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Thomas James Carter

9 May 1862 – 27 Apr 1904

Birth	9 May 1862
Death	27 Apr 1904
Cemetery	Carmichael Cemetery Greene County , Indiana , USA
Added by	Michelle Hamlin Peterson on 16 Dec 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16827646

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Bio

Thomas James was one of the ten children of William Vanderbilt Carter and Sarah Jane [Carmichael] Carter. His father was a prosperous farmer in Monroe County and Thomas became a farmer as well. On Aug 15 1883, when Thomas was 21, he married Braziliah KING. Braziliah was 18 years old. Together they had 3 children: Cordelia A Carter 1884 – 1904 Alvis M Carter 1886 – 1896 Sarah Jane Carter 1887 – 1888 In 1888 both Braziliah and Thomas' youngest daughter died. On Jul 16 1889 Thomas remarried. His second wife was Sarah Elizabeth Burch. She was 19 at the time of the marriage. Thomas was 27. They had eight children together: Ollie Ethel Carter 1891 – 1979 William Harley Carter 1893 – 1966 Lottie Opal Carter 1895 – 1896 Amos Asbury Carter 1896 – 1976 Minnie Emiline Carter 1898 – 1918 Roy Jennings Carter 1900 – 1971 Lucy Avada Carter 1902 – 1963 Two of the children died in the fall of 1896: Alvis and Lottie. Thomas died in Apr 1904 at the age of 41. (His oldest daughter Cordelia died the following month.) Thomas was given a Masonic Burial Service by the Stanford Mason's Lodge. His widow Sarah Elizabeth used the following verse to commemorate his death: A Happy Home we Once Enjoyed, How Sweet the Memory Still; But Death Has Left a Loneliness, The World can Never Fill.

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Family

Parents

• William Vanderbilt Carter Jr 1823–1903
• Sarah Jane Carmichael Carter 1824–1897

Spouse

• Braziliah King Carter 1857–1888
• Sarah Elizabeth Burch May 1869–1940

Siblings

• James Washington "Wash" Carter 1844–1915
• Mary A Carter 1850–1853
• Margaret E. Carter McDaniel 1857–1943
• Martha M. Carter Brown 1860–1946
• Joseph Jasper Carter 1867–1952

Children

• Cordelia Carter Wampler 1884–1904
• Alvis M. Carter 1886–1896
• Sarah Jane Carter 1887–1888
• Ollie Ethel Carter Sullivan 1891–1979
• William Harley Carter 1893–1966
• Lottie Opal Carter 1895–1896
• Amos Asbury Carter Sr 1896–1976
• Minnie Emaline Carter 1898–1918
• Roy Jennings Carter 1900–1971
• Lucy Avada Carter Wooden 1902–1963

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