Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....CARMAN, Harrison June 19, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com May 10, 2019, 7:47 pm Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., June 27, 1928 OBITUARY (I found on the Find-A-Grave website on Ancestry.com) Harrison CARMAN died at the home of James Kance WARDRIP on June 19, 1928 from infirmities due to old age. He was 86 years old, and was born and raised in Breckinridge County. He was affectionately known as "Uncle Harrison". He was survived by: his widow, Alta VANDERFRAFT 8 children: Mrs. James Kance WARDRIP (Lucy Mae) Mrs. Arthur LASLIE (Mary) Lula Mae Florence CARMAN (Miss Anna Florence CARMAN) Sam CARMAN Lee CARMAN Boss CARMAN (Boss Russell CARMAN) All seven children above, live in Breckinridge County, Ky William CARMAN (William H. CARMAN) of Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County) Mr. CARMAN had been a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church for five years. He is buried at the New Bethel Cemetery. Additional Comments: Harrison CARMAN has a tombstone. Breckinridge County, Ky Cemeteries, Volume 1, published in 1991: #0259 New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, located 5 miles north of Hardinsburg, Ky in Breckinridge County on the New Bethel-Stephensport Road, off KY Highway 259. CARMAN, Harrison 1850 -- 19 Jun 1928 husband of Sarah "Sally" & Alta (his death certificate lists born: 1841; 1900 census lists born: Jan 1842) his parents are unknown Harrison CARMAN married #1 to Sarah A. "Sally/Sallie" LASLIE in Breckinridge County, Ky on June 6, 1869. They had three children listed on the 1880 census of Breckinridge County. Namely: John W. CARMAN age 10; Lucy Mae CARMAN age 4 ; William H. CARMAN age 3 unknown when Sallie LASLIE CARMAN passed away or where buried. Harrison CARMAN married #2 to Alta VANDERGRAFT in Breckinridge County, Ky on 13 September, 1883. 1900 census gives her birth date as: March 1863. Her death certificate gives born: December 1863. Alta is not buried with Harrison, but at the Union Star Cemetery, located in Union Star, in Breckinridge County. Alta has no tombstone. CARMAN, Alta 00 Mar/Dec 1863 -- 31 Aug 1942 2nd wife of Harrison daughter of Sam VANDERGRAFT & Caroline KELM (see death certificate information for Alta I posted on this archives site) I do not know when Harrison's oldest child, John W. CARMAN passed away. It was before June 1928, as he was not listed as a survivor in father's obituary. Harrison & Sallie's daughter, Lucy Mae CARMAN married James "Kance" WARDRIP Harrison & Alta's daughter, Mary CARMAN married Arthur LASLIE Harrison & Alta's son, Sam CARMAN married Lucy ________. Harrison & Alta's son, Lee CARMAN married Ruth VANDERGRAFT Harrison & Alta's daughter, Anna Florence CARMAN never married (see death certificate information I posted on this archives site for Anna Florence.) Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/c/carman10483gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/