Individual Details
William Carney
(25 Aug 1824 - 31 Mar 1899)
William and Eveline moved from Tennessee to Rusk Co TX by 1850; it is believed they moved to Pike Co IL before moving to Crawford Co AR about 1857.
1850 Census. Rusk District, Rusk, TX, Hh 157
William Carney, 26, Farmer, b. TN
Eveline, 21, b. TN
Silas, age 2 months, b. TX
William served for the Union Army in the Civil War - 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, Company L.
He was listed as present at a Civil War Reunion held on the 30th & 31st of Aug in 1883 at Van Buren. Both Union and Confederate soldiers were honored. [VAN BUREN PRESS, Sept 1, 1883]
1860 Census, Cedar Creek Township, Crawford Co AR. William Carney, age 24, b. TN. Evaline, age 30, b. TN. Silas M. age 10, b. TX. Mary E. age 2, b. AR and Matilda O., age 8 months, b. AR.
1870 Crawford Co Census: Age 45, b. TN. Wife is listed as Caroline rather than Eveline - Eveline was still living. Mary, M. O. and J. E., daughters are listed with their parents.
1880 Census. Cedar Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 225
William Carney, 55, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. NC
Leoma, 32, wife, b. AL
Julia I., 1, dau, b. AR as were all the children
Carmela, 8, dau (oldest of Leoma's children)
Ivagene, 6, dau
William, 5, son
Johney, 2, son
Thomas J., b. Feb 1880, son
B. W. Smith, 22, farm hand, b. TN
Obituaries, Death Notices & News Items Extracted from the Van Buren Press 1877 Fran Alverson Warren
p.48 Jurors for fall term of the Circuit Court which meets Sep 24
William Carney, John Carney, Thomas Comstock, Joseph Woods - among others
He wrote his Will on 1 Feb 1891; it was probated 7 Apr 1899.
Events
| Birth | 25 Aug 1824 | Bedford County, Tennessee |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1848 | Rutherford County, Tennessee - Eveline R. Sartain | | ||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1871 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Leomia F. Davis | | ||
| Death | 31 Mar 1899 | Rudy, Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Eveline R. Sartain (1830 - 1871) |
| Child | Silas Mack Carney (1850 - 1937) |
| Child | Mary Caroline Carney (1857 - 1946) |
| Child | Matilda Odelia "Delia" Carney (1860 - 1929) |
| Child | Julia Isabelle Carney (1862 - 1935) |
| Spouse | Leomia F. Davis (1845 - 1929) |
| Child | Carmilia "Millia" Carney (1872 - 1892) |
| Child | Martha Ivagene Carney (1874 - ) |
| Child | William A. "Billie" Carney Carney (1875 - 1939) |
| Child | John P. Carney (1878 - 1881) |
| Child | Thomas J. Carney (1880 - 1966) |
| Child | Lewis P. Carney (1885 - 1937) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.356 "Oliver Springs Cemetery".
2. Ellen Mae Curtsinger, The William Carney Descendants (Privately published for family. 1999.), p.1-3 First Generation..
3. Ellen Mae Curtsinger, The William Carney Descendants (Privately published for family. 1999.), p.1-3 First Generation..
4. Ellen Mae Curtsinger, The William Carney Descendants (Privately published for family. 1999.), p.1-3 First Generation..
5. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.356 "Oliver Springs Cemetery".
6. Ellen Mae Curtsinger, The William Carney Descendants (Privately published for family. 1999.), p.1-3 First Generation..