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CARVILL HINSON REDDING, for many years a well-known coachmaker of Carlisle, Cumberland county, was a native of Baltimore, Md., born in 1814. He was of English descent, his grandfather having been a native of England who settled in Baltimore. He served as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in both England and America. Mr. Redding’s father was a hotel-keeper in Baltimore, conducting a temperance house. He married a lady named Hinson, and both died in Baltimore. Carvill Hinson Redding was one of a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom we have the following record: William died March 24, 1900, in Baltimore; another son went to sea, and was never again heard from; Mary Ann became the wife of Edward Wright; Eliza Jane became Mrs. Cann and died in Baltimore; Cornelia, Mrs. Rayberg, also died in Baltimore; Rebecca, Mrs. Newman, died in Baltimore; Octavia, who never married, also died in that city.

Carvill Hinson Redding grew to manhood in his native city, received a common-school education, and there learned the trade of coachmaker, which he followed all his life. On leaving Baltimore he went to Gettysburg, Pa., where he married Miss Emeline Buckingham, who died in Gettysburg, and before his removal from that place he remarried, his second wife being Mrs. Sarah (Allison) Hixson. They came to Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa., shortly before the Civil war, and there made a permanent home, Mr. Redding conducting a successful coachmaking establishment throughout his active years, being located on North Bedford street, and in a building which stood on the site of Bretz’s livery stable, on North Pitt street. His death, which occurred March 5, 1900, was mourned sincerely among the many who had learned to esteem him during his long and industrious career in Carlisle, for he was justly respected wherever he was known. He was a devout attendant on the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Sarah Redding, who passed away in November, 1869, was a member of that Church. She was the mother of three children: Rebecca, born in Gettysburg, who is the wife of Cornelius Zimmerman; Carvill, who died March 17, 1900; and Edward, a resident of Smithville, Ohio. By his first wife Mr. Redding had one son, Elias H.