END NOTES FOR RUTH PALMER

1. Ruth’s father kept a journal and recorded, "Ruth born July 25th ‘72." See David Luff, Journal of Major George H. Palmer (Ventura, CA: David Luff, 2000), 46. "U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > 1910 > IL > Cook > Chicago Ward 6 > E.D. 332 > image 19, entry for Ruth Palmer Carey, b. Tennessee. Ruth’s father’s name and her death date and place in Order for transferring Ruth Palmer's remains from Puerto Rico to Arlington Cemetery, U.S. Army, "Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Sibert, 201 File of Army Orders 1950–1952," author’s copy. Ruth’s father’s name and her death and burial dates and her burial with her parents are in "U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962," database with images, Ancestry > C > Carey, Gracia Lee–Carlile, Victoria Gladys > image 308, citing Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group (RG) 92, NARA, College Park, MD. Ruth Palmer, female, age 23, birthdate 1872, marriage date 1 August 1895, marriage place Salt Lake, Utah, spouse Edward Colby Carey in "Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887–1937," database, Ancestry, citing Utah courthouses. "Captain and Mrs. George H. Palmer have sent out invitations for the marriage of their daughter Ruth and Mr. Edward Colby Carey, which takes place on Thursday, August 1st, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Cathedral." In Untitled article, Salt Lake City Tribune, 21 July 1895, 9.

2. Margaret Larsen Sibert, notes of a conversation with [Edward and Ruth’s daughter] Laura (Carey) Sibert, author’s copy.

3. "The records of the Department of the Army show that Colonel Edward C. Carey … who gave his date of birth as 20 April 1871, died 19 February 1948 at Chase Convalescent Home, Southern Pines, North Carolina … ." In U.S. Department of War, Adjutant General's Office, Statement of Death of Edward C. Carey, 2 March 1948, author’s copy. "Col. Edward Colby Carey died at Southern Pines, N.C., February 1948. It was on April 20th, 1871 on a small post in New Mexico that Ned Carey first saw the light of day. His father [was] Capt. A. B. Carey … ." In Edwin L. Sibert, "Edward Colby Carey," biography prepared for the Secretary of the Association of Graduates, USMA, 17 Jan. 1950. Son of Paymaster General Asa B. Carey, George Washington Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, vol. 5, supplement (Saginaw, MI: Seeman & Peters, 1910), 563. "North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908–2004," database, Ancestry, citing North Carolina Archives and Records Section, North Carolina Records, 1908–1967, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, entry for Edward C. Carey, b. 1872, d. 16 Feb. 1948 Moore County, age 76.  His birth and death years are on his gravestone (digital image), "Col. Edward Colby ‘Ned’ Carey," Findagrave, 38822601. Edward Colby Carey, age 43, born Santa Fe, son Asa B. and Laura (Colby) Carey, second marriage, divorced, and Anna S. Haynes, nee Smith, second marriage, divorced, 16 Nov. 1914, "Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840–1915," database with images, Ancestry > 1914 > Lowell > image 52, no. 974, citing "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915," NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts. Carey, Edward C. and Anna S., Bay, "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927–2001," database with images, Ancestry > 1930 > C > image 1, certificate 3312, citing Florida Department of Health, Florida, Divorce Index, 1927–2001, Jacksonville. Edward’s third wife’s name is in Sibert, "Edward Colby Carey."

4. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1910> IL > Cook > Chicago Ward 6 > district 332 > image 19, lines 11–13, entry for Ruth P. Carey. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1930 > D.C. > Washington > Washington > district 191 > image 10, lines 27–29, entry for Mary P. Noble.

5. Ruth Palmer Cary’s will, author's copy.

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