Benjamin Carder was born in 1815 in Missouri, and died in 1878.
Angeline lived with grandmother Julia's family. John, grandmother's father, was the youngest child. Later she moved in with her other son, Simeon. Finally she moved in with her other son, Abraham, where she was living at the time of her death.
Grandmother Julia Carder Whited states that Benjamin Carder attempted to aid with Abraham Carder's family in the diptheria outbreak at Rayborn, Missouri. Aunt Sis objected to the spray that was administered orally to her son, who was quite sick. He would cough upon administration of the medicine. Aunt Sis felt he would strangle to his death. However, he succumbed to his death from diptheria anyway. Grandmother states that her brother, Eddie had a bad case too, but pulled through. She said their family was quarantined at their house, and neighbors would leave food at the fence as they were afraid of contracting the deadly diptheria bacillum from her family. Aunt Eveline, Grandmother's sister, also was confined at their home during the outbreak, but neither Eveline, nor Grandmother contracted diptheria even though exposed.
Angeline was born in 1829 in Illinois.
Their are several stories that have been told over the years.
One of the stories is of Angeline, her family and neighbors preparing to leave their settlement and relocate, somewhere across a river. An old Indian found out somehow of their plans and he alerted his tribe which surrounded and captured them. They hacked a neighbor man and woman up badly, cutting the woman's breasts. After the torment was over, the old Indian rose up and started making awful noises.
Another story is about the Willis families' neighbors who were captured by hostile Indians. A friendly tribe they knew and lived by, crept quietly in during the night and rescued them.
All of Angeline's grandchildren said she never talked about her family. Angeline was a fleshy woman, wore her dresses long, buttoned all the way up front, gathered all around with bask waist. These dresses had pockets that she carried candy in. Her dresses usually contained ten yards of material. She smoked a little clay pipe which had a cane stem. It was called a stone pipe. The tobacco she grew herself and was very harsh. My grandmother, Julia, would light her pipe with a hot coal from the fireplace many times. Julia would stroke Angeline's hair for hours at a time. Angeline also taught Julia how to make cornbread.