Bessie Cary

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• Reference Number: 5718

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• Reference Number: 5713

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Birth: 1850
Death: 1925

Brook Cary was the son of Francis M. and Elizabeth Cary, both of Alabama. Elizabeth's maiden name might have been Lewis. Brook was born in Arkansas in 1850, possibly on January 21. In Nov. 1850 his family lived in Marion, Ouachita County, Arkansas; thus, Brook might have been born there. By 1860 the family was in Newton, Jasper County, Texas; and by 1870 they were in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas. Brook married Anna Bell Carter on 12-23-1873 in McLennan County. Brook and Bell lived in both Bell and McLennan Counties before moving to Van Zandt County in the late 1890s. Their children: Pearl, Vada, Everette Franklin, Wade, Bessie, Elmer, Leatha, and Ruby.

NOTE: Brook's name appears as Francis Brook Cary on his marriage record, as Francis B. Cary on the 1850 census, and as Francis Cary on the 1860 census. In the 1890-91 Waco City Directory, he is Frank B. Carey. On the 1880 and 1900 census, he is listed as Brook Cary.

Francis married Anna Bell Carter on 23 Dec 1873 in Waco, McLennan County Texas. Her parents home. Anna (daughter of James Carter and Salina Roxanna Dean) was born in Oct 1854 in Webberville, Travis County, Texas; died in 1925 in Van Zandt County, Texas; was buried in Old Bethel Cemetery, Canton, Van Zandt, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: Find A Grave Memorial# 22247814--Sketch and Photo Daughter of James Carter and Salina Roxanna Dean. Born in Webberville, Travis Co., Texas. About 1869, the James Carter family moved to Waco. Bell married Francis Brook Cary on 12-23-1873 in her parents\' home. Brook and Bell lived in both Bell and McLennan Counties before moving to Van Zandt County in the late 1890s. Bell\'s sister Amanda Hunter also moved to Van Zandt County at that time. Children of Brook and Bell Cary: Pearl, Vada, Everette Franklin, Wade, Bessie, Elmer, Leatha, and Ruby.
• FSID: LZ6S-GP1
• Reference Number: 5688
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 6, Bell, Texas, United States

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1900 VZ census says her birthday was in October.
1870 McLennan Census: living at home with parents in City of Waco.
1880 Bell County Census: Brook and Bell with Pearl, Vada and Franklin E. Also Brook's
sister Mollie and her husband Abner Vedell and their children Absalom and Elizabeth.
Also Mary Prather, age 45, a widow, but relationship not given (she may be kin to Abner).
Brook's occupation is farmer. Justice Precinct 6, ED6, Pg 44, Stamped Pg 421B, Ln46,
House 378, Family 382.
1900 Van Zandt County Census: Brook with "Sallie A." (incorrect, should b e Anna Bell), children "Wade T.,
Elmer, Letha and Rubia." ED127, 21B, 382/388. Is it possible the mistake of "Sallie"
means that Salina lived with them? It also says birthplace TN; could that be a further
mistake in that direction? The Easley family Leatha married into lives just 6 doors away.
1910: Van Zandt, Canton, ED 108, Pg. 81b, May 1910, Brook Cary, age 5_?, Ark./Ga./Ga.;
Bell, 55, Tx/Nc/Ms, 6/6 (untrue?). They are family 200/200. George Thompson is family
198/198.
1920: Van Zandt ED126, JP2, Phalba, 1-30-1920, 10B-11A (102b?): Frank B. Cary 70
Ar/Ga/Al, farmer; Anna B., 65 Tx/Tx or Tn?/Tn?; Grooms, Lerlene 8 tx/tx/tx; Roberta 7
tx/tx/tx/, both named as granddaughters.
My grandmother called her "Aunt Bell." They were married by Thomas Stanford, M.G., in
the home of James and Salina Carter in Waco. She worked as a seamstress at A. Harris
in downtown Dallas. She had big brown eyes and lots of black hair. She died of a heart attack on son Elmer's front porch. She was about 5'2",
heavy set. It is said she went to Baylor University, but don’t know if that is accurate. She is buried at Old Bethel Cem. near Canton, TX.
[End Anna Belle Carter Cary]

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• Reference Number: 5723

Francis married Elizabeth. was born in in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5724

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• FSID: K89N-QMR
• Reference Number: 4914
• Census: 19 Sep 1850, Tippah County , Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, Precinct No 3, Travis, Texas, United States
• Census: 18 Jul 1860, Cuero, DeWitt County Texas
• Residence: 1870, Texas, United States
• Census: 23 Jun 1870, McLennan County, Texas
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, McLennan County, Texas

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Birth: Apr. 22, 1815
Death: Jul. 15, 1892

CENSUS RECORDS:
1840, Tippah Co. MS
James Carter, 2 males under age 5, one male 20-30, one female 20-30.

1845 Tippah County, MS, state census
James Carter, 4 males, 2 females, no other names or ages given.

1850, Tippah Co., MS, District 2, page 419B
James Carter, age 33, farmer, b.NC, value of real estate: $200; Salina, 31, b.GA; William, 13, b.TN; Robert, 9, b.MS; Mary, 6, b.MS; Sarah E., 4, b.MS; Emily, 9 months, b.MS [Emily is probably Amanda Roxanna, not Emily].

1860, Travis Co. TX, Prec.3, Webberville, pg.23 (249), 7-18-1860, Fam.#160
CARTER, James, 39, wagoner, b.Alabama, $500 real estate, $1500 personal estate; Salina, 35, wife, TN; R.M., 19, wagoner, MS [Robert M.]; M.C.E., 15, MS ["Mollie" Mary Charlesann Elizabeth]; S.E., 13, MS [Sarah Etter]; Amanda, 11, MS; E.B., 9, TX [Anna Belle, census taker error]; J.B., 6, TX [James Buchanan "Buck"]; M., 1, TX ["Missie" Missalina].

1870, Waco, McLennan County, TX, 6-23-1870, pg. 24B
James Carter 55 SC wagoner, no value given for real estate or personal estate; "Felina" 51 GA [census error, should say Salina]; Amanda 17 TX; Bell 15 TX; James 13 TX; school; Missalina 10 TX; also living in their household: George Garber? Yarber? GA 19 wagoner; William Anderson 37 MS wagoner.

1880 McLennan Co., TX, ED115, p.214
[note: by 1880 they had moved to this location west of Waco, near Coryell line]:
CARTER, James, 65, farmer, b.NC, his father b.VA, his mother b.VA
Salina R.D., 61, wife, keeping house, SC/SC/SC.

1900
James Carter died 1892. Have not found Salina on the 1900 census.

Note: Husband of S. R. Carter.

Burial:
Osage Cemetery
Osage
Coryell County
Texas, USA

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Find A Grave Memorial# 8236438

James Carter and Salina Roxanna Dean married 4-27-1836 in Hardeman County, TN. Their first child Wm. Lafayette was born 1837 in Hardeman Co., TN., d.1906. By 1839 James and Salina had gone to Tippah Co., MS where they may have had a son John W. b.1839 d.1850. Also in Tippah Co. they had children Robert M. 1841-?; Mary "Mollie" Charlesann 1844-1911; Sarah Etter 1847-1921; and Emily, b.1849, d.bef.1860. In 1851, the Carters went to Webberville, Travis County, TX where they had the following children: Amanda Roxanna, b.1851-1852, d.1917; Anna Bell 1854-1925; James "Buck" 1856-1930; and Missie Lena 1859-1907. In the late 1860s, James and Salina moved to Waco. All of their grown children also moved to the general Waco area at about that same time. By 1880 James and Salina were living west of Crawford near Tonk Creek.

In 1851 they moved to Webberville, Travis Co. TX, on the Colorado River. at 30°13'51.76"N and 97°30'59.99"W. The 1851 date is supported by Travis County tax records and by a biography of the husband of one of their daughters in an 1892 book. The 1892 source also states that James Carter was a deputy sheriff in Webberville. About 1869 they moved to McLennan County. In 1870 they lived in the town of Waco. By 1880 they had moved southwest of Waco near the Coryell line. The specific community may have been known as Tonk Creek. Their property was just yards southwest of where Tonk Creek crosses High Bridge Road in western McLennan County.

Lat 31' 31'01'.28" N 97' 34' 21.25" W
NOTE: The two graves behind James and Salina's are those of their daughter-in-law Sarah Jane Kirby 1858-1901, wife of their son Buck, and Buck and Sarah's daughter Jessie Verdon 1887-1896. In this view, Sarah is on the left and Jessie on the right.

As noted from Find A Grave
James Carter's early life is as yet unknown. Per the census, he may have been born in North Carolina, South Carolina or Alabama. The 1880 census says he was born in NC and that his parents were born in Virginia. In 1836, Greenberry Carter was the bondsman on James' marriage record in Hardeman County, Tennessee (Note: Greenberry Carter was a son of Jesse Carter of Hardeman Co., Tenn. I do not believe Greenberry was James' father, since G.B. later named another son James. Also, G.B. was too young to have been married when James was born). James married Salina Roxanna Dean April 27, 1836 in Hardeman Co., Tenn. Their first child, William L. Carter, was born there in April 1837. By 1839 they had moved to Tippah County, Mississippi (Greenberry Carter also went to Tippah County). A child John W. Carter may have been born to James and Salina in 1839 in Tippah County. He died in 1850; do not know for certain that he was their child. Their next four children were born in Tippah County: Robert M. 1841, Mary "Mollie" Charlesann Elizabeth 1844, Sarah Etter 1847, and Emily b.1849-50, d.before 1860. In 1851, the Carters moved to Webberville on the Colorado River in Travis County, Texas, where James worked as a wagoner and also served as a deputy sheriff. His next four children were born in Webberville: Amanda Roxanna 1851-52, Anna Bell 1854, James Buchanan "Buck" 1856, and Missie Lena 1859. James' two oldest sons served in the Civil War. About 1869, the Carters (along with all their children) moved to Waco in McLennan County, Texas, where James worked as a wagoner. His daughter Mollie McIlhaney settled in Coryell County. By 1880, James and Salina had moved to a rural area west of Waco, where James farmed on land he owned near Tonk Creek. He passed away on July 15, 1892.
NOTE:
I have never seen an instance where James Carter used a middle initial. He has been confused with a James M. Carter who also lived in Waco.

James married Salina Roxanna Dean on 27 Apr 1836 in Hardeman, Tennessee. Salina (daughter of Robert P Dean) was born on 1 Jun 1819 in Georgia, United States; died on 10 Mar 1903 in Osage, Coryell County, Texas Osage Cemetery; was buried in 1903 in Osage, Coryell, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: Find A Grave Memorial# 8236432--Sketch and Photo
• FSID: F6V3-JKS
• Reference Number: 4915
• Residence: 1850, Tippah county, Tippah, Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, Precinct No 3, Travis, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1870, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1880, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States

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Obituary;
Died near Waldo, McLennan county, Texas March 10 at 7 a.m., Mrs. Selena R. Carter, daughter of Rev. R. P. Dean. She was born June 1st 1819 in Hardeman county, Tennessee, moved from there to Tiper county Mississippi with her parents in 1832. At the age of 12 she made a profession of religion and joined the M. E. church South at Hickory Grove, Tennessee. Was married to James Carter April 28, 1835 [note: correct date is 1836], moved to Webberville, Travis county Texas in 1851. She was the mother of 11 children 4 of whom with her husband preceded her to their final resting place. This faithful servant of God has closed a long and useful life of nearly 84 years. For seventy-two years was a devout and active member of the Methodist church.

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• FSID: LCPX-Z4L
• Reference Number: 7265
• Residence: 1840, Tippah, Mississippi, United States
• Residence: 1850, Tippah county, Tippah, Mississippi
• Census: 16 Sep 1850, Tippah County, Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, [Blank], Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Tishomingo, Tishimingo County, Mississippi
• Census: 18 Jun 1870, Alcorn, Mississippi, USA
• Census: 22 Jun 1880, Alcorn, Mississippi, USA

Green married Nancy Ann Crews on 3 Jan 1839 in Hardeman, County, Tennessee. Nancy was born on 3 Jan 1821 in Virginia; died about 1862 in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: KNQK-X2W
• Reference Number: 7266
• Residence: 1850, Tippah county, Tippah, Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, [Blank], Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States