Russell Leroy Carnes (1902 - 1947)

Born 13 Mar 1902 in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Dailey (McWhorter) Carnes — married 2 Jul 1926 in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1947 at age 44 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Russell was born in 1902 in Falmouth, Pendelton County, Kentucky.

His paternal DNA haplogroup is J-BY45500.

1910 census: Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky. Charles W. Carnes, head, age 37, b. Kentucky, both parents b. Kentucky, Merchant, Own store; Grace Carnes, wife, age 36, b. Kentucky, father b. Kentucky mother b. New York; May [Mary] E. Carnes, daughter, age 10, b. Kentucky; Russle L. Carnes, son, age 8, b. Kentucky; Lida Carnes, daughter, age 0, b. Kentucky.

1926 July 02: Marriage License. Russell L. Carnes, age 24, lives in Lexington, Kentucky, b. 13 March 1902 Pendleton County, Kentucky, father's name C. W. Carnes, mother's name Grace Rouse; spouse's name Dorothy D. McWhorter, age 18, lives in Lexington, Kentucky, b. 10 June [September] Bourbon County, Kentucky, father's name R. B. McWhorter, mother's name Anza Morrow. Officiator's name E. A. Clegg, Clark County, Indiana.

1930 census: Lexington, ED18, Fayette County, Kentucky. Russel Carnes, Head, age 28 b. Kentucky; Dorothy Carnes, wife, age 22 b. Kentucky; Charlie Carnes, son, age 2 b. Kentucky.

1940 census: Monarch Street, Magisterial District 1, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. Russell L. Carns, Head, age 38, b. Kentucky, Manager, Automobile supply company; Dorothy Carns, wife, age 31 b. Kentucky; Charles Carns, son, age 12 b. Kentucky; Tom Carns, son, age 8 b. Kentucky.

He passed away in 1947 in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky of acute cardiac dilatation/failure and acute alcoholism.

Obituary notice, The Owensboro Messenger 20 Feb 1947: Russell L. Carnes, 45, 1626 Cary Court, died at the Owensboro-Daviess County hospital at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday following a short illness. He was a partner in the Owensboro Storage Battery company. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Dorothy Carnes; two sons, Charles and Thomas Carnes; his father, Charles W. Carnes, Falmouth, Ky; two sisters, Mrs. Mary C. Bradford, Falmouth, and Mrs. Paul Wesche, Morehead. The body is at the Haley-McGinnis Funeral home, 519 Locust Street. Services will be conducted in the chapel of the funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. W. H. Heard, pastor of Eaton Memorial Baptist church, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be E. C. Akin, Robert Alexander, John Norris, George Morris, S. K. Hagan.

He was first buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky and later re-interred in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

There was a lawsuit with his partner in business after his death; Partnership Em 249 Suit by Dorothy D. Carnes , administraWills Em88 ( 1 ) trix of the estate of Russell L. Carnes ... (snippet available only) ALSO More v . Carnes ( Ky . 1948 ) 309 Ky . 41 , 214 S.W.2d 984. Partnership ~~ 249 ; Wills 88 ( 1 ) A writing which vests a irrevocable and not a " will " . p. 64 ALSO More v . Carnes ( Ky . 1948 ) 309 Ky . 41 , 214 S.W.2d 984. Partnership 249 ; Wills 88 ( 1 ) Disposition of community property rights at death , 391.210 to 391.260 Land adversely held may be devised , 372.070 394.020 Persons competent ... from Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated - Volume 28 - Page 275.

Earliest Known Ancestors

Y-DNA - Direct Male Line

Starting with the father of Cathryn Carnes:

1. Charles Carnes b. 1927-06-24, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States DNA ✓
2. Russell Carnes b. 1902-03-13, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States
3. Charles Carnes b. 1872-04-24, Peach Grove, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States
4. Edward Carnes b. 1843-12-29, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States
5. Edward Carnes b. 1813-02-24, Pennsylvania, United States

View the Y-DNA descendants of Edward Carnes.

Sources

• Russell Leroy Carnes. Discovery person page, FamilySearch. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M4W9-8MG/russell-leroy-carnes-1902-1947.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26Y-MV8 : accessed 21 February 2022), Russle L Carnes in household of Charles W Carnes, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 8B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 499; FHL microfilm 1,374,512.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPH-P31 : 31 December 2021), Russell L Carnes and Dorothy D Mcwhorter, 02 Jul 1926; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476708.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6X-57T : accessed 11 November 2021), Dorothy Carnes in household of Russel Carnes, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 10A, line 49, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 743; FHL microfilm 2,340,478.

• 1940 census: Monarch Street, Magisterial District 1, Owensboro, Fayette County, Kentucky. Russell L. Carns, Head, age 38, b. Kentucky, Manager, Automobile supply company; Dorothy Carns, wife, age 31 b. Kentucky; Charles Carns, son, age 12 b. Kentucky; Tom Carns, son, age 8 b. Kentucky.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSJH-PKX : 2 March 2021), Russell L. Carnes, 19 Feb 1947; citing Death, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,944,491.

• Obituary for Russell L. Carnes (Aged 45) in The Owensboro Messenger 20 Feb 1947. Owensboro, Kentucky. Accessed through Ancestry.com 21 November 2019.

• SouthWestern Reporter, 2nd Series, Cases argued and determined in the courts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. 1949. Russell L. Carnes, More v. Carnes 214S. W. 2nd 984. Google.books.com Accessed online 31 December 2022. Snippet only available.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-8RHW : 15 December 2020), Russell Leroy Carnes, ; Burial, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States of America, Riverside Cemetery; citing record ID 70524289, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.