Caswell Lavaughn Carter

Notes:

His fathers name was not listed on the Texas Birth Index.

Notes:

Said to have been a twin, with his sibling being stillborn. He was a veteran of World War II.

James married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XP2V-QMH
Name: James Redmon Carter
Event: Military
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1878
Film Number: 4143074
Digital Folder Number: 4143074
Image Number: 01042
Collection: United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 3 May 1910
SD 2 ED 141 Sheet 10B
196-225
Carter, Jim Head M W 29 m1 8 La Ga Tx Labor Saw Mill
Carter, Ellen L Wf F W 25 m1 8 2/2 Tx La Al
Carter, Ellen E Dtr F W 7 S Tx La Tx
Carter, Lillie E Dtr F W 3 S Tx La Tx


1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 12B
249-249
Carter, James R Head M W 38 M La La La Farmer
Carter, Lillie E Wf F W 37 M Tx Ala Fl Farm Laborer
Carter, Ellen E Dtr F W 17 S Tx La Tx
Carter, Lillie E Dtr F W 12 S Tx La Tx (Ancestry.com transcribes this as Lillie Ann)
Carter, Charles E Son M W 1 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx


1930
not located

James married Lilly Ellen Merritt on 30 Mar 1902 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Lilly (daughter of Edmon Columbus Merritt and Alice Ann Mary Howard) was born on 9 Jun 1885 in Anderson County, Texas; died on 27 Feb 1975 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her headstone reads "Chose to serve God in your hour of decision." Leatha Betts shows that she married second a BRONSON.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMG9-GQ5/p1
Name: Lilly Ellen Carter
Death Date: 27 Feb 1975
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 89 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1886
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Columbus Edmon Merritt
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Alice Howard
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243706
Digital Film Number: 4167392
Image Number: 2582
Reference Number: 19582
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Bradford Carter, his son Ben, and grandson, John Bradford owned and operated Carter's Ferry for many years. (White and Toole, p 41).

Leatha Betts, a descendant of his eldest daugther, Sarah Elizabeth, show that Bradford was married five times in total, and also indicates that he had three children with Frances Procell, though they were never married. Frances Procell was listed as a housekeeper, age 22, in his home at the time of the 1870 census. Frances Precell, shown as widowed, lived in the adjacent residence at the time of the 1880 census with her three children, Luisia, 14, William, 7, and Lizzie, 5.

Bradford's grave is marked "CSA Homeguards, Masonic Lodge #88"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward No. 3, PO Many
Enumerated 26 Jun 1860
Page 22
229-229
Bradford Carter 26 M Farmer 400 La
Sarah Carter 22 F Tx
Benjamin B. Carter 6/12 M La

1870 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 3
P.O. Many or SabineTown, Texas
Enumerated 30 Aug 1870
Page 14
110-110
Carter, Stephen B. 36 M W Keeper Public Ferry 500 400 La
Carter, Benj B. 10 M W At home La
Carter, Wm. King 8 M W At home La
Carter, Sarah E. 5 F W La
Procell, Francis 22 F W Housekeeper Ala

1880 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Negreet
Page 38B SD 2 ED 46
Enumerated 2 July 1880
82-83
Carter, Bradford W M 47 Farmer La Geo Geo
Carter, Elizabeth W F 33 Wf Keeping House Tx Tx Miss
Carter, Benjamin B W M 20 Son Laborer La La Tex
Carter, Sarah E. W F 15 Dtr At Home La La Tex
Carter, Sallie W F 5 Dtr La La Tex
Carter, James W M 2 Son La La Tex
83-84
Precell, Frances W F 37 Laborer Ala Ga Unk
Precell, Luisa W F 14 Dtr Laborer La Ala La
Precell, William W M 7 Son La Ala La
Precell, Lizzie W F 5 Dtr La Ala La

Bradford married Elizabeth Margaret Mason on 1 Dec 1874 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Elizabeth (daughter of Sam Houston Mason, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth Harrison) was born on 8 Apr 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jul 1889 in Pendleton, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Carter Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmon married Alice Ann Mary Howard on 9 Mar 1876 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Alice was born on 20 Aug 1860 in Wakulla County, Florida; died on 15 Sep 1942 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be a daughter of Andrew Jackson HOWARD and Marth Ann Howard Franklin.