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Jane Caroline Carson (Petigru)
Birth: 1-4-1820
Death: 8-15-1892
Nickname: Caroline
RelationshipsParentsPetigru, James Louis
Biography
Jane Caroline Petigru Carson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Louis Petigru, a distinguished attorney, and Jane Amelia Postell. She was well educated in Charleston and in New York, New York. She studied art at the Cooper-Union and with artists in Europe. In 1841, she married a rice planter, William Augustus Carson. The marriage was strained and the couple lived separately beginning in 1850. Caroline, as she was called, lived in New York, NY until 1872 when she relocated to Rome where she pursued her artistic interests until her death. Frances "Fanny" Seward references Mrs. Carson visiting the Seward's Washington, DC home in her 1866 diary.
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Biography: Jane Caroline Petigru Carson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Louis Petigru, a distinguished attorney, and Jane Amelia Postell. She was well educated in Charleston and in New York, New York. She studied art at the Cooper-Union and with artists in Europe. In 1841, she married a rice planter, William Augustus Carson. The marriage was strained and the couple lived separately beginning in 1850. Caroline, as she was called, lived in New York, NY until 1872 when she relocated to Rome where she pursued her artistic interests until her death. Frances "Fanny" Seward references Mrs. Carson visiting the Seward's Washington, DC home in her 1866 diary.
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Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: Ancestry.comTitle of Webpage: Ancestry.comWebsite Viewing Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 11:45Website Last Modified Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 11:45Citation Notes:
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National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.; NAI Number: 1227673; Record Group Title: General Records of the Department of State; Record Group Number: Record Group 59; Series Number: Publication A1 849; Box Number: 17; Box Description: 1892 - 1893 A - Z
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Ancestry.com. U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
ParentsPetigru, James Louis
Petigru, James Louis
Biography
Jane Caroline Petigru Carson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Louis Petigru, a distinguished attorney, and Jane Amelia Postell. She was well educated in Charleston and in New York, New York. She studied art at the Cooper-Union and with artists in Europe. In 1841, she married a rice planter, William Augustus Carson. The marriage was strained and the couple lived separately beginning in 1850. Caroline, as she was called, lived in New York, NY until 1872 when she relocated to Rome where she pursued her artistic interests until her death. Frances "Fanny" Seward references Mrs. Carson visiting the Seward's Washington, DC home in her 1866 diary.
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Jane Caroline Petigru Carson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Louis Petigru, a distinguished attorney, and Jane Amelia Postell. She was well educated in Charleston and in New York, New York. She studied art at the Cooper-Union and with artists in Europe. In 1841, she married a rice planter, William Augustus Carson. The marriage was strained and the couple lived separately beginning in 1850. Caroline, as she was called, lived in New York, NY until 1872 when she relocated to Rome where she pursued her artistic interests until her death. Frances "Fanny" Seward references Mrs. Carson visiting the Seward's Washington, DC home in her 1866 diary.