Robert Petty “Bob” CARRINGTON

1860 - 1944  (84 years)

• Name	Robert Petty “Bob” CARRINGTON  [1, 2]
  Born	13 Apr 1860	Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 May 1944	Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I317	Boyd
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Robert CARRINGTON,   b. 18 Jun 1822, , Granville, NC, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1915, , Marshall, MS, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann F PETTY,   b. 21 Oct 1826, , Limestone, AL, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1894, , Marshall, MS, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1844	, Marshall, MS, USA   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Tombstone has 18 December 1844
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nannie J. MOFFATT,   b. 1862,   d. 1892  (Age 30 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1881	, Marshall, MS, USA   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Claude F. CARRINGTON,   b. 23 Jan 1884, , Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. 8 Jun 1970, Victoria, Marshall, MS, USA  (Age 86 years) + 2. Robert Emery CARRINGTON,   b. 23 Jan 1885, , Marshall, MS, USA   3. Mattie CARRINGTON,   b. Mar 1888, , Marshall, MS, USA   4. Callie CARRINGTON,   b. Sep 1889, , Marshall, MS, USA   5. Mary CARRINGTON,   b. Jan 1891, , Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2008
  Family ID	F219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Emma WILLIAMS,   b. Abt 1867, , , MS, USA
  Married	7 Feb 1895	, Marshall, MS, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Edwin Young CARRINGTON,   b. 13 Nov 1896, Victoria, Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1953, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA  (Age 56 years)   2. Charlie CARRINGTON,   b. 17 Mar 1899, Victoria, Marshall, MS, USA   3. Ella May CARRINGTON,   b. 26 Aug 1904, , Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. Nov 1970, Red Banks, Marshall, MS, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F1729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Apr 1860 - Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA Married - 31 Dec 1881 - , Marshall, MS, USA Married - 7 Feb 1895 - , Marshall, MS, USA Died - 19 May 1944 - Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Married more than once Had several children The South Reporter Newspaper Holly Springs, Miss. May 25, 1944 R.P. CARRINGTON DIES AT HOME IN VICTORIA Robert Petty Carrington, age 84, former merchant and pioneer dairyman and planter, died at him home in Victoria early Friday morning, after a lingering illness. Mr. Carrington was born in Marshall County and had lived here all his life. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carrington took a leading part in affairs in the Methodist Church. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School at Victoria more than 35 years. He served as a stewart of his church until his health failed. Mr. Carrington, as a young man, attended the Winston Academy for Boys at Blue Mountain. Later, he worked for the firm of Coopwood and Holden at Collierville. *On Jan. 3, 1892 he married Miss Nannie Moffatt, ten years later she died. Later he married Mrs. Emma Williams Carrington, his brother's widow. He is survived by the following children; Claud, Emery, Edwin, Charlie Carrington; and Miss Ella Mae Carrington, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mrs. Callie Shoffner and Mrs. Mary Williams, all of Victoria; R. R. Carrington and Mrs. C. W. Fleming, both of Collierville, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Tom Williams, Victoria. He leaves 26 grandchildren and thirteen great grand-children. He had six grandsons in the Army. Services were held at Victoria Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. T. G. Lowry, assisted by a former pastor and close friend, Rev. S. H. Caffey, of Clarksdale. Burial was in the Carrington Cemetery. *(His marriage date to Nannie J. Moffatt in this newspaper article is incorrect. The correct date is Dec. 31., 1881.) [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] FamilySearch.org. [S2] Boyd Family History, Robert B. Boyd, (note, 118 Woodlawn Circle Athens, TN 37303, 1997). [S55] 1870 US Federal Census. [S10] Find a Grave, 173477262. [S47] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc, (Provo, UT, 2004)). [S50] Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50, (The Generations Network (Provo, UT) 1999). [S6] Mississippi Marriages, 1776 - 1935, Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library., (The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S17] Tombstone Photograph, Tom Boyd.