William James “Bill” CarterAge: 53 years1907–1960
- Name
- William James “Bill” Carter
- Given names
- William James
- Surname
- Carter
- Nickname
- Bill
Shared note: Betty Jean Carter Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | April 30, 1907 38 34 |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter April 24, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Odessa Mabelle Carter April 1, 1911 (Age 3 years) Source: Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920 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 brother | Merl Cephus Carter November 10, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
| Cremation of a sister | Odessa Mabelle Carter 1911 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Frederick Anderson Carter September 28, 1914 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Jackson Carter December 18, 1914 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas A M Cranford November 22, 1916 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna Marie Carter February 23, 1917 (Age 9 years) Source: Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920 Text: Name: Anna Good
Sex: Female
Age: 17 yr
Race: W
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 23 Feb 1917
Event Place: Royal Center, Indiana
Birth Year (Estimated): 1900
Affiliate Repository Place: County Health Office, Logansport |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a sister | Florence May Carter July 2, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Ellizabeth Barnett March 31, 1925 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Marguerite Ethel Frazier — View this family November 6, 1926 (Age 19 years) Source: Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 Text: Name: William James Carter
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 30 April 1905
Birthplace: Kewanna, Indiana
Residence Place: Kewanna, Indiana
Race: White
Number of Previous Marriages: 1
Father's Name: James E Carter
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Minnie M Crawford
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Marguerite Ethel Frazier
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Residence Place: Star City, Indiana
Spouse's Birth Date: 22 May 1908
Spouse's Birthplace: Star City, Indiana
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: 1
Spouse's Father's Name: David L Frazier
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary E Comstock
Certifier's Name: W F Hoover
Officiator's Name: John F Norman
Additional Person's Name: W F Hoover
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 6 Nov 1926
Event Place: Pulaski, Indian Creek Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Betty Etta Carter March 17, 1927 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a mother | Minnie May Cranford March 16, 1931 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a father | James Ellsworth Carter August 24, 1934 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | May 8, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Betty Etta Carter December 21, 1942 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Anderson Carter June 9, 1947 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emma Delora Carter April 18, 1949 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | May 22, 1950 (Age 43 years) |
 Death | October 6, 1960 (Age 53 years) |
 Obituary | William James Carter Obituary and Family Listing October 8, 1960 (2 days after death) Shared note: William James Carter Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grass Creek Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Ellsworth Carter Birth: June 23, 1868 34 29 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 24, 1934 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Minnie May Cranford Birth: June 1872 30 29 — Indiana, United States Death: March 16, 1931 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 19, 1888 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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-5 months elder sister |
Nellie Belle Carter Birth: June 21, 1888 19 16 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 17, 1976 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Odessa Mabelle Carter Birth: February 1890 21 17 — Indiana, United States Death: April 1, 1911 — Wayne, Indiana, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Florence May Carter Birth: April 17, 1891 22 18 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: July 2, 1921 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Frederick Anderson Carter Birth: March 11, 1893 24 20 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: September 28, 1914 — Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Sarah Blanche Carter Birth: December 15, 1894 26 22 — Indiana, United States Death: March 11, 1895 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
John Anderson Carter Birth: December 27, 1895 27 23 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: June 9, 1947 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Emma Delora Carter Birth: October 14, 1897 29 25 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 18, 1949 — Clinton, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Anna Marie Carter Birth: July 8, 1899 31 27 — Indiana, United States Death: February 23, 1917 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter Birth: May 24, 1904 35 31 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 27, 1964 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years himself |
William James “Bill” Carter Birth: April 30, 1907 38 34 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 6, 1960 — Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter Birth: April 24, 1910 41 37 — Logansport, Indiana, United States Death: August 1979 — Minidoka, Idaho, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Merl Cephus Carter Birth: November 10, 1911 43 39 — Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 27, 1982 — Hamlet, Starke, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Marguerite Ethel Frazier |
| himself |
William James “Bill” Carter Birth: April 30, 1907 38 34 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 6, 1960 — Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Marguerite Ethel Frazier Birth: May 22, 1908 38 40 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: August 9, 1978 — Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1926 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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4 months daughter |
Betty Etta Carter Birth: March 17, 1927 19 18 — Indiana, United States Death: December 21, 1942 — Indiana, United States |
William James “Bill” Carter has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents John F Wilson + Emma Rose Althea Carter
Parents Frederick Fargo Ewell + Mary Ann “Margret” Carter
Parents William A Carter + Amelia Jane Moore
Parents Edward Newton Long + Amanda Isadora “Dora” Carter
Parents Thomas Jefferson Burkett + Amanda Isadora “Dora” Carter
Parents Walter Oliver Lamborn + Elsie G “Essie” Carter
Mother's family (0)
| Marriage | Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 Text: Name: William James Carter
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 30 April 1905
Birthplace: Kewanna, Indiana
Residence Place: Kewanna, Indiana
Race: White
Number of Previous Marriages: 1
Father's Name: James E Carter
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Minnie M Crawford
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Marguerite Ethel Frazier
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Residence Place: Star City, Indiana
Spouse's Birth Date: 22 May 1908
Spouse's Birthplace: Star City, Indiana
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: 1
Spouse's Father's Name: David L Frazier
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary E Comstock
Certifier's Name: W F Hoover
Officiator's Name: John F Norman
Additional Person's Name: W F Hoover
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 6 Nov 1926
Event Place: Pulaski, Indian Creek Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Ellsworth Carter - Household
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Ellsworth Carter - Household
Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William James “Bill” Carter - Household
Van Buren, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William James “Bill” Carter - Household
Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - William James “Bill” Carter - Household
German, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | 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.
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| Name | Betty Jean Carter Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, December 21, 1942
Betty Jean CARTER, 15, daughter of William and Marguerite (FRAZER) CARTER, of near Grass Creek, died suddenly from a heart attack at 2:00 a.m. Monday morning. Sunday evening she attended a Christmas program at the Kewanna Methodist Church and was taken ill suddenly. She had been ill for the past year and unable to attend school.
Betty Jean was born in Pulaski county on March 17th, 1927 and attended the Grass Creek school.
The survivors are the parents and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David FRAZER.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 Wednesday in the U.B. Church at Grass Creek with the Rev. B. N. HILL presiding. Burial will be at the Grass Creek cemetery. The body will remain in the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna until 1:00 Wednesday when it will be taken to the church for the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1942
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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| 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/
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