Biographical Note

Samuel Edwin Carnahan was born to John A. and Fannie May Carnahan on November 3 or 8, 1884, in Pulaski, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Carnahan married Sarah Penelope Moulton (1888-1974) in Rhode Island on September 15, 1917, and they had several children. They later moved to Connecticut before settling in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Over the years, Carnahan worked as an engineer in an ammunition factory, radio store, and most frequently automotive factories.

Carnahan died on July 7, 1970, in Cleveland, and is buried alongside his wife in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski, Virginia.

External Sources:

U.S. Federal Censuses, 1900-1950

"Samuel Edwin Carnahan" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36664486/samuel-edwin-carnahan, accessed March 29, 2021.

"Saml. Edwin Carnahan" in the Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/751558:62153, accessed October 9, 2023.

"Samuel E Carnahan" in the Rhode Island, U.S., Marriage Index, 1851-1920, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/167676:4263, accessed October 9, 2023.

"Samuel E Carnahan" in the Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/324068:5763, accessed October 9, 2023.

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