Robert Randolph Carrington and Julia A. Holt
Robert Randolph Carrington and Nannie Sheley


Robert Randolph Carrington was my 1st cousin 3 times removed, a son of my 2nd great granduncle, John Carrington and Elizabeth T. Randolph.

He was born Nov 18, 1840, in Round Prairie Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri. On Jan 16, 1866 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married my 1st cousin 4 times removed, Julia A. Holt.

Julia A. Holt was born Sept. 27, 1849 in Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of my 3rd great granduncle Abner Holt and Elizabeth S. Foster.

Robert Randolph Carrington and Julia A. Holt had two children:
  1. Egbert C. Carrington b: Dec 1, 1867 d: Feb 4, 1881, buried Dry Fork Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette, Feb 11, 1881
      At the residence of his father, R.R. Carrington, near Gutherie, Mo., on February 4th 1881, Egbert Carrington, aged about thirteen years.
  2. Annie B. Carrington b: June 17, 1870, Callaway Co. Mo. d: Sept 1, 1935, Blue Twp., Jackson Co. Missouri, buried Mount Washington cemetery, Jackson, Missouri.
    • Married Feb 20, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, Charles G. Hendrix b: Jan. 26, 1875 Callaway Co. Missouri, died Mar. 23, 1951, Jackson Co. Missouri buried Mount Washington cemetery, Jackson, Missouri. He was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed, a son of William Hendrix and Catherine Craghead.
      • Children:
      • un-named infant daughter, b: 1900, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: before 1910.
      • Julia Marie Hendrix, b: June 14, 1900, Missouri, d: Dec. 8, 1918, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried buried Mount Washington cemetery, Jackson, Missouri.
      • Raymond Hendrix, b: abt. 1903, Missouri.
        • Married Dorothy unknown, b: abt. 1911, Missouri. At least one son, possibly living.
      • Doyle Hendrix, b: abt. 1909, Kansas City, Jackson Co. Missouri.

Julia A. Holt Carrington died on Sept. 6, 1881 in Callaway Co., Missouri, and is buried in Dry Fork cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.

obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette, Sept 9, 1881
      At her residence, 2 miles east of Guthrie, this county, Sept 6, 1881, after a protracted illness, Mrs. Julia Carrington wife of Robert R. Carrington. Funeral from Dr Fork.

On Dec 22, 1885 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Robert Randolph Carrington married Nannie Price Sheley, b: Dec. 4, 1861, Guthrie Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri. Nannie Sheley was a daughter of Benjamin F. Sheley and Priscilla A. Renoe.

Carrington - Sheley
December 22, 1885 at the residence of the bride's father, B. F. Sheley, near Guthrie, Missouri, by Rev. Mitchell, Miss Nannie Sheley and Robt. Carrington.

Robert Randolph Carrington and Nannie Price Sheley had 2 children:
  1. Orvis Alexander Carrington, b: Feb 21, 1890 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Oct 24, 1952 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Guthrie Cemetery, Guthrie, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • Married Sept 15, 1912 (Divorced), Erna Lucy White, b: May, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of John William White and Sarah E. Brooks and was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed.
      • Children:
      • Roy Rusk Carrington b: Oct. 5, 1914 Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 7, 2008, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • 1st Married, Dec. 22, 1941, Pauline Thomasson, b: June 1, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: April 2, 1979, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Cecil Floral Thomasson and Ruby Pearl Wright, and was my third cousin once removed.
          • Children: One Living
        • 2nd Married, June 7, 1980, Callaway Co., Missouri, Virginia Wise, b: Oct. 9, 1909, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 23, 2002, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. she was a daughter of Chalmers Green Wise and Annie M. Lynes.
  2. Maude Carrington, b: May 1893, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married Nov 1, 1914 Callaway Co., Missouri, Martin V. Forshee, b: abt. 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Charles Elzy Forsee and Mollie Franklin Selby.
      • Children:
      • Fredrick W. Forsee, b: abt. 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 20, 1944, North Africa, killed in action, World War II. He is memorialized in the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia, although his body was not recovered
Robert Randolph Carrington died Oct 14, 1914 in Guthrie Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri. He is buried in Guthrie cemetery, Guthrie, Callaway Co., Missouri.

Nannie Price Sheley Carrington died May 18, 1942 in Guthrie Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri. She is buried in Guthrie cemetery, Guthrie, Callaway Co., Missouri.


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