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- MHR note:
in letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 2 January 1951. They told me "Jim" Carey's story when I was small. He was courting Eliza Jane [Cassity] when along came the Mexican Was. He was in the army that went to Mexico City. He returned with badly shattered health. My father went with him to see an old lady that cured by "conjur". She rubbed the sore place on his side, and told him he would soon vomit, and get well. They started home and he did vomit; said he was throwing up some cheese he had eaten in Mexico City - tasted just like it! He did get well at last. In the meantime he had renewed his suite with Eliza Jane. Finally when his health was nearly restored, they married. The way I remember the story, the first child, a boy, was diseased, and did not live long. The twins Will, and Alice, were O.K., but Eliza Jane soon died, and he married P. [Permalia} Brain. He volunteered in the Federal Army in the Civil War, much to the disgust of the Brain family, who favored the Confederacy. My brother, Charley, met Will and his sister Alice in Missouri, and they claimed him for a first cousin, because their mother and our father had been double cousins.
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- MHR note:
James Carey and his second wife Pamelia A. Brain had the following children: Nancy Carey, James Madison Carey, Grant Carey, Sarah Carey, and George Carey.
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- Ex-County Judge James Carey of Morehead died past week. He was aged 80. Was a Captain in the 24th Ky. Regiment commanded by Col. J.S. Hurt in the Civil War. Was Judge of Rowan County and was the father of Matt Carey who also was Judge of Rowan County. Was son-in-law of Major Mat Brain, former citizen of Farmers.
Note: Matt Carey's full name is James Madison Carey, same as his father but went by the Nickname Matt.
[From Owingsville Outlook, 08 Mar 1906, Morehead, Kentucky]
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- Capt. James Carey Dead.
Morehead, Ky. – March 5 – Capt. James Carey, eighty years old, died at his home here. Capt. Carey was one of the pioneer settles of Rowan county, having lived here before this county was organized. He served as Captain in the Union army during the Civil war. He was also County Judge of this county for two terms shortly after its organization, and was always prominent in Rowan county politics.
He leaves a widow and five children, among them are: J.M. Carey, Postmaster of this place; John Carey, of Kansas; C.G. Carey, United States storekeeper and gauger; Mrs. W.J. Rice and Mrs. Powers, who lives here.
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Tuesday, 6 March 1906.
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