The Shemwell Family

Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” CarterAge: 59 years19041964

Name
Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter
Given names
Thomas Sylvester
Surname
Carter
Nickname
Tommy
Birth May 24, 1904 35 31
Birth of a brotherWilliam James “Bill” Carter
April 30, 1907 (Age 2 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherFayette Lowell “Jack” Carter
April 24, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Note: Birth date/location listed in WWII Draft Registration
Death of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
April 1, 1911 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherMerl Cephus Carter
November 10, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Cremation of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
1911 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherFrederick Anderson Carter
September 28, 1914 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Jackson Carter
December 18, 1914 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas A M Cranford
November 22, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterAnna Marie Carter
February 23, 1917 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 13 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sisterFlorence May Carter
July 2, 1921 (Age 17 years)
MarriageGolda Myrtle “Goldie” BuddView this family
November 3, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Opal Rosella “Kay” Carter
October 25, 1924 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Ellizabeth Barnett
March 31, 1925 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Victor Carter
April 17, 1927 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherMinnie May Cranford
March 16, 1931 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherJames Ellsworth Carter
August 24, 1934 (Age 30 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherJohn Anderson Carter
June 9, 1947 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Delora Carter
April 18, 1949 (Age 44 years)
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a daughterOpal Rosella “Kay” Carter
November 7, 1956 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam James “Bill” Carter
October 6, 1960 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death March 27, 1964 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF 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
elder brother
Frederick Anderson Carter
Birth: March 11, 1893 24 20Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 28, 1914Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States
21 months
elder sister
Sarah Blanche Carter
Birth: December 15, 1894 26 22Indiana, United States
Death: March 11, 1895Fulton, Indiana, United States
1 year
elder brother
John Anderson Carter
Birth: December 27, 1895 27 23Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 9, 1947Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
22 months
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
Anna Marie Carter
Birth: July 8, 1899 31 27Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1917Fulton, Indiana, United States
5 years
himself
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 Golda Myrtle “Goldie” Budd - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 3, 1923Indian Creek, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
1 year
daughter
Opal Rosella “Kay” Carter
Birth: October 25, 1924 20 17Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 7, 1956Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
son
Thomas Victor Carter
Birth: April 17, 1927 22 20Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: September 24, 1974Orange, California, United States

Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter has 16 first cousins recorded

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

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Ellsworth Carter - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carter, JamesheadRMW50MYesYesINININYesFarmerGeneral Farm
Carter, MinniewifeFW48MYesYesINININYesNone
Carter, Thomas SsonMW16SNoYesYesINININYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Carter, WilliamsonMW13SYesYesYesINININYesNone
Carter, FayettesonMW9SYesINININNone
Carter, MerlsonMW8SYesINININNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter - Household

Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carter, Thomas SheadR10RNoMW25M19NoYesINININYesCream TesterCream StationWYes
Carter, Goldie MwifeFW24M17NoYesINININYesCream TesterCream StationWYes
Carter, RoselladaughterFW5SNoINININNone
Carter, Thomas VsonMW2 years 11 monthsSNoINININNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter - Household

Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carter, ThomasheadR8NoMW34MNoINCream TesterRays CreameryPW49735
Carter, Golda MxwifeFW33MNoIN00
Carter, Rosella OpaldaughterFW15SYesIN00
Carter, Thomas JrsonMW12SYesIN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter - Household

Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Carter, Thomas SheadMW45MarINWK50Truck DriverTruckerP
Carter, Golda MwifeFW43MarINWK50Beauty OperatorBeauticianO
Hizer, Sharon Kgrand-daughterFW7NevIN
Memering, Stuartgrand-sonMW5NevIN

Name
William James Carter Obituary and Family Listing Saturday, October 8, 1960 Services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Harrison chapel in Kewanna for William J. CARTER, 53, Indianapolis, Fulton county native, who died Thursday night in General hospital, Indianapolis. Mr. Carter was born April 30, 1907, in Fulton county to James and Minnie CANFORD CARTER. He was married to Marguerite FRAZIER who survives. Also surviving are three brothers, Thomas [CARTER], Kewanna; Fayette [CARTER], Ruford, Idaho, and Merle [CARTER], Laporte; one sister, Mrs. Nellie GREER, R.R. 1, Kewanna. The Rev. Carl YOUNT will officiate at the services and burial will be made at the Grass Creek cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57423850/william_james_carter
Name
Opal Rosella David (nee Carter) Obituary and Family Listing Parents to Jack David stated as Anter and Osyet David. Jack David born in Bagdad, Arabia on May 5, 1926. Third husband to Rosella Opal Carter - married on February 6, 1952 in St. Joseph, Indiana. Marriage record states Rosella's name as "Kay Carter". Rosella's name stated on the marriage record to first husband, Hizer, was "Kay Rosella Carter". Rosellla died as a result from an auto accident while she was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her employer who lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. The driver survived and was subsequently sued by the family. Rosella's surname at the time was "Barron". https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-press/1958-02-12/page-13/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228711427/jack_david
Name
Golda Myrtle Budd Obituary and Family Listing Golda Myrtle Budd Carter Bailey b: 19 Mar. 1907, Winamac, Pulaski Co., IN d: 26 Nov 1992, Winamac, Pulaski Co., IN Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Saturday, November 28, 1992 Golda M. Bailey, March 19, 1907 - Nov. 26, 1992, Golda M. BAILEY, 85, East and Aurura Sts., Box 117, Kewanna, died at 1:42 p.m. Thursday in Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac. She was born in Winamac to David and Rosetta OSBORNE BUDD. On Nov. 3, 1923 she married Thomas S. CARTER, who died March 27, 1964. On Sept. 19, 1965 in South Bend she married E. Ray BAILEY, who died Oct. 14, 1987. She was a retired beauty shop operator and a member of the Rochester Eastern Star, Rochester Church of Christ, Kewanna Rebekah Lodge and Kewanna Saddle Club. Surviving are five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; eight great-greatgrandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Preceding in death were a daughter, a son, eight brothers and five sisters. Arrangements are pending at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna. http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1992.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55387001/golda_myrtle_carter_bailey
Name
Florence May Demerly (nee Carter) Obituary and Family Listing THE LOGANSPORT MORNING PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921 (Deaths and Funerals) The funeral services for Florence May Demerly, wife of J. L. Demerly,who died Saturday night, will be held at the residence at 614 Fifteenth street, this afternoon at 1 o'cock. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Kendall with Interment in Round Lake cemetery in Fulton county. Survivors are her husband, J. L. Demerly, three children, Willard age 14, Grace, 11 and Annabelle, 9; parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. James Carter, Grass Creek; five brothers, John Carter, Sheerville, Ind., Thomas, William, Fayette and Merle of Grass Creek, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Steel, South Whitley, and Nellie Geer of Kewanna. https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune/1921-07-05/page-2/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52218562/florence-may-demerly