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Lydia M. Carrington  Lydia M. Carrington
Female 1887 - 1911

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  • Birth  Abt 1887  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  27 Dec 1911  Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  28 Dec 1911  Burdett Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary  29 Dec 1911  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Callaway Weekly Gazette 
    • Miss Lydia Carrington
      Miss Lydia Carrington, 26 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel D. Carrington, one and one-half miles southeast of Fulton, was found dead in bed at her boarding place in Kansas City Wednesday morning. Miss Carrington had been working in Kansas City for the last three years. The remains were brought to Fulton Thursday morning and burial occurred at 1:00 o'clock in the Burdette cemetery, in the Bellama Springs neighborhood.
    Name  Liddie  
    Person ID  I126  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  10 Mar 2011 
     
    Father  Nathaniel Dillard Carrington,   b. 25 Nov 1859, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1912, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Eliza S. Herring,   b. 2 Oct 1861, George Herring Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1941, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  22 Feb 1882  Hams Prairie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F41  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Roy L. Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 29 Jan 1888, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1937, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MARRIED 
    Children 
    >1. John Russel Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 15 Jul 1908, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1997, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  22 Jan 2010 
    Family ID  F14347853  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos
    Carrington, Lydia M.
    Carrington, Lydia M.
    Lydia M. Carrington, 1887 - 1911, and son John Russel Craighead, d/o Nathanial Carrington and Eliza S. Herring. December, 1908. She was my grandaunt.
     
    Headstones
     Nathaniel D. Carrington and Eliza S. Herring and children
    Nathaniel D. Carrington and Eliza S. Herring and children
    Carrington, In Memory Of - Mother - Father - Nathan D. Jan 1912, Eliza S. Aug 2, 1941, Lydia Ann 1911, William 1896, Frank 1894, Beulah 1907. This stone was placed here by George Carrington, grandson of Nathan and Eliza, in the 1940's to mark the place where they and 6 of their 11 children were buried. Nathaniel Dillard Carrington and Eliza S.…
     
    Death Certificates
    Death Certificate of Carrington, Lydia M.
    Death Certificate of Carrington, Lydia M.
    Abt 1887 - 27 Dec 1911. She was my grandaunt.
     
  • Notes 
    • I found Lydia on 1910, Jackson Co. Kansas City Mo. living as a boarder, working in a laundry. Very hard to read.

      1910 United States Federal Census Record
      Name: Lydia Carrington
      Age in 1910: 24
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
      BirthPlace: Missouri
      Relation to Head of House: Boarder
      Father's Birth Place: Missouri
      Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
      Home in 1910: Kansas Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri
      Marital Status: Single
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      W E White 50
      Elizabeth White 30
      Lloyd White 17
      Lucy Style 64
      Dorcy White 24
      Lydia Carrington 24
      Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Kansas Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T624_788; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 145; Image: 143.

      Fulton Telegraph, December 29, 1911, front page story:
      Find Woman Dead
      Lydia Carrington Las Seen Alive Sunday Before Christmas
      When Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Ramsey and their little daughter left their home at 814 Glen Aire street last Sunday morning to spend the Christmas holidays in the country, Miss Lydia Carrington, 24 years old, who roomed at their home, waved them a Merry Christmas as she stood on the front porch.
      When they returned home at 10:30 o'clock last night they found the body of Miss Carrington, lying on a bed in her room. She evidently had been dead for several hours. A small overhead gas heater which was burning cast a yellow fitful glare over the two small rooms where Miss Carrington and her roommate, Miss Ella Nues, 23 years old, did light housekeeping. Miss Nues also had departed last Sunday morning to spend the holidays with her parents in Omaha.
      How the young woman met her death is not known. The daily papers beginning with the issue of Monday morning were found lying on the front porch. The two small rooms were tightly closed and the windows securely fastened. A bottle half filled with chloroform was found on a washstand. The front door of the small housekeeping room was not locked, but a small piece of paper was found thrust into the keyhole. Dark stains on the bed clothing indicated that the young woman had died of convulsions.
      Girl Not Despondent.
      "I haven't the least idea what caused her death." declared Mrs. Ramsey last night. "When we left she was in fine spirits. She had been preparing her Christmas gifts and had bought herself a new coat and had made a new hat. I asked her if she was afraid to stay by herself, and she said that she could not get a girl friend to stay with her she would go over and stay with her cousin. She was not despondent and I do not know that she ever had any love affair. I know that no young men called at the house. When M. Ramsey tried the door when we came home he could not get the key in the lock. He then broke a basement window, went in an let me in at the front door. We turned on all the lights and then went upstairs and found her in her room."
      Patrolman Dan Doran from No. 5 police station made an investigation, but declared that he found no marks of violence. The remnants of a breakfast were on the small table in the kitchen, but the table had been set for two people. Mrs. Ramsey said that it probably was the Sunday breakfast. Patrolman Doran said that he believed the young woman had died of convulsions.
      Subject to Dizzy Spells
      During the last two months, Miss Carrington had been subject to dizzy spells, Mrs. Ramsey said. W.E. White and his wife, the latter a cousin of Miss Carrington and who live at 1910 East Thirty-first street, were called, but said they had not seen Miss Carrington for nearly a year. The body was taken to the undertaking rooms of Freeman & Marshall by order of the coroner. The inquest will be held at 9 o'clock this morning.
      Miss Carrington had lived at the home of Mrs. Ramsey since last June. She formerly roomed with Miss Julia Bennett. Miss Nues had roomed with her for the last two months. J (s/b N) D. Carrington, father of Miss Carrington, lives at Fulton, Mo. He was notified last night. - Kansas City, Journal, 27th.

      Fulton Telegraph, December 30, 1911
      Died Alone of Pneumonia
      Miss Lydia Carrington, the young woman found dead in her bed at 814 Glen Airy Place last night, died of pneumonia, according to the report Dr. Harry Czarlinsky, deputy coroner. He held an autopsy at Freeman Marshall's undertaking rooms this morning. He said he found also slight ___ of asphyxiation, but he had no ___ to believe that the young woman had died of asphyxiation and the ___ he found might easily have come from the open gas burner found lighted in her room. She formerly lived in Fulton Mo. and her parents still reside there. -- Kansas City Star.

      Lydia Carrington
      Abt 24
      27 Dec 1911
      Fulton Telegraph, Callaway Weekly Gazette
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1887 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Dec 1911 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Dec 1911 - Burdett Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Callaway Weekly Gazette - 29 Dec 1911 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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