William Allen Carrington (1830 - 1866)

Born 12 Apr 1830 in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred Coles Carrington — married 21 Oct 1863 (to 17 Jul 1866) in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

Died 17 Jul 1866 at age 36 in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

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Dr. William Carrington served in the United States Civil War.
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Biography

William was born in 1830, in Charlotte County, Virginia. He was the son of Paul Sydenham Carrington and Emma Catherine Cabell.

Graduated with an M. D. from University of Virginia 1847-1850. He chose to practice in New York until the outbreak of war when he offered his services to Virginia. He was appointed, on 16 May 1861, as surgeon & Inspector of Hospitals to the 5th Virginia Volunteers. In July he was transferred to the 7th Virginia Infantry. On 1 Oct 1862, he became Inspector of Hospitals under General Gustavus Smith. By March 1863 he was Inspector of all Richmond hospitals and in Sept. 1864 he was appointed Medical Director of all of Virginia's hospitals^[1].

On 13 Oct 1863, in Charlotte, he married Mildred Coles Carrington^[2]. They were paternal 1st cousins (fathers were brothers). They had the following children.

1. Edgar Wirt Carrington b. 1865 - d. 1896, never married
2. William Allen Carrington b/d. 1866

It was said the war completely wore him out and left him in broken health. He returned to "Ridgeway" where he died a few days after his father on the 17 Jul 1866. He is buried at the private Carrington/Ridgeway cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865[1]
2. ↑ Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901, Marriage Record[2]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #73546391

• [3] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings, Birth, Death, Marriage, Wife, Children, Military page 569, 570

• "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7388-LH3Z : Sat Dec 09 04:09:06 UTC 2023), Entry for William Allen Carrington, 1861-1865.

• Wife's obit. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP19-S1ND : Fri Oct 20 21:22:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Mrs Mildred C Carrington and Dr William C Carrington, 02 Jan 1923.