Person:Mary Carson (37)

m. Abt 1751
  1. John Carson, M.D.1752 - 1794
  2. Elizabeth CarsonAbt 1754 - 1817
  3. James CarsonAbt 1756 -
  4. Joseph CarsonAbt 1758 -
  5. William CarsonAbt 1760 -
  6. Mary "Molly" Carson1761 - 1834
Facts and Events
Name Mary "Molly" Carson
Married Name _____ O'Hara
Gender Female
Birth[1] 19 Feb 1761 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to James O'Hara, 6th Quartermaster General
Death? 8 Apr 1834 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. Family Recorded, in Leach, Frank Willing, and North American (Newspaper : Philadelphia). Old Philadelphia families: a series of articles contributed to the Philadelphia North American. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965, 1967).

    Old Philadelphia Families LXVII-CARSON
    Philadelphia North American
    Date: Sunday 13 SEP 1908

    ... Mrs. FEBIGER's only sister, Mary CARSON, the third child of William and Mary CARSON to marry, was born February 19, 1761. Like her sister, she, too, had a romantic meeting with her future husband at the old Harp and Crown Inn, where he was a guest during the Revolution. In her case, also, it was a soldier who fell in love with the proprietor's daughter, and a brilliant soldier, too. This was Colonel James O'HARA, afterward General James O'HARA, one of the bravest, most renowned officers of the United States Army. ...