CRAIGHEAD - MERWIN, Caroline E. (Carrie)

Newspaper Unknown April 1924 Carrie, daughter of John G. and Martha Ferguson Swingle, born at Vallisca, Iowa. On September 29, 1888 she married George Washington Craighead at Corning, Iowa and the couple moved to Phoenix, Arizona where George became a partner with Levi Hewins in the insurance and real estate business. Mrs. Hewins, nee Alice Butterfield, was a friend of Sharlot Hall. George and Carrie had one a daughter, Laura Frances Olmsted, born on January 15, 1891. When George became tubercular the family moved to Walnut Grove for the pure air. There they operated a store where freight wagons would stop to deliver and pick up supplies for the mines and ranches in the surrounding area. When George died in 1894, Carrie and daughter Laura moved back to Phoenix. In 1898 Carrie married George Merwin and the family returned to Walnut Grove and took up ranching. Carrie and George had three children: Ruth Lucille McGuire born June 25, 1899; David Copperfield Merwin born April 19,1901; and Helen Mae Merwin born August 26, 1906. After a few years the family moved to Prescott where Carrie served as a Yavapai County Jail Matron and later she worked as a Matron at the industrial school at Fort Grant. Carrie was also an active member in the Eastern Star. Carrie died at Pasadena, California. Note: Carrie is buried at the Mt. View Cemetery, Prescott, Az.