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.