Washington King Carson and Mary C. Johnston

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Husband Washington King Carson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Jul 1817 - Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Thomas Carson (1791-1857/1857) 1 2
         Mother: Agnes Craig King (1788-1862) 1 2

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Wife Mary C. Johnston ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Washington King Carson

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He was trained to mercantile pursuits in the store of his uncle, James O. Carson, at Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He settled in Baltimore, Maryland, in April, 1844, where he became a prominent merchant. He was well known there as an active Abolitionist and "Black Republican," so much so, that he was warned by secession acquaintances, to leave the city after the riot of April 19, 1861, when the Union troops were fired on during their passage through Baltimore on their way to the capitol.

1 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 847.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 95.