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J. B. Carson, one of the early settlers of Lauderdale County, is a son of S. M. and Jane (Carpenter) Carson. The father was born in Virginia in 1800, and the mother in Kentucky in 1799. They were married in Kentucky, and in 1825 they moved to Tennessee and located in Carroll County, living in Carroll and Henderson Counties until 1836, when they moved to Mississippi, then moved to Shelby County, Tenn., and in 1849 to Lauderdale County. Six of the seven children born to them are living. Both parents were strict Presbyterians, and Mr. Carson a Whig. During the time of the militia, he was commissioned colonel by Gov. Cannon; he was sheriff of Henderson County for two terms, and made farming and merchandising his business. His wife died in 1865, and he died in 1885. J. B. Carson, our subject, is of Scotch-Irish descent and was born September 10, 1830, in Carroll County, received a good education, and, after he was grown, farmed and taught school for three years. In 1854 he was elected constable of his district, and four years later, tax collector. In 1861 he went into the Confederate service, Company K, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, as third sergeant; the same year he was appointed quartermaster of his regiment, but resigned in 1863, and went on post duty, but in 1864 was discharged on account of ill health. After the war he engaged in merchandising, and in 1858 he married Louise A. Stuart, who only lived about a year, and since then he has never re­married. Before the war he was a Whig, but is now a Democrat, and has held the office of tax collector a term; he is now county coroner, and has been for six years. While not a member of any church, he is of Presbyterian faith, and has been a citizen of Lauderdale County for thirty-seven years, being widely known and highly esteemed.