Henry Carlock and Elizabeth Canaday

 

Henry Carlock and Elizabeth Canaday


Henry Carlock's first wife was Martha Glendening, and they had several children.  Martha died February 17, 1858.  Her youngest child was a year old.  Shortly thereafter, Henry married Elizabeth C Canaday (which can be really confusing, since this Canaday line doesn’t seem to be connected in any way with Grandpa Carl’s Canaday family line.)   



Henry died in 1862 in Gentry, Missouri, while Elizabeth came to Idaho, and on the 1900 census was recorded as living in “upper Squaw Creek”. She is recorded as dying in Boise County, and is buried in Ola.  She is buried in the Carlock area, and I was told that “she’s not one of our Canadays.”

     By the way, Elizabeth’s maternal line can be traced back to Adophus Nussman, who was the first Lutheran minister in North Carolina.  He was recruited from Munster, Germany in 1773 at the age of 34, and according to a story posted on Ancestry, was tortured by the Tories during the Revolutionary War.  He planted several churches, then died at age 55, supposedly due to complications created from the torture.  He recruited other ministers to come to American, and advised that those coming to America be single, because American wives are more adapted to the frontier life.  Adolphus is also credited with the following statement:

 

Whoever is inclined to worry and feel offended over unfavorable and stupid remarks had better not come to America; and whoever has not sufficient strength of character to undertake unpleasant tasks, which are inevitable, would likewise do well to stay far from here. On every hand there are obstacles to overcome, but wise is he who does not magnify them through impatience. I myself have always been happiest when I bore the burdens laid upon me calmly, seldom, if ever made any complaints, and always fulfilled my duties. ... But whoever has a genuine zeal for religion and shows a noble attitude toward life will find friends and support also in this

(Posted on Ancestry by Randy Willis, July 18, 2007)

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