Carringers in the News - James Clare Carringer Dies in 1934 in Chillicothe, Ohio
It s time for another edition of Carringers in the News - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Carringer (my mother s maiden surname) that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.
This week s entry is from
Chillicothe [Ohio] Gazette newspaper dated 21 December 1934:
The transcription of the article is: JAMES CLARE CARRINGER James Clare Carringer, 78 West Fourth street, died at noon Friday at his home. The deceased lived in this city since August 27th coming here from Canton, Ohio. The deceased was fifty-four years old and was a distributor for the Kendall oil. Mr. Carringer as born in Cambridge Springs, Pa., and was the son of Hudson E. and Jennie Skiff Carringer. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge.
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