Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — A WHITE COUNTY PIONEER. [ARTICLE]

A WHITE COUNTY PIONEER.

Mrs. Lydia Carson Was First White | Woman Married In That County. Rev. C. L. Harper conducted the j funeral services at Monon on Monday of last week of one of White county’s oldest settlers,, Mrs. Lydia A. Carson, mother of J. H. Carson of Rensselaer, who enjoyed the dis- , tinction of having been the firs’ white woman married in White county. .At the time of her death ,me was almost 88 years of age. j She cf.me to White county with her parents, Mr. and Sirs. Gideon Brecount from Pennsylvania in 1839, and was married at the age of 16 to James Carson, who died in 1875. To this union nine children were born, of whom seven are still liv- ! mg, namely F. D. Carson of Monon; Mrsi.M. J. Bryaht of Tacoma, . Wash. ; W. B. Carson of St. Louis. I Mo.; Mrs. L. F Right of Oklahoma City, Okla.; James H. Carson of Rensselaer; Mrs, May Lawrie of Monticello. ' I \ \ | In her obituary the Monon News says, among other “After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Carson in 1840 they moved to I Franklin county and then to Wabash, returning to this county in ! 1844, when they located on land enj tered in West Point township. There were then four voters in that township and Monticello was the , only, voting precinct in the county. Michigan City was the trading point , and it required 30 days to make the trip with ox teams. Later the , canal reached Pittsburg, Carroll county, and it became their trading pohat. They toiled and prosperI cd midst the hardships and deprivations pf pioneer life and witnessed transformations by the onward march of civilization.”