Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Carter
Born: Sep-15-1836 in Mason Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-29-1914 1
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4,5,6
Father: John Carter
Mother: Jane Boswell
Wife: Elizabeth Douglass
Married: Mar-16-1870 in Jackson Co, WV 2
Born: Nov-11-1842 in Jackson Co, (W)VA 7,1,6,8
Died: Apr-18-1926 in Millwood, Jackson Co, WV 9,1
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Cottageville, Jackson Co, WV
Father: Levi Douglass (1815 - 1889)
Mother: Sarah Smith (1822 - 1891)
F Child 1: Rosetta Carter
Born: 1873 10 (see note 2)
Died: 1926 10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
M Child 2: John W. Carter
Born: 1874 10 (see note 3)
Died: 1963 10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
M Child 3: Levi Carter
Born: May-25-1876 in Cottageville, Jackson Co, WV 11,9,10 (see note 4)
Died: Oct-14-1957 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 9,10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Resided: in Millwood, Jackson Co, WV 9
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 9
Never married: 9
M Child 4: Okey V. Carter
Also known as: Oakey V. Carter 1
Born: Mar-14-1879 12,6,5,10
Died: Oct- -1962 12,10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
Occupation: 1900 railroad laborer 6
M Child 5: George W. Carter
Born: 1881 10
Died: 1899 10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
M Child 6: William B. Carter
Born: Jul- -1888 6,10
Died: 1961 10
Buried: in Douglass Cemetery, Ripley Landing, Jackson Co, WV 3
Census: 1900 in Union District, Jackson Co, WV
Sources:
(1) Headstone.
(2) Jackson County WV Marriages 1831 - 1879, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101.
(3) Findagrave.com.
(4) 1870 Census, Jackson County, WV.
(5) 1880 Census, Jackson County, WV.
(6) 1900 Census, Jackson County, WV.
(7) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants
(self-published, July 2007)
(8) 1860 Census, Jackson County, (W)VA.
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) Headstone (year only)
(11) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1833. But headstone shows it as Sep
15 1836.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Apr 1874, but date on headstone is
1873.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1875, but date on headstone is
1874.
Note (4) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1877, but death record and SSDI show
it as May 25 1876.
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