Cyrus CARVER

                   tombstones at La Grange Village Cem. La Grange, Maine, 
1850 census

1850 census La Grange, maine
                  

                   Birth Year of 1837 approximated from age 13 reported on 1850 Census of
Lagrange, Penobscot County, Maine. 1860 Census of LaGrange, Penobscot County,
Maine, taken on June 8, 1860, shows Mahala as age 23, and married to Samuel C.
Bryer, age 27, a farmer, with a birthplace of Maine.  First name Mahala obtained
in note from Hazel Morrison Moor, as well as spouse last name.
1870 census Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
La Grange, Maine town records
                  

                   Information on names and number of children given from personal knowledge of
Hazel Morrison Moor, granddaughter of Edward K. Carver.

Birth year of 1841 derived from biography contained on page 480-481 in "Men of
Progress: Biographical Sketches
and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State
of Maine.  Compiled under the Supervision of Richard Herndon. Edited by
Philip W. McIntyre and William F. Blanding.  Boston.  New England Magazine.
1897.

State Librarian for the state of Maine
1870 census Waterville, Kennebec, Maine Lawyer not married
                  

                   Town of Glenburn, Maine.  Clerk's Records.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Vol I, Page 52, Page 55

Monument at Pleasant View Cemetery in Glenburn, Maine says: "Edward K. Carver,
A member of Co. B 20th Regiment, ME Vols. Died 24 January 1899. Age 56 years, 1
month and 10 days."  The one month and ten days note would support the December
13 birth date in the town records, but not the 1841 birth year. The 1850
census also lists Edward as being 9 at the time of the enumeration in August of
1850.  The census taker may have given credit, i.e. rounded up since
Edward, in August would have been closer to 9 than to 8.  Or, as other records
suggest he was born in July 1842, but then he would only have been 8 at the
time of the 1850 census.  The June 8, 1860 Federal Census gives his age as
18.  This also favors the 1841 birth year as he would be 19 on either the
July or the December yet to come in 1860.  See notes on brother Leonard Dwight
Carver.
Note from Pauline L. Henderson, granddaughter to Edward Kent Carver through
daughter Mahala Maud Carver Henderson indicates that Edward was a farmer and
peddler of accessories.  He was in the Civil War. Also says that he was from
around LaGrange and Howland, Maine.
Civil War data in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.
                  

                   town records La Grange, Penobscot, Maine gives birth year 1843
Year of Birth approximated based on age 7 at time of 1850 Census of Lagrange,
Penobscot County, Maine.

Middle Initial E. obtained from note from Hazel Morrison Moor.
Cemetery records
                  

                   1850, 1860, 1870 census LaGrange, Penobscot, Maine
1880 census Bloomfield, Sonoma, CA
                  

                   Tombstone Inscription says born 1854.

Of interest. 1850 Census shows E Flanders living in the Carver household at age
of 29.  During visit to LaGrange Cemetery in 1992 located tombstone of Enoch
Flanders who died June 13, 1865, aet 43 years 7 months.  That equates with the
census data and it is probably no coincidence that Charles W. Carver married a
Priscilla Flanders according to Hazel Morrison Moor.  The LaGrange records show
an 1854 birth date for Charles on the tombstone, but an 1851 birth date in the
family records.  Need some research to see if Enoch Flanders is father of
Priscilla Flanders, and what correct year is for birth of Charles.  The
difference is either 7 years or 4 years. If Enoch Flanders is father, then the
following tombstones will be of interest.

"Enoch Flanders, died June 13, 1865, age 43 years, 7 months.
   Harriet L. Shuman, wife of Enoch Flanders, died Nov 19, 1862,  22 yrs. 9 mos.
27 days."

The following may be related to Priscilla's mother (If it is Harriet).

"William Shuman, died Jan. 13, 1889, ae 82 years.
   Priscilla, his wife, died Nov. 1, 1887, aged 68 years 8 mos.
   Clara J., dau. of William and Priscilla Shuman, died July 24, 1850 aged 5
years, 2 mos, 18 days.  Also their infant son."

Naming a daughter Priscilla after her grandmother seems very plausible, and
worth further research.
1860 and 1870 census LaGrange, Penobscot, Maine