Inscription:
LOUESA
Wife of
W. Carrico
died Oct. 11, 1863
aged
40 yrs.
(verse on the stone is illegible)
Louesa Downs Carrico
Birth: 25 Sep 1823, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Death: 11 Oct 1863, St. Louis County, Missouri
Burial: Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri
Family members buried in Cold Water Cemetery:
Husband: Walter Carrico
Children: Silas Christopher Carrico, Margaret Ellen Carrico Thompson, and George Washington Carrico
Notes:
• Louesa Downs was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on 25 September 1823, and married Walter Carrico.
• 1850 Census shows children of Children of Walter and Louesa Downs Carrico were all born in Missouri: Henry Wesley, Walter Scott married Amanda Downs on 17 March 1870, Silas Christopher married Venetia Patterson, George Washington married Elizabeth Brown and Mary Elizabeth Downs.
Census:
• 1850 Census: District 82, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M432_414; Page: 472B; Image: 423. Household Members: Walter Carrico 31, Louisa Carrico 21, Henry W. Carrico 7, Sarah M. Carrico 6, Walter S. Carrico 3, Margaret E. Carrico 1, and James Carrico 13.
• 1860 Census page 1096 and page 1097: St Ferdinand, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M653_656; Pages: 1096 and 1097. Household Members: Watt Carrico 50, Louisa Carrico 40, Henry Carrico 19, Scott Carrico 12, Silas Carrico 8, John Carrico 6, James Carrico 4, Margaret Carrico 12, and Calvin Atcheson 23.
