The Shemwell Family

Frederick Anderson CarterAge: 21 years18931914

Name
Frederick Anderson Carter
Given names
Frederick Anderson
Surname
Carter
Birth March 11, 1893 24 20
Birth of a sisterSarah Blanche Carter
December 15, 1894 (Age 21 months)
Death of a sisterSarah Blanche Carter
March 11, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Anderson Carter
December 27, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Delora Carter
October 14, 1897 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna Marie Carter
July 8, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter
May 24, 1904 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam James “Bill” Carter
April 30, 1907 (Age 14 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherFayette Lowell “Jack” Carter
April 24, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Note: Birth date/location listed in WWII Draft Registration
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
April 1, 1911 (Age 18 years)
Text:
Name: Odessa Mabelle Carter Sex: Female Age: 21 yr Race: W Event Type: Death Event Date: 01 Apr 1911 Event Place: Wayne Township, Indiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Affiliate Repository Place: County Clerk Office, City Health Office Rochester
Birth of a brotherMerl Cephus Carter
November 10, 1911 (Age 18 years)
Cremation of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
1911 (Age 17 years)
MarriageLelia Wave GundrumView this family
October 4, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Text:
Name: Fred Carter Sex: Male Birth Date: 11 Mar 1890 Birthplace: , Fulton, Indiana Residence Place: Kewanna, , Indiana Race: White Number of Previous Marriages: once Father's Name: James Carter Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Minnie Crawford Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Lela Gundrum Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Residence Place: Van Buren Twp, Pulaski, Indiana Spouse's Birth Date: 02 Apr 1896 Spouse's Birthplace: , Cass, Indiana Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Father's Name: Schuyler Gundrum Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Etta Kahler Officiator's Name: H C Weston Marriage Place: Winamac, Indiana Event Type: Marriage License Event Date: 04 Oct 1913 Event Place: Pulaski, Indiana, United States Page Number: 260 Number of Images: 1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evelyn Ione Carter
August 17, 1914 (Age 21 years)
Death September 28, 1914 (Age 21 years)
Obituary
Frederick Ellsworth Carter Obituary and Family Listing
September 29, 1914 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grass Creek Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1888Fulton, Indiana, United States
-5 months
elder sister
20 months
elder sister
Odessa Mabelle Carter
Birth: February 1890 21 17Indiana, United States
Death: April 1, 1911Wayne, Indiana, United States
14 months
elder sister
23 months
himself
Frederick Anderson Carter
Birth: March 11, 1893 24 20Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 28, 1914Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States
21 months
younger sister
Sarah Blanche Carter
Birth: December 15, 1894 26 22Indiana, United States
Death: March 11, 1895Fulton, Indiana, United States
1 year
younger brother
John Anderson Carter
Birth: December 27, 1895 27 23Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 9, 1947Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
22 months
younger sister
21 months
younger sister
Anna Marie Carter
Birth: July 8, 1899 31 27Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1917Fulton, Indiana, United States
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter
Birth: April 24, 1910 41 37Logansport, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1979Minidoka, Idaho, United States
19 months
younger brother
Merl Cephus Carter
Birth: November 10, 1911 43 39Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 27, 1982Hamlet, Starke, Indiana, United States
Family with Lelia Wave Gundrum - View this family
himself
Frederick Anderson Carter
Birth: March 11, 1893 24 20Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 28, 1914Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States
wife
Lelia Wave Gundrum
Birth: April 1896 35 23Indiana, United States
Death: 1964Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Marriage: October 4, 1913Pulaski, Indiana, United States
10 months
daughter
Evelyn Ione Carter
Birth: August 17, 1914 21 18Van Buren, Grant, Indiana, United States
Death: November 27, 1994Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, United States

Frederick Anderson Carter has 16 first cousins recorded

MarriageIndiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Text:
Name: Fred Carter Sex: Male Birth Date: 11 Mar 1890 Birthplace: , Fulton, Indiana Residence Place: Kewanna, , Indiana Race: White Number of Previous Marriages: once Father's Name: James Carter Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Minnie Crawford Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Lela Gundrum Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Residence Place: Van Buren Twp, Pulaski, Indiana Spouse's Birth Date: 02 Apr 1896 Spouse's Birthplace: , Cass, Indiana Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Father's Name: Schuyler Gundrum Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Etta Kahler Officiator's Name: H C Weston Marriage Place: Winamac, Indiana Event Type: Marriage License Event Date: 04 Oct 1913 Event Place: Pulaski, Indiana, United States Page Number: 260 Number of Images: 1
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Ellsworth Carter - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Carter, James EheadWMJun186831M12INININFarmer0YesYesYesRF
Carter, Minnie MwifeWFJun187227M1287INTNINYesYesYes
Carter, Nellie BdaughterWFJun188812SININAt School6.5YesYesYes
Carter, Odessa MdaughterWFFeb189010SININAt School6.5YesYesYes
Carter, Flora MdaughterWFApr18919SININAt School6.5
Carter, Freddie EsonWMMar18937SININAt School6.5
Carter, John AsonWMDec18954SININ
Carter, Emma DdaughterWFOct 18972SININ
Carter, Anna MdaughterWFJul18990 years and 10 monthsSININ

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Ellsworth Carter - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carter, JamesheadMW40M123INININEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesRF
Carter, MinniewifeFW36M123109INININEnglishNoneYesYes
Carter, Dessie MdaughterFW20SINININEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Carter, Frederick EsonMW17SINININEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmWYesYesNo
Carter, John AsonMW14SINININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Carter, Emma DdaughterFW12SINININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Carter, Anna MdaughterFW10SINININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Carter, Thomas SsonMW5SINININNone
Carter, William JsonMW3SINININNone

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Lenard Demerly Sr - Household

Van Buren, Pulaski, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Demerly, John LheadMW21M13INGermanyGermanyEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesNoRF
Demerly, Florence MwifeFW19M1322INININEnglishNoneYesYes
Demerly, Wilbert JsonMW3SINININNone
Demerly, Garold AsonMW0 years 1 monthsSINININNone
Carter, Frederick Abrother-in-lawMW17SINININEnglishLaborerOdd JobsWNo0YesYesNo

Obituary
Frederick Ellsworth Carter Obituary and Family Listing Tuesday, September 29, 1914 Rochester Sentinel - Rochester, Indiana Despondent because his wife had refused to live with him, Fred CARTER, age 22, a son of James CARTER and a well known young man of Kewanna, committed suicide Monday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart. The act took place at the home of his grandfather, J. J. CARTER, who lives in Kewanna. The young man left the family after the dinner hour and went to his room up stairs. After remaining there for a few minutes, he shot himself with a revolver. He was dead before a physician could be summoned. Fred Carter has been married twice and was the father of one child. His first wife passed away several years ago. His second wife left him during the summer and refused to come back. A sister of the deceased committed suicide several years ago by drinking carbolic acid. It is said at the time that the act was caused by a love affair. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of his father near Kewanna. He leaves a father, mother, wife and two sisters. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215329783/odessa_mabelle_carter
Name
Odessa Mabelle Carter Obituary and Family Listing COD: Suicide Burial Unknown From brother Frederick's obituary - Tuesday, September 29, 1914 Rochester Sentinel - Rochester, Indiana Despondent because his wife had refused to live with him, Fred CARTER, age 22, a son of James CARTER and a well known young man of Kewanna, committed suicide Monday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart. The act took place at the home of his grandfather, J. J. CARTER, who lives in Kewanna. The young man left the family after the dinner hour and went to his room up stairs. After remaining there for a few minutes, he shot himself with a revolver. He was dead before a physician could be summoned. Fred Carter has been married twice and was the father of one child. His first wife passed away several years ago. His second wife left him during the summer and refused to come back. ---->>> A sister of the deceased committed suicide several years ago by drinking carbolic acid. It is said at the time that the act was caused by a love affair. <<---- The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of his father near Kewanna. He leaves a father, mother, wife and two sisters. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215329783/odessa-mabelle-carter