Carrie is the daughter of
Liberty U. Dragoo and his wife
Celestia Ann Hunniker, of Buchanan
township, Berrien County Michigan.
Carrie was the eldest of their
seven children.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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All of Carrie's siblings were born
in Buchanan Township, Berrien County
Michigan, so she "probably" was also.
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Carrie was the first wife
of Peter Ewalt [Sr.]
whom she married on
June 21, 1885, in Berrien Springs,
Berrien County Michigan, by
Sidney C. Davis, Minister.
(Both Carrie and Peter were listed
as being "of" Oronoko Township).
Marriage Certificate in
Book F, page 204.
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Peter Ewalt Sr. is the son of
George H. Ewalt (1833-1902),
and his wife Mary Kemmerer.
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Carrie's husband Peter Ewalt [Sr.]
also had a sister named
Carrie K. Ewalt (1866-1954),
who is also buried in this
Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Peter Ewalt [Sr.] was born in 1864
and he died Sept. 11, 1931.
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The 2 children (twins), of
Peter Ewalt Sr. and his first
wife Carrie Estell Dragoo are:
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1. Ethel Lulene Ewalt.
(Twin to one-day-old Peter Ewalt Jr.)
b. Jan. 22, 1886, in Oronoko township,
Berrien County Michigan.
(Her mother Carrie and her twin
brother Peter Ewalt Jr., both died
the day after Ethel's birth).
In the 1900 census, Ethel is living
with her father's mother Mary Ewalt,
in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
m. Herman Arthur Hattenbach, son of
John Hattenbach and Caroline Etzert,
on March 14, 1908, in Berrien Springs,
Berrien County Michigan.
Children: Eva M., John H, and
Mary "Caroline" Hattenbach.
d. Ethel died July 15, 1924, in
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan,
at the age of 38
(per her death certificate).
Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery,
(next to her husband Herman,
their daughter Eva M., and
Herman's second wife Henrietta
(in Section A, Lot 318).
(In her father Peter's obituary,
it states that Ethel was from a
"previous" marriage).
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2. Peter Ewalt Jr.
Twin to Ethel.
b. Jan 22, 1886.
d. Peter Jr. died at one-day-old,
on Jan. 23, 1886,
the same day as his mother Carrie.
He is buried next to his mother.
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Carrie died at her home in Oronoko
township (N. of Buchanan, and West
of Berrien Springs),
Berrien County Michigan,
from childbirth (after giving birth
to twins), at the age of
21 years, 4 months, and 29 days,
(per her death certificate).
(The headstone says
"21 YRS. & 6 MOS.").
Peter [Sr.] and Carrie had been married
for only seven months when Carrie died.
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The "Return of Death" for Carrie
(for Oronoko Twp. Berrien Co. MI 1886)
is located at the Berrien County
Historical Association in Berrien
Springs, Berrien County Michigan.
It gives her date-of-death
as Jan. 23, 1886, as does her
death certificate, and her headstone.
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The Rose Hill cemetery records
also gives Jan. 23, 1886 as her
date-of-death.
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A scrapbook of newspaper clippings,
compiled by Mary Wood - Knight,
located at the Berrien County
Genealogical Society, has the
following newspaper clipping
(name and date of newspaper
is unknown):
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DIED - Mrs. Carrie Ewalt, wife of
Peter Ewalt, [died] at her home in
Oronoko Township, January 22 [should
be Jan. 23] age 21 years.
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Carrie Estell (Dragoo) Ewalt is buried
in the Rose Hill Cemetery next to her
one-day-old son Peter Ewalt Jr.
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Note: The cemetery records (and the
cemetery office personal), had stated
that Carrie had no headstone, but thanks
to the wonderful efforts of Deborah,
the "graveyard-angel" who throughly
cleaned the headstone that we thought
"might" be Carrie's, we now know for
sure, that Carrie does indeed have a
headstone! Thank you Deborah!!!
See the wonderful headstone photo
that Deborah took of Carrie's newly
cleaned headstone (on the right).
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Note: Carrie's husband Peter Ewalt [Sr.]
later married Mary Caroline Steeb on
Jan. 1, 1890.
They had 12 children. They lived in
Oronoko Twp., Berrien Co. Michigan.
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Carrie is buried in the "1st addition,
South Section, Lot 186, Space 1",
next to her one-day-old son Peter Jr.
who is in Lot 186, Space 2.
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Note: Carrie's husband Peter Sr. is
also buried in this cemetery
(near Carrie and his second wife
Mary C. Steeb), in Lot 186, Space 4.
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Buried in Lot 186 are:
Space 1. Carrie E. (Dragoo) Ewalt
(first wife of Peter Ewalt [Sr.].
Space 2. Peter Ewalt Jr. (one day old
son of Carrie and Peter Ewalt [Sr.].
Space 3. Frank Jasper Ewalt, age 21
(son of Peter Ewalt Sr. and
his second wife Mary).
Space 4. Peter Ewalt [Sr.]
Space 5. George H. Ewalt
(son of Peter Ewalt Sr. and
his second wife Mary),
aged 1 year, 3 months, and 28 days.
Space 6. Mary C. (Steeb) Ewalt
(second wife of Peter Ewalt [Sr.]
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The obituary for Carrie's husband
Peter Ewalt Sr. was publihed in
the "Berrien Springs Era" newspaper
on Sept. 17, 1931, page 1.
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Carrie's headstone reads:

WIFE OF
PETER EWALT
DIED
JAN 23, 1886
AGED
21 YRS. & 6 MOS.
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The second and third photos
are courtesy of
find-a-grave member "Charissa".
Thank you Charissa!
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Note: See the memorials for Carrie's
family, on this web site.
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