Mary L. Carter: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Mary L. Carter was born about 1838 in Mississippi (daughter of William Carter and Susannah Williams); and died.

Notes:

Living with her older brother, Marion Carter, at the time of the 1850 census.

Mary married William Cook after 1853. William (son of Rev. William Cook and Temperance Morris) was born in Aug 1825 in Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1860 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Casagranda writes that she and her second husband William Edmundson were sued in 1870 by Nathan Cook, a brother of her late husband, William Cook. They had been appointed as tutors of her minor daughter, Mollie. However, she was disqualified for "immoral and lewd proprieties....guilty of acts of Adultry whilst married to her said husband Edmundson and has at this time abandoned the bead of board of her said husband and gone to unknown parts with one Cole." Mary and Chapley Cole lived for a while in Sabine County, Texas, but later returned to Sabine Parish where they both died.

Children:

Mary F. "Mollie" Cook was born about 1857 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died.
James N. Cook was born about 1859 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died before 1870 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Mary married William H. Edmundson on 7 Mar 1869. William was born about 1811 in Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Casagranda writes that she was sued by Nathan Cook,

Mary married Chapley W. Cole about 1870. Chapley was born about 1835 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Lolita Cole was born about 1873 in Louisiana; and died.

Generation: 2

William Carter was born about 1791 in Mississippi; died before 1840 in Pike County, Mississippi.

Notes:

The "Family of William Carterr" website instead shows he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. Said to be a son of Isaac Carter of Cumberland County, North Carolina.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genworld/wmcarter.html.

The "Youngblood Family Genealogy" website also lists Orageburg District, SC as his place of birth, and also showing his father of Isaac Carter, and his mother as Anne Elizabeth Nancy Young.

William married Susannah Williams on 5 Oct 1820 in Amite County, Mississippi. Susannah was born before 1802 in Mississippi; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah Williams was born before 1802 in Mississippi; died before 1850.

Children:

Marion Francis Carter was born about 1826 in Mississippi; died before 1864.
Caroline Augusta Carter was born before 1835 in Mississippi; and died.
Hamilton Horatio Carter was born about 1835 in Mississippi; and died.
1. Mary L. Carter was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died.
Jensy Carter was born about 1839 in Mississippi; and died.