carson was a scholar of broad culture, a preacher of intense inspiration, and a minister of measureless sympathy, and during the years of his life, passed in such faithful devotion to the cause he had espoused, he became the instrument of infinite good in the service of the Master. He married, in 1860, Victoria Ellen, daughter of William and Ann (Waters) Allison. William Allison was a member of an old Irish family, born in Ireland, and after coming to Virginia made his home in Richmond. His wife was a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of a family of thirteen children, the eldest, James head of the firm of Allison & Allison, the youngest Victoria Ellen, of previous mention, married Rev. Theodore M. Carson. Children of Rev. Dr. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson are: Joseph Preston, of whom further; Maud Lee, born in 1866, married Professor W. M. Lile, dean of the law department of the University of Virginia.
(IV) Joseph Preston Carson, son of Rev. Dr. Theodore M. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson, was born at the Preston homestead, "Solitude," Montgomery county, Virginia, August 2, 1862. His youthful education was obtained in the schools of Winchester and Lynchburg, and after a course in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, he matriculated at the University of Virginia, being in the class of 1882. Soon after graduation he became an analytical chemist with the firm of Allison & Allison, in 1883 taking up residence in Richmond, where he has since remained. For ten years he was associated with the previously mentioned firm, during that time pursuing legal studies at the University of Virginia, and in 1887 gained admission to the bar. He has made steady advances in his profession and now occupies a responsible position in legal circles, but has not confined his labors to this field, being at this writing connected with several large business interests, and president of a widely extended company of manufacturing chemists, in Richmond. With the responsibility of the affairs of this latter company and the exactions of his law practice, Mr. Carson's existence is a busy one, a fact that detracts little from his enjoyment, for he is of vigorous nature, finding in close application to his business an agreeable satisfaction that comes only with labor well done and duty thoroughly performed.
Mr. Carson, although he has never sought or held political office, is a staunch Democrat in both state and national politics. While a member of many of the social organizations of Richmond, his recreations are sought in outdoor pleasures, and he is a director in several hunting and fishing clubs in the state. Mr. Carson is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Lodge and Chapter, and is a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. His residence is the handsome estate of "Dundee," Chesterfield county, Virginia.
He married, in Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 1900, Catherine Valentine, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 17, 1873, daughter J. J. Montague, her father a native of Prince Anne county, Virginia. He also was a soldier in the Confederate States army, serving during the entire war, and is now vice-president of the Planters' National Bank of Richmond. Mr. Montague married Catherine Warren, a native of Virginia, who died in 1909. Children of Joseph Preston and Catherine Valentine (Montague) Carson are: Theodore Montague, born February 10, 1901, now a student in Richmond Academy; Catherine Warren, born May 24, 1903; Joseph Preston Jr., born April 1, 1905. (Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies - Vol. IV. Transcriber: Chris Davis)
(II) Judge Joseph S. Carson, son of Joseph Carson and grandfather of Joseph Preston Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, and there died in 1870. The law was the calling he adopted early in life, his career as an attorney a successful one, and at his death he was judge of the county court sitting at Winchester. Judge Carson was connected with the confederate service during the civil war, although at the opening of it past the age when he might serve as a soldier in the ranks.
(III) Rev. Dr. Theodore M. Carson, the eldest son of Judge Joseph S. Carson, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, in 1834, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1904. He was an M. A. of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and after his ordination into the ministry spent the first four years as chaplain in the army of the Confederacy. At the close of the war, and after several previous charges, he was for thirty-three years rector of St. Paul's Church, at Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attained high position in the church, and at his death was president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, also dean of the Convocation of Southern Virginia. Rev. Dr. Carson was a scholar of broad culture, a preacher of intense inspiration, and a minister of measureless sympathy, and during the years of his life, passed in such faithful devotion to the cause he had espoused, he became the instrument of infinite good in the service of the Master. He married, in 1860, Victoria Ellen, daughter of William and Ann (Waters) Allison. William Allison was a member of an old Irish family, born in Ireland, and after coming to Virginia made his home in Richmond. His wife was a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of a family of thirteen children, the eldest, James head of the firm of Allison & Allison, the youngest Victoria Ellen, of previous mention, married Rev. Theodore M. Carson. Children of Rev. Dr. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson are: Joseph Preston, of whom further; Maud Lee, born in 1866, married Professor W. M. Lile, dean of the law department of the University of Virginia.
(IV) Joseph Preston Carson, son of Rev. Dr. Theodore M. and Victoria Ellen (Allison) Carson, was born at the Preston homestead, "Solitude," Montgomery county, Virginia, August 2, 1862. His youthful education was obtained in the schools of Winchester and Lynchburg, and after a course in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, he matriculated at the University of Virginia, being in the class of 1882. Soon after graduation he became an analytical chemist with the firm of Allison & Allison, in 1883 taking up residence in Richmond, where he has since remained. For ten years he was associated with the previously mentioned firm, during that time pursuing legal studies at the University of Virginia, and in 1887 gained admission to the bar. He has made steady advances in his profession and now occupies a responsible position in legal circles, but has not confined his labors to this field, being at this writing connected with several large business interests, and president of a widely extended company of manufacturing chemists, in Richmond. With the responsibility of the affairs of this latter company and the exactions of his law practice, Mr. Carson's existence is a busy one, a fact that detracts little from his enjoyment, for he is of vigorous nature, finding in close application to his business an agreeable satisfaction that comes only with labor well done and duty thoroughly performed.
Mr. Carson, although he has never sought or held political office, is a staunch Democrat in both state and national politics. While a member of many of the social organizations of Richmond, his recreations are sought in outdoor pleasures, and he is a director in several hunting and fishing clubs in the state. Mr. Carson is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Lodge and Chapter, and is a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. His residence is the handsome estate of "Dundee," Chesterfield county, Virginia.
He married, in Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 1900, Catherine Valentine, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 17, 1873, daughter J. J. Montague, her father a native of Prince Anne county, Virginia. He also was a soldier in the Confederate States army, serving during the entire war, and is now vice-president of the Planters' National Bank of Richmond. Mr. Montague married Catherine Warren, a native of Virginia, who died in 1909. Children of Joseph Preston and Catherine Valentine (Montague) Carson are: Theodore Montague, born February 10, 1901, now a student in Richmond Academy; Catherine Warren, born May 24, 1903; Joseph Preston Jr., born April 1, 1905. (Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies - Vol. IV. Transcriber: Chris Davis)
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