Mary Ann “Margret” CarterAge: 54 years1861–1916
- Name
- Mary Ann “Margret” Carter
- Given names
- Mary Ann
- Surname
- Carter
- Married name
- Mary Ann Ewell
- Married name
- Mary Ann Bowsher
- Nickname
- Margret
Shared note: John Jackson Carter Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | November 1, 1861 27 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Mahala Jennie Carter June 30, 1862 (Age 7 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a brother | William A Carter April 11, 1866 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 5 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | James Ellsworth Carter June 23, 1868 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah C Carter 1870 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | August 18, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah C Carter September 26, 1872 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Amanda Isadora “Dora” Carter January 4, 1873 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Catherine Jackson March 11, 1876 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elsie G “Essie” Carter December 5, 1876 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Anderson Carter February 9, 1879 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas William Barnett October 29, 1882 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Frederick Fargo Ewell — View this family January 16, 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Sarah Gail Ewell March 15, 1888 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Fayette Carter Ewell February 13, 1890 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emily Mary “Polly” Troutman January 7, 1891 (Age 29 years) Note: "Wife of Thomas W Barnett, Aged 72y, 11m, 19d"" |
| Death of a sister | Mahala Jennie Carter December 30, 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a husband | Frederick Fargo Ewell April 23, 1899 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage | Cephas Bowsher — View this family July 30, 1908 (Age 46 years) Note: Marriage info found at findagrave memorial |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Russell Vernon Bowsher — Sarah Gail Ewell — View this family June 1, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Russell Bowsher December 23, 1913 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | John Jackson Carter December 18, 1914 (Age 53 years) |
| Obituary | Mary Ann Carter Obituary and Family Listing June 20, 1916 (1 day after death) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death | June 19, 1916 (Age 54 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Monte Vista Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Jackson Carter Birth: April 20, 1834 25 24 — Union Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 18, 1914 — Kewanna, Union Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ellizabeth Barnett Birth: March 2, 1839 21 21 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 31, 1925 — Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1857 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Emma Rose Althea Carter Birth: June 1, 1858 24 19 — Iowa, United States Death: November 28, 1938 — St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary Ann “Margret” Carter Birth: November 1, 1861 27 22 — Iowa, United States Death: June 19, 1916 — Colorado, United States |
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8 months younger sister |
Mahala Jennie Carter Birth: June 30, 1862 28 23 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 30, 1891 — Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
William A Carter Birth: April 11, 1866 31 27 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 2, 1945 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Ellsworth Carter Birth: June 23, 1868 34 29 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 24, 1934 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah C Carter Birth: 1870 35 30 — Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1872 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Amanda Isadora “Dora” Carter Birth: January 4, 1873 38 33 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1930 — New York, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Elsie G “Essie” Carter Birth: December 5, 1876 42 37 — Indiana, United States Death: April 9, 1962 — Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States |
| Family with Frederick Fargo Ewell |
| husband |
Frederick Fargo Ewell Birth: March 31, 1865 41 38 — San Francisco, California, United States Death: April 23, 1899 — Sacramento, California, United States |
| herself |
Mary Ann “Margret” Carter Birth: November 1, 1861 27 22 — Iowa, United States Death: June 19, 1916 — Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: January 16, 1887 — San Francisco, California, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Sarah Gail Ewell Birth: March 15, 1888 22 26 — Vacaville, Solano, California, United States Death: May 15, 1960 — Tangier, Tangier-Assilah, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco |
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23 months son |
Fayette Carter Ewell Birth: February 13, 1890 24 28 — Sonoma, California, United States Death: September 18, 1959 — Spokane, Washington, United States |
| Family with Cephas Bowsher |
| husband |
Cephas Bowsher Birth: July 27, 1861 — Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States Death: June 9, 1943 — Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States |
| herself |
Mary Ann “Margret” Carter Birth: November 1, 1861 27 22 — Iowa, United States Death: June 19, 1916 — Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: July 30, 1908 — Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States |
| Cephas Bowsher + Sarah Ellen Milner |
| husband |
Cephas Bowsher Birth: July 27, 1861 — Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States Death: June 9, 1943 — Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Sarah Ellen Milner Birth: September 3, 1865 — Benton, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1904 — Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: July 26, 1884 — Elkhart, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son-in-law |
Russell Vernon Bowsher Birth: September 5, 1887 26 22 — Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States Death: January 1966 — Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Jackson Carter - Household
Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Jackson Carter - Household
ED 44 Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Mary Ann “Margret” Carter - Household
Logansport, Eel, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Cephas Bowsher - Household
Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
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| Name | John Jackson Carter Obituary and Family Listing
John J. Carter, son of James and Catherine Carter, was born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, on April 30th, 1834. When a small boy he moved with his parents to the pld Carter homestead (now part of the Thomas Neff farm, northeast of Kewanna). On the 1st day, of January, 1857, he was united in marriage to Sarah E. Barnett, of this union eight children were born viz.; Ern. Emmma R. Wilson residing east of Kewanna, Indiana, Mary E. Bowsher, of Monte Vista, Colorado, Mahala J. Calvin deceased, William A. Carter of Denver, Indiana, James E. Carter residing on the old homestead in Wayne Tp., Indiana, Sarah C. Carter deceased, Amanda I. Burket of Akron, Indiana, Essie G. Lamborn of Hammond, Indiana.
When the war clouds arose in the south, threatening the Union of the ha state, deceased enlisted in Co. E. 87th of Regt. Ind. Vol. Inft, was elected Sergeant of his Company. He was mustered out in June, 1865 and returned to his wife and three children, where he lived an upright life. Held civil office by the choice of his neighbors.
He never joined any church but was a firm believer in One Supreme, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Divine Being. He was of a jovial disposition, opposed to litigation, never sued any one in his life time; was true to his friends and charitable to his enemies.
He has been a great sufferer for more than 'a year a complication of diseases which culminated in death on Friday about 7:30 p. m., aged 80 years, 7 months and 28 days. "Behold, the silver-cord having been loosed, the golden bowl broken, our Comrade's body returns to Earth, the spirit to God who gave it."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52219609/john-j-carter |