Historical story

Who did Kit Carson Marry?

Kit Carson first married Josefa Jaramillo in 1834; she died of sickness one year later. After her death, he returned to New Mexico, where he met Josefa's sister, Maria Manuela, and they were married in 1843. They had eight children together before her death in 1868. In 1871, he then married Maria Juana (Mary Anne) Abriéu whom he had met on his trip to Fort Davis in Texas; she survived him by eight years.