Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920
Biography of Ollie King Carriker, 1858-1923
By Zechariah Barrett, Undergraduate student, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska
After searching through public records and public domain books, I have concluded one thing: there isn't much information about Mrs. Ollie King Carriker. I will, however, endeavor to paint a portrait with what I could find.
She was born, Ollie King, on March 31, 1858 in Ohio, where both her father and mother were likewise born. She died on April 5, 1923, at the age of 65, in Oakland, Alameda, California. As of the year 1900, she resided in Nebraska City Ward 4, in Nebraska. She was married for a period of 14 years, to Malichi Carriker, and was a mother of two children, Marie and Melbourne Carriker. [1] [2].
In Nebraska, Mrs. Carriker was included in a Committee on Assemblies for the National American Woman Suffrage Association [3] and is listed as present for the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Seventh Conventions held in Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon respectively [4] [5]. Oddly enough, I did not find her listed as an attendee at the Thirty-Sixth Convention in Washington, D.C., but rather found mention of her as follows: "Cook Book. Issue a cook book, collecting tested recipes from suffragists all over the State, and make a vegetarian department a specialty Sell advertising space. Reference, Mrs. Ollie King Carriker, Nebraska City, Neb"
Sources:
[1] "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BR-F7S : accessed 17 November 2016), Ollie Carriker in household of Malichi Carriker, Nebraska city Ward 4, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 5B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,936.
[2] "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1D-CR3G : 11 July 2016), Ollie King Carriker, 1923; Burial, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States of America, Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum; citing record ID 140096226, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
[3] National American Woman Suffrage Association. History of Woman Suffrage: 1900-1920. Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1922. [LINK]
[4] National American Woman Suffrage Association. Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth National American Woman Suffrage Association, Held in Washington, D.C. January 16, 17, 18, 19, 1893. Printed by Stormont & Jackson, Printers, 1893. Retrieved from Google Books.
[5] National American Woman Suffrage Association. Proceedings of the Thirty-seventh National American Woman Suffrage Association, Held at Portland, Oregon, June 28th to July 5th, inclusive, 1905. Printed by The Tribune Company, n.d. Retrieved from Google Books.
[6] National American Woman Suffrage Association. Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth National American Woman Suffrage Association, Held at Washington, D.C., February 11th to 17th, inclusive, 1904. Printed by Press of W.M. Ritezel & Company, n.d. Retrieved from Google Books.