Josiah Converse Carrico is my 2nd great grandfather on my mother's side and was referred to as Jody or Joda by family and close friends but often signed his name as J.C. Josiah was born on January 29, 1873 in Pottersville, Howell, Missouri to Basil Jordan Carrico and Margret Susan Riley, the second of six children. At the age of 19, Josiah married Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (went by the name Donie) on December 18, 1892. Josiah and Donie had seven children,
- Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
- Claud Randall (1896-1973)
- Bessie Myrtle (1898-1986)
- Ida Sylvester (1901-1997)
- Ruth Alice (1905-1993)
- Austin Rochester (1908-1979 - my great grandfather)
- Alberta Mae (1912-2001).
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