Luella Clay Carson (1860 - 1938)

Born May 1860 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Died 3 May 1938 at about age 78 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Luella Carson is Notable.

Daughter of John C. Carson and Elizabeth Talbot.

Her mother died when she was less than a year old. Her father remarried that same year. She was living with her father, stepmother and stepbrother in 1860.^[1]

1870 Census, Portland, Multnomah, OR: J C Carson 44 M W sash & blind & door mfg, b PA; E A Carson female age 35 b Ohio; Frank Northrop age 14 at school b OR; Luella C Carson age 14 b OR; Rosa M Carson age 7 b OR; Lizzie M Carson age 3 b OR; Mary E Carson age 40 b PA. ^[2]

1880 Census: J C Carson age 66 b Pa; E A Carson wife age 47 b IN; Frank Northrop son age 24 b OR; Ella Carson dau age 24 b OR; Rosa Carson dau age 18 b OR; N E Carson dau age 13 b OR; J D Carson son age 8 b OR; F D Carson dau age 6 b OR; Bong servant age 21 b China. ^[3]

Never married.

Born in Portland, Oregon, to pioneer parents; taught at Pacific University prior to becoming the first chair of the English Department at the University of Oregon in 1888. She became the Dean of Women there in 1895, and remained with the University until 1909. Carson departed to become the fifth president of Mills College in Oakland, CA 1909 to 1914. Carson Hall, a women’s residence at the University of Oregon, was named in her honor. She was a writer, best known for her Handbook of English Composition, a textbook on English grammar and style adopted by Wellesley College and the New York City public schools.^[4]

1900 Census, South Eugene Precinct, Lane, OR: Luella C Carson is boarding in the home of Ellenor Willoughby and her daughter Nellie. Ellenor Willoughby head b Feb 1821 age 79 wd mother of 7, 4 now living b PA father b NY mother b PA; dau Nellie Willoughby b Jan 1854 OR age 46 father b Ohio mother b PA; Luella C Carson boarder b May 1860 age 40 single b NY father b NY mother b Maine, Teacher. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDF-MCB : accessed 10 February 2019), Luella C Carson in household of Ellenor Willoughby, South Eugene Precincts 1 and 2 Eugene city, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 5B, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,348.

Luella Clay Carson, 83, former dean of women at the University of Oregon, died Tuesday in Pomona, Cal. She came to the university as head of the English department in 1888, and. went to Mills College as president In 1909. Miss Carson was born in Portland in 1856, the daughter of John Carson and Elizabeth Talbot Carson, Oregon pioneers. She attended St. Helen's Hall and Mills college, and later took graduate work at Columbia university. She also served as professor and dean In several midwest colleges and universities. Miss Carson is survived by a half-sister, Mrs. Frances Carson Piatt of New York City.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census, Portland, Multnomah, OR: Jno C Carson age 33 b Indiana; Eliza Carson age 27 b IN; Frank E Northrop age 4 b OR; Ella Carson age 4 b OR. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQJ-5YP : 13 December 2017), Jno C Carson, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-MN6 : 12 April 2016), Luella C Carson in household of J C Carson, Oregon, United States; citing p. 152, family 1128, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,786.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCG-8ZY : 16 July 2017), Ella Carson in household of J C Carson, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 96, sheet 263B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1083; FHL microfilm 1,255,083.
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luella_Clay_Carson
5. ↑ Eugene Guard, Thurs 5 May 1938 p 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/96812981/