Athens Weekly Review
Sept. 24, 1825
J. J. Carson
Born June 12th, 1855, J. J. Carson is a native
of the state of
Ohio in Meiggs county. When still a small
boy, his parents moved
to Illinois. This was in the last year of
the Civil War. The family
settled at Mount Erie, Wayne county, at
which place Mr. Carson
grew to manhood. He received a high
school education which
was completed at Shawneetown, III. After
finishing his school
work he mastered the tinners trade and
afterward engaged in
the hardware business at Mount Erie,
III., in which business he
continued for 45 years.
Physicians advising a change of climate
for Mrs. Carson, whose health was not
good, Mr. Carson sold
out his business and came to Henderson
county, and took up
residence at Malakoff, settling there in
1911. He purchased a
large block of land near Malakoff and
also opened a hardware
business, in the town, but later disposed
of the business and gave
his attention to the large lumber
business which he is now conducting.
In Wayne county, III., where Mr. Carson
spent the greater portion of his
life, he was active and a public man and
held nearly every office within
the gift of the people in his home
county.
He early became identified with the
Methodist church and has
served on the board of Stewards for many
years.
He has been twice married. His first wife
being
Miss Mary Mendenhall. His second union
was to Miss Alice Ray Seneff,
to whom he was married in 1891. Two
children by his first wife and three
by his second wife have all received
college training. In the comparatively
short residence of Mr. Carson, in the
county, he has won for himself a
place among our foremost men of affairs.
He was largely instrumental
in the development of the extensive
lignite industry in the Malakoff
section and is still a large owner in
lignite properties there.
Public spirited in a large way, he has
cheerfully accepted the gratuitous
services thrust upon him in the interest
of the public. An enthusiastic
booster for his adopted home town and
county, he is ever ready to
champion every move for the advancement
of the section. He meets
the world with a friendly greeting and
cheerful smile that characterizes
the optimist and that wins for him the
friendship of all whom he meets.
1910 census Wayne Co., IL
page 262a
7/7
CARSON, Jennings J. head age 54 number of years of present
marriage 23
born OH father born OH mother born CT occupation merchant
hardware store
CARSON, Alice R. wife 36 5 children born to her 3 living IL PA PA
CARSON, M. Leonard son 26 single IL OH IA Agent Insurance
CARSON, Alma F. dau 24 single IL OH IA student
CARSON, Dwight H. son 17 IL OH IL student state normal
CARSON, Sadie E. dau 11 IL OH IL
CARSON, Emma V. 6 IL OH IL
FREMONT, Elizabeth A. boarder 79 widow married 2 yrs
2 children born to her 1 living IL IL IL.
Submitted by Aaron Freeman
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