Spencer Estes Carnal ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

From FindaGrave.com:
Spencer and Della were married 23 May 1893 / Quapaw Indian Reservation. They had 8 children: Clara Lily, Adelia, Josie, Bertha, Addie, Frankie, Bonnie, & Donny. He died in a lead/zinc mine cave in accident.

Obit -

Carnal Funeral is Held at Douthat

Picher, Okla., Sept. 10 - The funeral of Spencer Carnal, 54 years old who met death yesterday in a chat slide at the Admiralty Mine No. 3, was held from the family home in Douthat this afternoon. Burial was in the Miami Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Della Carnal, and seven children, four of whom reside at home.

Joplin Globe
September 11, 1924
Page 7

Miami Oklahoma News Record
Sep 10, 1924, Pg. 3, Col. 2

The funeral of Spencer Carnal, age 54, who met death yesterday when caught in a chat slide at the Admiralty Mine No. 3, was held from the family home at Douthat Oklahoma, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Burial was in the G.A.R. cemetery, Miami, under the direction of the Todd funeral home, Picher.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Della Carnal, and seven children, four of whom reside at home. About twenty-five members of the Ku Klux Klan assembled at the Carnal home last night about 8 o'clock and placed a fiery cross upon the casket.

  Birth Notes:

The 1880 US Census recorded his age as 9, which would make him born around 1871.

  Death Notes:

According to Ron Tucker, he died in a mining accident at Century Mining Company, when a "pile of chat buried him 3 different times."

Obituaries provided by findagrave.com:

Obituary from the Joplin Globe, September 11, 1924, page 7:
Carnal Funeral is Held at Douthat

Picher, Okla., Sept. 10 - The funeral of Spencer Carnal, 54 years old who met death yesterday in a chat slide at the Admiralty Mine No. 3, was held from the family home in Douthat this afternoon. Burial was in the Miami Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Della Carnal, and seven children, four of whom reside at home.

Obituary from
Miami Oklahoma News Record
Sep 10, 1924, Pg. 3, Col. 2

The funeral of Spencer Carnal, age 54, who met death yesterday when caught in a chat slide at the Admiralty Mine No. 3, was held from the family home at Douthat Oklahoma, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Burial was in the G.A.R. cemetery, Miami, under the direction of the Todd funeral home, Picher.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Della Carnal, and seven children, four of whom reside at home. About twenty-five members of the Ku Klux Klan assembled at the Carnal home last night about 8 o'clock and placed a fiery cross upon the casket.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1880, Johnson, Polk, Missouri, United States. ⁴

• Census: U.S, 2 Jun 1880, Johnson, Polk, Missouri, United States. ⁵ William Carnal, W, M, 50, [Head], M, Black Smith, 8 months unemployed during census year, North Carolina, unknown, unknown
Carra A. Carnal, W, F, 47, Wife, M, Keeping house, 4, Tennessee, Tenn, Ala
Ellen Carnal, W, F, 16, Daughter, S, At home, Illinois, Tenn, N.C.
Liza J. Carnal, W, F, 14, Daughter, S, At home, Illinois, Tenn, N.C.
Missouri A. Carnal, W, F, 12, Daughter, Chiller (sickness on day of census), Missouri, Tenn, N.C.
Spencer Carnal, W, M, 9, Son, at school, Missouri, Tenn, N.C.
Solomon Carnal, W, M, 7, Son, at school, Missouri, Tenn, N.C.

• Census, 1920, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ⁶

Spencer married Della Theresia Large, daughter of Richard Joseph Large and Mary Jane Davidson, on 23 May 1893 in Quapaw Indian Reservation, (Ottawa), Oklahoma Territory (Oklahoma), United States. (Della Theresia Large was born on 23 Dec 1879 in St. Paul, Neosho, Kansas, United States, died on 16 Aug 1956 in Blue Springs, Jackson, Missouri, United States and was buried in G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States ⁷.)