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Thomas Carney was the
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Carney was born in
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to James and Sarah Carney. James died in 1828, and Thomas remained at home farming with his mother until age 19. He was educated in
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where he lived with an uncle.
Carney died in
Leavenworth, KansasLeavenworth is the largest city and county seat of Leavenworth County, in the U.S. state of Kansas and within the Kansas City, Missouri Metropolitan Area. Located in the northeast portion of the state, it is on the west bank of the Missouri River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
from
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and is buried there in Mount Muncie Cemetery.
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