Samuel Edwin Carrington was born August 10, 1863 in Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Samuel Carrington and Lydia Ann Bowen and was my great granduncle.
On December 9, 1885, in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Mary Ellen Miller. She was born Feb. 9, 1855 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of John Miller and Fianna Harter. She worked at a dairy in a stone barn before being married.
From J. Terry's files:
"Samuel left home shortly after the death of his father because his mother was sick and unable to take care of farm. He worked on a farm in Ham's Prairie for a while. Mary's father, John Miller, gave a parcel of his land to Sam and Mary. This land adjoins current county road NN. The house that Sam built there has been torn down.
Samuel is reported to have been a big man who like "ham meat and brown gravy". He is also said to have had a horse that could make the trip from his home to Fulton in 12 to 15 minutes, a distance of 7 miles. Sam farmed most of his life. He and Mary lived on the farm until the last few years of their lives when they lived with their daughter, Lillie May on Jefferson Street in Fulton."
Samuel E. and Mary Miller Carrington had 5 children:
- John Edward Carrington b: Dec. 30, 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: July 3, 1918, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Unity Baptist Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. John died from menengitis and being struck by lightning.
- Lilly May Carrington b: Aug. 1888, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1974.
- Married Jan 4, 1911, John Ratckin Miller, son of George Washington Miller and Virginia Lee, b: May 18, 1889, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 9, 1954, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They are buried at Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Alma Pauline Miller, b: 1911, Callaway Co., Misssouri d: 1994, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
- Virgil Miller, b: June 29, 1914, Callaway Co., Misssouri d: Jan. 25, 1984, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Doyle Miller, b: abt. 1917, Callaway Co., Misssouri
- Elmer Miller, b: 1919, Callaway Co., Misssouri d: 1993, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Wilson Miller, b: Sept. 25, 1925, Callaway Co., Misssouri d: Oct. 1, 1951, Inchon Korea, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Two more daughters, twins, possibly living.
- Bertha Maude Carrington b: Feb 10, 1891, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr 8, 1956, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried United Brethern (Otterbein) Church cemetery, Callaway, Missouri.
- Married May 3, 1911, LeRoy Purvis, son of Ephraim Purvis and Mary Smith, b: Jun. 1, 1880, Multrie, Illinois, d: Jul. 31, 1971, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Ray C. Purvis, b: Mar. 7, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sep. 4, 1992, Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri. Twin of Roy.
- Roy E. Purvis, b: Mar. 7, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 15, 2000, St. Joseph, Buchannan Co., Missouri. Twin of Ray.
- Married before 1948, Evelyn Bieser
- Children:
- Donald Lee Purvis, b: Feb. 12, 1948, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 4, 1948, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried United Brethern (Otterbein) Church cemetery, Callaway, Missouri.
- Harold Dean Purvis, b: Nov. 18, 1924, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 5, 2005, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried United Brethern (Otterbein) Church cemetery, Callaway, Missouri.
- Oscar N. Carrington b: Sept 6, 1893, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May, 1983, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri.
- Married Etta B. Nichols b: abt 1896, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Jessie J. Carrington b: Nov. 15, 1895, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 1, 1992, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Oct 16, 1921, Jerry Neill Menefee b: Oct. 23, 1896, Wichita, Sedgwik Co., Kansas d: Mar. 31, 1955, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Charles Menefee and Emma R. Gaithright. He is buried in Unity Baptist Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Jessie was a school teacher. Neill's sister (Eva Pearl) married Obie Herring, son of Willis Dabney Herring, grandson of George W. Herring Sr.
- Children:
- Helen Loraine Menefee, b: Apr 15, 1925, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr 7, 1931, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried United Brethern (Otterbein) Church cemetery, Callaway, Missouri.
Samuel Edwin Carrington died October 9, 1948 in Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Mary Ellen Miller Carrington died September 7, 1944 in Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. They are buried in the United Brethern (Otterbein) Church cemetery, Callaway, Missouri.
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