Birth: Nov. 26, 1843 Pulaski County Kentucky, USA Death: Aug. 22, 1894 Andrew County Missouri, USA
Susan Elizabeth was a widow when she married Johnston D. Carson. Her first husband was Johnston's first cousin, John Finley Dysart. She bore several children, but only two (Georgia and Lalla Carson) survived to adulthood. She passed away in 1894 at the age of 50 It is not known what caused her death, but it is speculated that it was cancer.
Her husband, Johnston D. Carson, was about 71 years old at the time of her death and was unable to raised their two surviving daughters, Johnston's neice Elizabeth "Betty" (Langford) Cowan and her daughter Frances Elizabeth Cowan helped him raise them after Susan Elizabeth's death.
Family links: Parents: Creed Saunders (1807 - 1856)
Spouses: John Finley Dysart (1824 - 1872) Johnston Dysart Carson (1823 - 1908)*
Children: Infant Carson (1878 - 1878)* Bessie Carson (1880 - 1886)* Infant Carson (1880 - 1880)* Georgia Ann Carson Lott (1884 - 1955)* Infant Male Carson (1884 - 1884)* Fannie L. Carson (1886 - 1887)* Lalla Rookh Carson Weldon (1888 - 1968)*
Siblings: Thomas D. Saunders (1831 - 1898)* Malissa Ann Saunders Pew (1837 - 1873)* Paschal M. Saunders (1840 - 1873)* Jesse B. Saunders (1842 - 1868)* Susan Elizabeth Saunders Carson (1843 - 1894)
Inscription: In my father's house are many mansions My wife is gone She lies beneath the sod Dear mother tho' we miss you much We know you rest with God
Burial:
Dysart Cemetery
Andrew County
Missouri, USA
Created by: The Wanderer Record added: May 25, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 7489763
Elizabeth was born in 1843. Elizabeth Saunders ... She passed away in 1894.[1]
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