Samuel Carson Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Samuel Carson: born in Ireland. Emigrated to America, and landing in Philadelphia, remaining in the eastern part of the state for a short time, then settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Was married to Miss Ann Aten. Came to now Hancock County, West Virginia, in about 1797, settling on King's Creek. In 1810 his wife died, and he was again married in the following year to Miss Margaret Anderson. He had eight children with his first wife and seven with his second. Was a farmer. Lived to reach his 93d year.