Laura Butler (1820) and
Nathan Starr Carrington (1816)
Nathan Starr Carrington (1816)
- Read about Nathan Starr Carrington in History of Early Chicago, courtesy of ancestry.com
- 134 Nathan Starr Carrington (Henry97, Edward49, Lemuel10, Peter1) b 12/13 Dec 1816, Middletown, Middleton, CT; d 30 Sep 1897. On 16 Aug 1841 in Norfolk, CT he m Laura BUTLER b 19 Jan 1820, Norfolk, CT; d 10 Jun 1907.
"In the year 1849 the couple with their then living children (including mother [Mary Dyson Carrington]) moved to the farm home on the Cook County side of the county line two or three miles Southeast of Hinsdale. There they resided until their respective deaths. Grandfather Carrington d at the farm home on September 30, 1897. Grandmother d there on June 10, 1907, just three days before her granddaughter Mabel Butler Wilson-Carlson d at Farnhamsville, Iowa." [Starr Wilson letter] He was buried in Lyons in the church cemetery.
"The record shows that on August 8, 1849 Henry CARRINGTON, our great grandfather, and wife, conveyed by deed certain lands in Section 18, totaling 145 acres, "for life with remainder to their children in fee", to our grandparents, Nathan S. Carrington and Laura B. Carrington, his wife, of _____________ (illegible) is to _____ (illegible) Middletown, Connecticut [Ref 1]
1870 Census lists the following
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Value of Real Estate | Value of Personal Estate | Place of Birth | |
| Nathan | 54 | M | W | Farmer | 2000 | 900 | Conn | |
| Louisa | 50 | F | W | Keeping House | Conn | |||
| Susan | 25 | F | W | Conn | ||||
| Elizabeth | 23 | F | W | Conn | ||||
| William | 15 | M | W | Ills | ||||
| Laura | 12 | F | W | Ills | ||||
| Edward | 8 | M | W | Ills |
Also listed was Peter Wilson, age 38, labobor, born in New York
1880 Census lists the following
| Name | Color | Sex | Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | Place of Father's Birth | Place of Mother's Birth |
| Nathan | W | M | 64 | Farmer | Conn | Conn | Conn |
| Laura | W | F | 60 | Keeping House | Conn | Conn | Conn |
| Susan | W | F | 37 | Conn | Conn | Conn | |
| Elizabeth | W | F | 33 | Conn | Conn | Conn | |
| William | W | M | 25 | Ills | Conn | Conn | |
| Laura | W | F | 22 | Ills | Conn | Conn | |
| Edward | W | M | 18 | Ills | Conn | Conn | |
| Fred | W | M | 14 | Ills | Conn | Conn |
145 William Henry CARRINGTON b 25 Mar 1843 Middletown, Middlesex Cty, CT; d 28 Aug 1849
146 Susan Starr CARRINGTON b 8 Jan 1845 Middletown, Middlesex Cty, CT; chr 9 May 1852 Lyonsville Church, Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL d 16 May 1913
147 Elizabeth Phelps CARRINGTON b 23 Jan 1847; d 15 Feb 1896
+148 Mary Dyson CARRINGTON b 10 May 1849; d Aug 1932; m Alexander WILSON, a banker
+149 William Henry CARRINGTON I b 29 Nov 1856; m Elanor (Ella) Lucretia PLANK b 1861
150 Laura Lorraina CARRINGTON b 1 Jan 1858 in Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL; d 17 Nov 1936.
151 Lorenia Hopkia or Hopkin b 18 Sep 1859; chr Oct 1859 Lyonsville Church, Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL; d 21 Jun 1862
152 Edward Butler CARRINGTON b 7 Feb 1862 Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL; chr 25 May 1862 Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL; d 3 Apr 1936 Lyonsville Twnshp, Cook Cty, IL.
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"Grandma, Grandpa, Susan, Elizabeth, Laura and in front I think that is Ed with his dog".
- Updated May 21, 1998
