John Carrington was born on April 2, 1817 in Montgomery Co. Kentucky and came to Callaway Co., Missouri at the age of nine. He was my 2nd great granduncle, a son of Randolph Carrington and Katharine McGary.
On December 21, 1837, he married Elizabeth T. Randolph, daughter of Robert Randolph and Elizabeth Davis, granddaughter of Richard Davis and Priscilla Coe. She was born July 11, 1819 in Warren Co. Tennessee.
John Carrington and his family lived on a farm on the Middle River five miles south of Fulton (off of what is now Highway 54).
John and Elizabeth Randolph Carrington had 7 children:
- Robert Randolph Carrington, b: Nov 18, 1840, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Oct 14, 1914 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Guthrie Cemetery, Guthrie, Callaway Co., Missouri. Click his name for more information about his family.
- Harriet Jane Carrington, b: Dec 9, 1842, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 17, 1908 Aurora, Lawerance Co. Missouri, buried Maple Park Cemetery, Lawerance Co. Missouri.
- married abt 1865, Alexander Nichols, b: May 12, 1844 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb 26, 1906, Aurora, Lawerance Co. Missouri. buried Maple Park Cemetery, Lawerance Co. Missouri. He was a son of Garland Nichols and Rhemy unknown, originally of Kentucky.
- Children: (several of their male children and grandchildren worked as minors in the zinc mines in Lawerance County)
- Albert C. Nichols, b: Mar. 1866, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married abt. 1896, Maude A. unknown, b: Dec. 1869, Missouri.
- Children:
- Garland Nichols, b: Apr. 1888, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Frank Nichols, b: Oct. 1889, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Hayden A. Nichols, b: July. 1899, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Charles P. Nichols, b: May 6, 1868, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 16, 1913, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri, buried Maple Park Cemetery, Lawerance Co. Missouri. Married, abt. 1891, Lena McCleary, b: Jan. 1872, Arkansas.
- Children:
- Bessie B. Nichols, b: Jan. 1892, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- John A. Nichols, b: July 4, 1893, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 5, 1917, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri, buried Maple Park Cemetery, Lawerance Co. Missouri.
- Larkin C. Nichols, b: Oct. 1895, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Hattie A.. Nichols, b: Mar. 1898, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Robert Nichols, b: abt 1901, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Clifton Nichols, b: abt. 1905, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.
- Ruey T. Nichols, b: 1871, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Rosy C. Nichols, b: abt. 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Eliza B. Nichols, b: abt. 1876, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Thomas W. Nichols, b: abt. 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Othello A. Nichols, b: abt. 1881, Missouri.
- Emory P. Nichols, b: abt. 1884, Missouri.
- Edgar H. Nichols, b: abt. 1886, Missouri.
- Elizabeth Katherine Carrington, b: abt. 1845, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was still single in 1880, living with her sister Harriett and family. I did not find any further record of her after 1880.
- William Carrington, b: abt. 1848, Callaway Co. Mo., d: before 1860 Callaway Co. Missouri.
- John Thomas Carrington, b: abt 1849, Callaway Co. Mo., d: May 14, 1909, Callaway Co. Missouri. On the 1900 census, John "Grundy" Carrington is a patient in the State Mental Hospital in Fulton, Missouri.
- married Sept 24, 1879, Mary E. Newson, b: Mar 29, 1856, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar 18, 1906 Callaway Co. Missouri. She died 6 days after their son Clarence died.
- Children:
- Clarence Carrington b: abt 1881, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar 12, 1906, Callaway Co. Missouri. Clarence died 6 days before his mother died.
- male infant Carrington b: Dec. 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept. 22, 1883, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried Newson Farm, Callaway Co., Missouri. Died of Cholera.
- Lena Carrington b: Mar 7, 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: unknown. In 1910 she was living with sister Randa, age 26, working as a stenographer in a law office. 1930 census, she is a patient in the State Mental Hospital.
- Eliza Dimple Carrington b: abt 1886, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1930. In 1930 she was living in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, single, teaching school.
- Randa Carrington b: Feb 1, 1890, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr. 25, 1962, Grady, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, buried Rosehill Cemetery, Grady, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.
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Married Feb 21, 1917, Luther Hinton Vanlandingham, b: Sep. 6, 1882, Boone Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 18, 1965, Chickasha, Grady Co., Oklahoma, buried Rosehill Cemetery, Grady, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.
- Children:
- Mary P. Vanlandingham, b: Apr. 22, 1918, Boone Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 14, 1992, Green Bay, Brown Co., Wisconsin, buried Rosehill Cemetery, Grady, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.
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Married Cecil T. Winder, b: July 15, 1919, d: Dec. 1974, Oklahoma, buried Rosehill Cemetery, Grady, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.
- Josephine Ellen Carrington, b: Apr. 14, 1850, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 19, 1929, Auxvasse, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Auxvasse Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Jan 2, 1870, in Callaway Co., Missouri, my 2nd cousin 4 times removed, George Washington Kemp, b: Apr. 9, 1846, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 8, 1929, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Auxvasse Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. He was a son of Robert M. Kemp and Nancy Powell Craghead.
Click Here for a picture of this family in the mid 1890's.
- Children:
- John P. Kemp b: abt 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Charles Hamilton Kemp b: Sept. 12, 1872, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb. 24, 1952, Los Angeles, California.
- Robert Alexander Kemp b: June 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri, died unknown, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
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Married Mary Ollie Smith, b: Mar. 27, 1877, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 25, 1954, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Peter H. Smith and Fannie Elvira Halley, and was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed.
- George L. Kemp b: abt 1877, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Ollie Kemp b: abt 1880, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Herschel Kemp b: abt 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Roy Gale Kemp b: Sept. 1, 1883, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1884, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Martha A. Carrington, b: Nov 9, 1852, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept 18, 1877, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married, Nov 14, 1873 Marcus T. Herring, b: Sept 22, 1852, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: July 1, 1883, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. Marcus was a son of Andrew and Letitia Crooks Herring, and was my 1st cousin 3 times removed. Click on his name for further information about his family.
- Children:
- Churchill Herring, b: Dec. 24, 1874, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 1, 1875, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Clara Herring b: 1874, Callaway Co. Missouri, possibly twin of Churchill.
Elizabeth Randolph Carrington died June 11, 1854, and is buried in the Guthrie Cemetery, Guthrie, Callaway Co. Missouri. We did not find her headstone when we visited Gutherie cemetery in August of 2006.
On Feb 7, 1855, John Carrington married his half 1st cousin, Nancy Hyten. Nancy was born Mar 7, 1824 in Kentucky. She was a daughter of Stephen H. Hyten and Nancy McGary, a granddaughter of Josiah Hyten and Rebecca Caywood, and, Major Hugh H. McGary and Mary O'rafferty. She was my 1st cousin 4 times removed.
John Carrington and Nancy Hyten had 3 children:
- Stephen H. Carrington, b: Dec 21, 1855, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec 10, 1890 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Carrington Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Nannie Elizabeth Carrington, b: Sept 27, 1858, Callaway Co. Mo., d: Jan 6, 1917, Auxvasse, Callaway Co. Mo. buried Carrington Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Infant Son Carrington, b: Dec 6, 1864, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec 6, 1864 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Carrington Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co. Missouri.
Nancy Hyten Carrington died Nov 14, 1895 in Callaway Co. Missouri and is buried in Carrington Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co. Missouri.
John Carrington died Mar 31, 1900 in Callaway Co. Missouri and is buried in Carrington Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co. Missouri.
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