William T. Carrington and Susan Clark Fisher



William T. Carrington was born on June 2, 1815 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky. His family came to Callaway Co., Missouri when he was eleven. He was my 2nd great granduncle, a son of Randolph Carrington and Katharine McGary.

In 1839 after the death of his parents, the courts made William the guardian of his brother Samuel, and sisters Nancy and Permelia Carrington.

On March 12, 1840, he married Susan Clark Fisher, b: Oct. 23, 1821 in Callaway County Missouri. She was a daughter of Thomas Fisher and Isabella Humphreys of Virginia.

William T. Carrington and Susan C. Fisher had 6 children:
  1. Julia Ann Carrington, b: May 2, 1841, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 16, 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Morris cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married Sept 4, 1861, Richard T. Davis, b: abt. 1840, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 12, 1909, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Gerard Davis and Amelia Day and was my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
      His grandparents were Truman Day and Mary Saunders (my 5th great grandparents through my mother's side). His brothers Gerrard and Francis both married into my Holt family, sister Elizabeth married into my Caldwell family, brother Charles married into my Overton family.
      • Children:
      • William Davis b: abt 1862, Callaway Co., Missouri
      • Sanders Thomas Davis b: June 29, 1864, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 18, 1937, St. Louis, Missouri, buried Valhalla cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
        • Married, Barbara W. Jordan, b: Mar. 1, 1868, Cole Co., Missouri, d: May 15, 1944, Webster Groves, St. Louis Co., Missouri, buried Valhalla cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. She was a daughter of William Jordan and Barbara Winson.
          • Children:
          • Nydia Willis Davis, b: May 16, 1890, St. Louis, Missouri, d: Dec. 2, 1953, St. Louis, buried Valhalla cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
            • Married, William Price, b: abt. 1882, Missouri, d: after 1953.
          • Nedia W. Davis, b: Oct. 1891.
          • William T. Davis, b: Sept. 1892.
          • Marie D. Davis, b: Sept. 1894.
      • Emory Davis b: Feb. 28, 1868, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 26, 1870, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Morris cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Nancy Davis b: abt 1870
      • Sallie Amelia Davis b: Jan. 20, 1874, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 18, 1950, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mokane cemetery, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, May 19, 1891, Callaway Co., Missouri, John Madison Whanger, b: July 28, 1859, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 25, 1943, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mokane cemetery, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Samuel Whanger and Rebecca Jane Welch.
          • Children:
          • Ethel Whanger, b: Apr. 1892, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married, Dec. 25, 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, William L. Rice, b: abt. 1893, Missouri
          • Eugene Sylvester Whanger, b: May 2, 1895, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 13, 1947, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
            • Married, Dec. 25, 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, Lillian Bradley, b: abt. 1897, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of James F. Bradley and Zula A. Gilman.
          • Vida Whanger, b: June 1897, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • John H. Whanger, b: July 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri
            • Married, abt. 1926, Dorthy unknown. They lived in St. Louis, Missouri.
          • Grace Whanger, b: abt. 1901, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri. Lived in St. Louis, Missouri.
          • Samuel Whanger, b: abt. 1907, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri. Lived in St. Louis, Missouri.
          • Paul Davis Whanger, b: Nov. 5, 1909, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 18, 1923, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mokane cemetery, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Charles R. Davis b: abt 1878
      • Frank Elias Davis b: abt 1883
  2. Nannie (Nancy) Carrington, b: Dec. 16, 1843, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 16, 1869 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ewing Family Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • married abt 1869, Alexander Campbell Ewing, b: Sept. 8, 1837, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: June 4, 1902, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ewing Family Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. He was a son of James P. Ewing and Belinda Neil. His brother, William Ewing, was the husband of my great grandaunt, Georgianna Herring.
  3. Elizabeth J. Carrington, b: abt. 1845, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept 7, 1936, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, buried Grove Hill cemetery, Dallas Co., Texas.
    • married 1868 (Divorced 1877), John Duval West Hook, b: Sept 24, 1845, Callaway Co. Missouri. He was a son of Zadok Hook and Mary E. West.
      • Children:
      • Mary S. Hook b: abt 1869, d: Dallas, Texas.
        • married 1st, George Darriss Brown, June 2, 1892, Callaway Co. Missouri
        • married 2nd, Rev. Edward A. Lyle, Oct 2, 1900. This couple went to Dallas, Texas.
      • William Z. Hook b: Dec. 1871, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Charles F. Hook b: Mar 13, 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Nannie Hook b: Sept 17, 1875 d: Aug 15, 1879
  4. Mary Carrington, b: abt. 1848, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 14, 1893, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Carrington Baptist Church cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Sisters Emma and Mary lived together all their lives, taking care of their father in the last years of his life. Mary died two years after her father, Emma lived for 27 more years and taught at a boarding school in Jefferson City.
  5. William T. Carrington Jr., b: Jan 23, 1854, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan 21, 1937, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri. William T. Carrington was the author of the Carrington Doc. research paper which gave the ancestry of the Carrington family.
    • married Aug 19, 1879, Mary Dillard Holloway, b: Dec 1, 1856, Boone Co., Missouri, d: Jun 23, 1930, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of John T. Holloway and Mary Bathrton?.
      • Children:
      • Dr. William J. Carrington b: Feb 4, 1884, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. Moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
      • Paul Carrington b: Sept 24, 1894, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, d: May 28, 1988, Dallas Texas,
        • married Frances Dewitt, b: abt 1896, d: 1992, in Texas.
    • Professor William T. Carrington lived in Jefferson City, Missouri. (In 1894 State Democratic Convention nominated him for State Superintendent of Public Schools). They had two sons. The older became a physician and for many years the president of the school board in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The younger, Paul, became a lawyer in Dallas
  6. Emma Fisher Carrington, b: Apr 22, 1858, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov 26, 1920, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri. She is buried in Carrington Cemetery, Carrington, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Sisters Emma and Mary lived together all their lives, taking care of their father in the last years of his life. Mary died two years after her father, Emma lived for 27 more years and taught at a boarding school in Jefferson City.

William Carrington was commissioned Captain of Co. 1 of 24th Battalion Reg., 12th Div. of the National Guard. He held this position for many years and prepared a fine group for the war of Mexico and drilled many who later entered both sides in the War among the States.

In 1851 he was a liberal contributor to the founding of Westminster College, one of the first Protestant Educational Institutions of college rank established in Missouri.

In 1860, William Carrington owned 6 slaves. Following the Civil War, Mr. Carrington was made County Judge.

Susan Clark Fisher Carrington died on May 25, 1879 in Callaway Co. Missouri.
Obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette death notices June 6, 1879
Carrington - In Memoriam
Died at her residence, May 26th, 1879, from disease of the heart, Mrs. Susan C. Carrington, in the 57th year of her age. She was a daughter of Thos. Fisher and wife of Judge William Carrington.

After the family home was destroyed by fire in 1889, Judge Carrington spent his last years in Fulton with his two daughters Emma and Mary. He died on Thanksgiving Day Nov. 26, 1891. They are buried in Carrington Baptist Church cemetery, Carringon, Callaway Co., Missouri.


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