Organizing Family Papers, Part 3

It's amazing how quickly papers can get piled up. I try to save every snippet of information possible and put them in loose leaf notebooks.

Still on the subject of Lucius Carrington, Thomas Shawcrosse, my 4th cousin 1x, says that Lucius was born in Iowa. He died Oct. 1910 in Councel Bluffs, Ia. I've wanted to get his death certificate. Lucius had traveled to Council Bluffs, IA to seek treatment but he died at the threshold of the doctor's office. He was buried in Wessington, Beadle, SD. He had married Rosetta Wilson Dec. 2, 1892.

I've got my grandfather, Hjalmar Hostvet's honorable discharge papers. He enlisted in the army at 24 1/4 years of age and was afarmer. He had blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion and was 5 feet 8 inches in height. He was discharged from Camp Dodge, Iowa on the 24th of July, 1919. He was a corporal. No wounds. He was single at the time. Hjalmar was evidentlly paid with 9 Service Bonds. totalling $485.03.

A bit of paper suggesting that my 8th great grandmother, Rebecca Carrington was the daughter of John Carrington and Joan...who were hung as witches in Weathersfield, Connecticut in 1652. Though their surnames were Carrington, it is through the Bartholomew family that we are related. It would be exciting to prove a relationship with our Carrington family as well. A few generations later, Isaac Bartholomew comes into play.

William Daugherty's Land Grant comes next. Dated Feb. 16, 1818, in Illinois. Number 14657. Sect. I, Twp 11-N, Range 3-E, Knox County.