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William P. CARSON was born in Hardin County, Ky., in 1812, and is a son of James and Nancy (PHILLIPS) CARSON, who were natives of South Carolina. The father moved to Kentucky with his parents at a very early period, and was there reared and married. He learned the shoemaker's trade, but afterward followed the occupation of farming, which he followed until his death in 1847. William P. Carson was educated in Kentucky and Indiana, and made his home with his father until he reached manhood, or until his father's removal to Indiana. He was married at the age of twenty-two years to Miss Theresa EVANS, of Kentucky, and their union was blessed in the birth of ten children, six of whom are living: George, Elijah, Charles, John, Henry, and Lucinda. Mr. Carson moved to Livingston County, Mo., in 1845, and at the end of ten years moved to Harrison County, where he remained seventeen years. Since that time he has been one of the prosperous farmers of Lawrence County. He has been a member of the I.O.O.F. for forty years, and he and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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