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- Benjamin indicated he came to Nevada in 1860 and went to Storey Co., Nevada in 1873.
1870 Census:
Dayton, Lyon Co., Nevada
B. H. Carrick, 34, Male, White, County Treasurer, b. Maine
Harriet, 25 Female, White, Keeping House, b. Mich.
John M., 8, Male, White, b. Calafornia
Willie, 5, Male, White, b. Nevada
Marion, 1 mo., Male, White, b. Nevada - (Twin)
Melvilla, 1 mo., Female, White, b. Nevada - (Twin)
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1877
Benjamin was selected "Scribe" of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons of the Gold Hill Chapter of Storey Co., Nevada.
(Nevada History, 1881, p. 247).
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1880 Census:
Gold Hill, Storey, Nevada
Film Number T9-0759
Page Number 250A
Benjamin H. Carrick Self M Male W 44 ME County Treasurer NOVA SCOTIA ME
Helen F. Carrick Wife (2nd. wife) M Female W 24 CA Keeping House MA MI
Carlis R. Carrick Son S Male W 7 NV MA MI
Lewis H. Carrick Son S Male W 3 NV MA MI
Charles B. Carrick Son S Male W 1 NV MA MI
William R. Beamer Cousin W Male W 33 MO Laborer VA MO
Emma G. Beamer Cousin S Female W 11 MO At School MO MO
Richard H. Beamer Cousin S Male W 9 MO MO MO
Mary V. Beamer Cousin S Female W 5 MO MO MO
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Daily Nevada State Journal ( 31 October 1880 )
B.H.Carrick was indicated as a defaulter to the treasury for $22,482.44 which was attributed to losses on stocks.
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Reno Evening Gazette ( 30 November 1880 )
Carrick indited for embezzlement of public funds. Retains R.H. Taylor to defend him.
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Reno Evening Gazette ( 30 December 1880 )
Carrick sentenced by Judge Rising, in Virginia City, for embezzlement of $21,940.41 of county funds.
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Benjamin is spent some time in Nevada State Prison, in Carson, for embezzlement (per Nevada State Journal, 1870-1900).
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Daily Nevada State Journal ( 14 November 1882 )
Ex-Treasurer B. H. Carrick was officially pardoned by Governor Kinkead, Justice Leonard, and the Attorney General
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Weekly Nevada State Journal ( 10 November 1883 )
It was reported that B.H. Carrick had one of the finest farms in Oregon.
That story was later rebutted by a Seattle man who said he saw Benjamin there and that he had been making about $2 per day but was currently out of work.
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Daily Nevada State Journal ( 22 July 1892 )
The mangled body Ex-Treasurer B. H. Carrick was discovered on the tracks near Berkley, Alameda Co., CA
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