Ancestry of
Johnny Carson

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Marshall Carson

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• • Great-grandfather of Johnny Carson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • William Carson 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy "Dolly" Nye   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Mar 1833 
  • Birth Location:
  • Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 May 1922 
  • Death Location:
  • Logan, Harrison, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
  • 23 May 1922 
  • Burial Location:
  • Logan Cemetery, Logan, Harrison, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emeline Kellogg
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Jul 1870 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Washington County, Nebraska 
  • Child:

  Christopher N. "Kit" Carson (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sources disagree on whether Marshall Carter was born in Augusta or Bangor, Maine.

• Sources for Marshall Carson

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Monona County, 1880, Soldier, E.D. 156, p. 30, Image 7 of 9.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/11/2018).
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, Birth record for son Christopher N Carson.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1972, Death certificate for Marshall Carson.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944, Delayed birth certificate for son Christopher N Carson.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for son C. N. Carson and Ella Hardy.
  • ⁷ Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, Marriage record for Marshall Carson and Emeline Kellogg.
  • ⁸ Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, Vol. 1, San Francisco, California: Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co. (1903), 732.
  • ⁹ Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, Vol. 2, San Francisco: California: Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co. (1903), 1408.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 126.