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Fayette Lowell “Jack” CarterAge: 69 years19101979

Name
Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter
Given names
Fayette Lowell
Surname
Carter
Nickname
Jack
Birth April 24, 1910 41 37
Note: Birth date/location listed in WWII Draft Registration
Death of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
April 1, 1911 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a brotherMerl Cephus Carter
November 10, 1911 (Age 18 months)
Cremation of a sisterOdessa Mabelle Carter
1911 (Age 8 months)
Death of a brotherFrederick Anderson Carter
September 28, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Jackson Carter
December 18, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas A M Cranford
November 22, 1916 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 9 years)
Death of a sisterFlorence May Carter
July 2, 1921 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Ellizabeth Barnett
March 31, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMinnie May Cranford
March 16, 1931 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherJames Ellsworth Carter
August 24, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Carter
after 1937 (Age 26 years)

Note: Pending the discovery of a birth record, it is assumed he was born after his parent's marriage date in 1937
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Military
Jack Lowell Carter - WWII Draft Registration
October 16, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty Lou Carter
January 20, 1945 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 37 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Delora Carter
April 18, 1949 (Age 38 years)
Census April 13, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 brotherWilliam James “Bill” Carter
October 6, 1960 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter
March 27, 1964 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 of a sisterNellie Belle Carter
April 17, 1976 (Age 65 years)
Death August 1979 (Age 69 years)
Cremation August 1979 (on the date of death)
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
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
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
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himself
Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter
Birth: April 24, 1910 41 37Logansport, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1979Minidoka, Idaho, United States
wife
Rosa Anna Vigil
Birth: March 14, 1912 39 30Conejos, Colorado, United States
Death: March 10, 2000Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States
daughter
Betty Lou Carter
Birth: January 20, 1945 34 32Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States
Death: April 11, 2023American Falls, Power, Idaho, United States
daughter
Private
son

Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter has 16 first cousins recorded

Birth
Birth date/location listed in WWII Draft Registration
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 - James Ellsworth Carter - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carter, James CheadRYesMW61M18NoINININYesFarmerGeneral FarmOYes
Carter, Minnie MwifeFW58M15NoINININYesNoneGeneral Farm
Carter, Fayette LsonMW19SNoINININYesLaborerGeneral FarmWYes
Carter, Merl CsonMW18SNoINININYesLaborerGeneral FarmWYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter - Household

Mt. Pleasant, Alamosa, Colorado, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carter, Jack WheadR5YesMW29MNoINLaborerFarmPW26375
Carter, RosexwifeFW28MNoCO00

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
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