I
finally broke down and ordered the death record for the Jane Carnes that died
in Indiana. That should be here sometime next week. I don’t have high
hopes because I know that it may not contain enough info to be sure that it is
my Jane. In the mean time I have been
looking for her kin that lived in Indiana. I wish I could remember where/when I heard
that little nugget of information, but I just can’t. Anyway, while looking I
did find the following about Vincent Jarrett, Jane’s uncle:
Vincent Jarrett came here
in 1878. He was a native of Virginia and the father of thirteen children, all
living at the present time. He was active in church work and being a fine
singer, he added much to the interest of meetings which he usually attended. He
died nine years ago, but his widow still survives. (Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. (1902). Historical
collections Vol XXXI. Lansing, Michigan: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. Pg 145; Goggle eBooks)
Nothing to do with Jane but it was kinda cool to
learn that someone in my family could sing!
Before moving to Michigan Vincent lived
in Wills, La Porte, Indiana. Wills, IN is about 185 miles from Greencastle where Indiana Jane died in 1889 about 2 years after Vincent died in
Michigan. Vincent was in Michigan by 1880 but maybe he had children that
married and settled in Indiana. I need to continue looking…. I got a little
sidetracked, imagine that, when I discovered that one of Vincent’s daughters (Ada) died in Los Angeles, California, cool... I probably have cousins in LA!
The search for Jane
continues….
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