Dorothy Dailey (McWhorter) Carnes (1908 - 1991)

Born 10 Sep 1908 in Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Russell Leroy Carnes — married 2 Jul 1926 in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1991 at age 82 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Dorothy was born 10 Sep 1908 in Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky to Rufus Blackwell McWhorter and Anza Clara Morrow.

Her maternal haplogroup is H11a2a1.

So far, unable to locate a 1900 census entry.

1910 census: Trigg Street, Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Rufus Mcwhorter age 40 b. Arkansas, Blacksmith/Carriage Shop industry, wage earner, rents home, able to read and write; Anza Mcwhorter age 32 b. Kentucky, married 17 years, able to read and write; Fay M. Mcwhorter age 14 b. Kentucky; Lillian L. Mcwhorter age 12 b. Kentucky; Nellie Mcwhorter age 10 b. Kentucky; Imogene Mcwhorter age 7 b. Kentucky; George Mcwhorter age 5 b. Kentucky; Dorothy Mcwhorter age 2 b. Kentucky. [Emmett Mastine shows in a nearby household as age 16. {Ancestry has transcribed the last name as Martin}. This is probably the same Emmet Mastine who married daughter Lillian Louise and where the remaining McWhorter family moved after the death of Rufus in 1918.]

1918 October 14. Death of her father Rufus.

1920 census: Lexington, Ward 4, Fayette County, Kentucky. Emmet Mastin, Head, age 25 b. Kentucky; Louise Mastin wife [Anza's daughter] age 21 b. Kentucky, father's birthplace Arkansas, mother's birthplace Kentucky; Anza F. Mastin daughter age 1 b. Kentucky; Anza McWhorter, mother-in-law, widowed, age 43 b. Kentucky; Gean McWhorter, sister-in-law age 16 b. Kentucky; George McWhorter, brother-in-law, age 14 b. Kentucky; Dorothy McWhorter, sister-in-law, age 11 b. Kentucky; Virginia McWhorter, sister-in-law, age 8 b. Kentucky.

Marriage License: 02 July 1926, Russell L. Carnes, age 24, lives in Lexington, Kentucky, b. 13 March 1902 Pendleton County, Kentucky, father's name C. W. Carnes, mother's name Grace Rouse; spouse's name Dorothy D. McWhorter, age 18, lives in Lexington, Kentucky, b. 10 June [September] Bourbon County, Kentucky, father's name R. B. McWhorter, mother's name Anza Morrow. Officiator's name E. A. Clegg, Clark County, Indiana. Her parents were married in the same state and county.

1930 census: Lexington, ED18, Fayette County, Kentucky. Russel Carnes, Head, age 28 b. Kentucky; Dorothy Carnes, wife, age 22 b. Kentucky; Charlie Carnes, son, age 2 b. Kentucky.

1940 census: Monarch Street, Magisterial District 1, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. Russell L. Carns, Head, age 38, b. Kentucky, Manager, Automobile supply company; Dorothy Carns, wife, age 31 b. Kentucky; Charles Carns, son, age 12 b. Kentucky; Tom Carns, son, age 8 b. Kentucky.

1947 February 19. Death of her husband Russell.

There was a lawsuit with his partner in business after Russell's death; Partnership Em 249 Suit by Dorothy D. Carnes , administraWills Em88 ( 1 ) trix of the estate of Russell L. Carnes ... (snippet available only) ALSO More v . Carnes ( Ky . 1948 ) 309 Ky . 41 , 214 S.W.2d 984. Partnership ~~ 249 ; Wills 88 ( 1 ) A writing which vests a irrevocable and not a " will " . p. 64 ALSO More v . Carnes ( Ky . 1948 ) 309 Ky . 41 , 214 S.W.2d 984. Partnership 249 ; Wills 88 ( 1 ) Disposition of community property rights at death , 391.210 to 391.260 Land adversely held may be devised , 372.070 394.020 Persons competent ... from Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated - Volume 28 - Page 275.

1950 census: Picadome, Fayette County, Kentucky. George M. Combs, Head, age 27, b. Kentucky; Beverly H. Combs, Wife, age 23, b. Georgia; George M. Combs Jr., age 1, Son, b. South Carolina; Dorothy D. Carnes, Aunt, age 41, b. Kentucky; Thomas D. Carnes, Cousin, age 18, b. Kentucky. [Picadome is a neighborhood in Southwest Lexington with boundaries Walter Avenue (north), Harrodsburg Road (west) Southland Drive & Rosemont Garden (south) and Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks (East).

1973 October 02. Death of her mother Anza.

She passed away in 10 Feb 1991 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas of cardiac arrest, arteriosclerosis heart disease and atrial fibrillation and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Section C, Lot A, Grave 6.

Obituary: Dorothy McWhorter Carnes, 82, retired Ben Snyder Department Store credit clerk, died Sunday, Feb 10, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary. Survivors: sons, Charles N. of Fayetteville, Ark., Thomas D. of Wichita; sisters, Virginia Sanderson of Lexington, Ky., Imagene Cofick [Covick] of Greenville, S.C., seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8TZ-ZYB
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 April 2020, 02:27), entry for Dorothy Dailey McWhorter(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L8TZ-ZYB); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28Z-HZ5 : accessed 30 October 2021), Rufus Mcwhorter, Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6A, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 465; FHL microfilm 1,374,478.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHL4-KS7 : 1 February 2021), Anza McWhorter in entry for Emmet Mastin, 1920.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPH-P31 : 31 December 2021), Russell L Carnes and Dorothy D Mcwhorter, 02 Jul 1926; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476708.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6X-57T : accessed 11 November 2021), Dorothy Carnes in household of Russel Carnes, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 10A, line 49, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 743; FHL microfilm 2,340,478.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RJ-9CT : 9 January 2021), Dorothy Carns in household of Russell L Carns, Magisterial District 1, Daviess, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-6, sheet 6B, line 50, family 110, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1298.

• SouthWestern Reporter, 2nd Series, Cases argued and determined in the courts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. 1949. Russell L. Carnes, More v. Carnes 214S. W. 2nd 984. Google.books.com Accessed online 31 December 2022. Snippet only available.

• "United States 1950 Census", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 10 October 2022. Dorothy D. Carnes. Accessed online 12 January 2023.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33254851/dorothy-carnes