Wade & Webb Family History

Clarissa J Carlisle1842–1924

Pike · Warrior · New Bethel

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Open questions
  4. Searches made
  5. Sources
  6. Notes

Birth

  1. 14 Mar 1842 Jefferson, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 10 Nov 1902 Edmon Carlisle, at Jefferson, Alabama 4, 5
  2. 10 Nov 1902 Edmon Carlisle, at Jefferson, Alabama 4, 5

Death and burial

  1. Nov 1924 Burial: Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama
  2. 24 Nov 1924 Death: New Bethel, Colbert, Alabama 8

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 10 Nov 1902
Edmon Carlisle 1831–1906

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Clarissa J Carlisle
  2. Wife of Edmon Carlisle
  3. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Clarissa J. Carlisle was born on 14 March 1842 in Jefferson County, Alabama, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date and records no parents.1 The tree attaches to her the census of 1850, which lists a Clarissa Carlisle in the household of Moses Carlisle in Jefferson County, and that of 1860, which lists a "Carissa J Carlisle" in the household of Moses Carlisle in the Western Division of Pike County, Alabama.2 The census of 1880 lists a Clarissa J. Carlisle in the household of Gilia M. Carlisle in Jefferson County.3 Inference If these entries are hers, she was born a Carlisle, probably a daughter of Moses Carlisle; the indexes do not give relationships, and the tree does not link her to Moses.3 On 10 November 1902, aged sixty according to the tree's birth date, she married Edmond Jefferson Carlisle, the widower of Martha Gilliland and a son of Robert Whatley Carlisle, in Jefferson County.4 The marriage indexes give her name not as Carlisle but as Clarisa Jane Reid or Clarisa J. Reece.5 Inference Reid or Reece was probably the surname of an earlier husband, but no record of such a marriage has been found, and her maiden name remains an open question.5 Her husband died at Warrior, Jefferson County, in August 1906.6 Searches of the Chronicling America newspaper collection for Clarissa Carlisle and for Mrs. Edmon Carlisle in Alabama found nothing, and a report of 1921 of a land transfer to and from a C. J. Carlisle near Warrior gives only initials and cannot be identified with her with any confidence.7 She died on 24 November 1924 and was buried at Warrior; the tree places the death at New Bethel, Colbert County, Alabama, and the Find a Grave index enters her as Clarrissa J. Carlisle Carlisle.8 Inference Her husband is buried in the New Bethel Cemetery at Warrior, in Jefferson County, so the tree's "New Bethel, Colbert" is most probably a mistaken county for New Bethel near Warrior; her Alabama death record, indexed as Clarrisa Carlisle with a Jeff Carlisle named in it, should show the place.9

Open questions

  • Jefferson County deed records, December 1921: W. G. Carlisle and wife to C. J. Carlisle, and C. J. Carlisle to R. B. Chappell and wife, SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec. 31, T14S, R3W (Warrior–Kimberly area), reported in the Birmingham Age-Herald 1921-12-18 p.18. The deed index would give C. J. Carlisle's full name and show whether this is Clarissa (then 79) disposing of Edmon Carlisle's land, and who W. G. Carlisle is (a stepson?).
  • Is Carlisle her maiden name or Edmon's? She married him in 1902 at 60; her 1850–1880 residences in the tree must be under another surname.
  • She died at New Bethel, Colbert County, in 1924 but was buried at Warrior: whose household was she in? The Birmingham Age-Herald for late November 1924 (Chronicling America) may carry a death notice; search "Carlisle" with "Warrior" for 1924-11-24 to 1924-12-05.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Clarissa Carlisle", Alabama, 1924–1925no matches
  2. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Clarissa Carlisle", Alabama, 1901–1903no matches
  3. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Clarissa Carlisle", Alabama, 1857–1925no matches
  4. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Clarissa J Carlisle", Alabama, 1857–1925no matches
  5. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "C J Carlisle", Alabama, 1857–19259818 pages; first: [The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), 1921-12-18, p. 18](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1921-12-18/ed-1/?sp=18); [Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), 1883-11-30, p. 1](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045160/1883-11-30/ed-1/?sp=1); [Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), 1883-12-02, p. 1](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045160/1883-12-02/ed-1/?sp=1)
  6. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Mrs Edmon Carlisle", Alabama, 1902–1925no matches
  7. 2026-11-08Assessment: Chronicling America: "C J Carlisle", Alabama, 1857–1925 (9,818 pages)The count is uninformative (initials dropped, effectively "Carlisle"), but hit 1 prints the exact name: Birmingham Age-Herald 1921-12-18 p.18, Jefferson County real-estate transfers: "W. G. Carlisle and wife to C. J. Carlisle, SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 31, Tp. 14, R. 3 W., surface only — $1 and other valuable considerations. C. J. Carlisle to R. B. Chappell and wife, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 31, Tp. 14, R. 3 W. — $1 and other valuable considerations." Inference: Township 14 S, Range 3 W (Huntsville meridian) is the Warrior–Kimberly area of northern Jefferson County, where Edmon Carlisle died in 1906 and where Clarissa was buried in November 1924, so a C. J. Carlisle holding land there in 1921 is plausibly Clarissa (then 79, a widow); the nominal $1 conveyance from W. G. Carlisle and wife reads like a family member releasing an interest so that C. J. could convey to Chappell. But the item gives only initials, no "Mrs.", no relationship and no residence, and the Carlisle family in that district was large, so C. J. could equally be a man. Verdict: possible match, LOW confidence; no document record. Lead recorded under Open questions. Hits 2–10 (Memphis Daily Appeal 1883 front pages and a Birmingham State Herald 1896 advertising page, none showing the phrase in its passage) were not reviewed further; the rest of the 9,818 were not reviewed.

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Clarissa J Carlisle.

  1. 1850Clarissa Carlisle, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1860Carissa J Carlisle, "United States, Census, 1860"
  3. 1880Clarissa J. Carlisle, "United States, Census, 1880"
  4. 10 Nov 1902Clarisa J Reece, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 10 November 1902Clarisa J Reece, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  6. 10 Nov 1902Clarisa Jane Reid, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  7. 10 Nov 1902Clarisa Jane Reid, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  8. 1924Clarrisa Carlisle, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  9. 1924Clarrissa J. Carlisle Carlisle, "Find a Grave Index"
  10. 10 Nov 1902Clarisa Jane Reid, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6JV-LRQ: birth 14 Mar 1842, Jefferson, Alabama, no source attached; no parents recorded back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Clarissa Carlisle in entry for Moses Carlisle, 1850. Record: Clarissa Carlisle in entry for Moses Carlisle, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Carissa J Carlisle in entry for Moses Carlisle, 1860. Record: Carissa J Carlisle in entry for Moses Carlisle, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6JV-LRQ: residence 1850, Jefferson county; 1860, Western Division, Pike, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Clarissa J. Carlisle in entry for Gilia M. Carlisle, 1880. Record: Clarissa J. Carlisle in entry for Gilia M. Carlisle, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6JV-LRQ: residence 1880, Jefferson, Alabama back to the text
  4. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Edmond Jefferson Carlisle and Clarisa Jane Reid, 10 Nov 1902. Record: Edmond Jefferson Carlisle and Clarisa Jane Reid, 10 Nov 1902 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6JV-LRQ: marriage 10 Nov 1902, Jefferson, Alabama FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GFZY-LQJ (their page): spouse Martha E. Gilliland (1835–1901); parents Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens back to the text
  5. "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Clarisa Jane Reid in entry for Edmond Jefferson Carlisle, 10 Nov 1902. Record: Clarisa Jane Reid in entry for Edmond Jefferson Carlisle, 10 Nov 1902 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Edmund J Carlisle and Clarisa J Reece, 10 Nov 1902. Record: Edmund J Carlisle and Clarisa J Reece, 10 Nov 1902 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Edmund J Carlisle and Clarisa J Reece, 10 November 1902. Record: Edmund J Carlisle and Clarisa J Reece, 10 November 1902 Research log, searches made: open question: is Carlisle her maiden name or Edmon's? back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GFZY-LQJ (their page): death 17 Aug 1906, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama back to the text
  7. Research log, searches made: Chronicling America: Clarissa Carlisle, Alabama, 1857–1925, and Mrs Edmon Carlisle, 1902–1925: no matches; Birmingham Age-Herald 1921-12-18 p. 18, W. G. Carlisle and wife to C. J. Carlisle: possible match, low confidence back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L6JV-LRQ: death 24 Nov 1924, New Bethel, Colbert, Alabama; burial Nov 1924, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924. Record: Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924, Alabama, Deaths "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Clarrissa J. Carlisle Carlisle, 1924. Record: Clarrissa J. Carlisle Carlisle, 1924, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GFZY-LQJ (their page): burial New Bethel Cemetery, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924. Record: Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Jeff Carlisle in entry for Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924. Record: Jeff Carlisle in entry for Clarrisa Carlisle, 1924 back to the text