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Family: Jesse Carter / Samira Prickett (F7492)  [1

m. 9 Oct 1834


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  • Father | Male
    Jesse Carter

    Born  1814  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Sep 1864  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  9 Oct 1834  Hall, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Carter | F6596 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rachael/Rachel LNU | F6596 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Samira Prickett

    Born  26 Oct 1818  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Feb 1905  Leavenworth County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Reno Cemetery, Leavenworth Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 1 | Male
    + Thomas Jackson Carter

    Born  8 May 1841  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Apr 1912  Leavenworth County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Maple Grove Cemetery Tonganoxie, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Susan Eleanor "Nellie" Prator | F7499 
    Married  31 Jan 1861  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Martha Indiana Carter

    Born  29 Dec 1855  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Apr 1926  Yamhill County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Evergreen Memorial Park, Yamhill, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131597905/samira-carter.
      Samira Prickett Carter
      Birth 26 Oct 1818, Georgia
      Death 5 Feb 1905, Leavenworth County, Kansas
      Burial: Reno Cemetery
      Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas
      Samira Prickett was married to Jesse Carter on October 9, 1834, in Hall County, Georgia. (Georgia marriage indexes) Family information lists her parents as Joshiah Isaiah Prickett and Mary Polly Baker. The 1900 Reno, Leavenworth, Kansas census lists her as the mother of ten with five living.

      The 1860 Hall County, Georgia census lists Jesse Carter, age 46, born in South Carolina, with Samira, born in Georgia. Their sons and daughters in 1860 were listed as S. C., a daughter age 24; Thomas, 18; Eliza, 14; Nancy, 11; John, 8; Martha, 6; Arminda, 4; Alexander, 4; & Jasper, 1. A son, age 12, listed as "W. Carter," was listed in the 1850 census.

      An obituary was published at her death. Samira's sons, William and Thomas J., both served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. William died in 1863 and Samira's husband died in September of 1864, according to family information. ----

      OBITUARY:

      Mrs. Samira Carter died at the home of her son, T. J. Carter, four miles south of here, Sunday morning about half past nine o'clock, at the advanced age of 86 years. She had been sick for several weeks.

      Funeral services were conducted at the house by Rev. O. M. Keve, Monday afternoon at two o'clock, and the interment was in the cemetery at Reno.

      Mrs. Carter had lived most of her life in Georgia where she was born October 26, 1818. Her marriage to Jesse Carter took place October 9, 1834, and to this union were born ten children, of whom five survive. Mrs. Carter came here from Georgia twelve years ago and has been living with her son ever since. For seventy years she had been a member of the Methodist Church. She was a quiet, sunny character, held in high regard by all who knew her.