Carnes.John.1820.Grant.BIOS


Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 1901,
reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical Society.

CAPTAIN JOHN CARNES is the oldest man practicing law in Grant County, and
is the second oldest in consecutive practice.  He was born October 9,
1820, in Tuscarawas County, O., and came to Grant County in 1846, and
settled near Mount Zion.  He contracted a marriage with Miss Sarah Jane
Skirvin, and to this union twelve children were born, nine of whom are
still living.  They are scattered over many states. The names of the living
children are: William Carnes, attorney at the Grant County bar; Nannie
Layle, wife of N. B. Layle, in Oklahoma City; John Carnes, Mahala Doudly,
living in Missouri; Mary Jane, wife of J. W. Varner, living in Kansas;
Marion, a farmer near Mount Zion, in Grant County.  Minnie, the wife of
Charles Schrock, at Las Vegas, New Mexico; Newt Carnes, now in Indian
Territory, and Sarah Carnes.  John Carnes began his life as a blacksmith,
was then a farmer and a distiller.  When the Civil War broke out in 1861,
he cast his fortunes with the side of the Union and enlisted in Company
A, 32d Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and was elected captain of his company,
but did not serve as such, as he was transferred to the quartermaster's
department.  Later he joined his company in active service and served two
years as a first lieutenant.  In 1872 he was admitted to the Grant County
bar.  He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, member of the
G.A.R., Thomas Rankin Post, and a Republican in politics.




Submitted by: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997