Samira Prickett^[1]

1818 - 1905  (86 years)

• Name	Samira Prickett
  Born	26 Oct 1818	Georgia
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Feb 1905	Leavenworth County, Kansas
  Buried	Reno Cemetery, Leavenworth Co., Kansas
  Person ID	I20148	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	19 May 2018

  
  

  Family	Jesse Carter,   b. 1814, South Carolina ,   d. Sep 1864, Hall County, Georgia  (Age 50 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1834	Hall, Georgia
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Jackson Carter,   b. 8 May 1841, Hall County, Georgia ,   d. 17 Apr 1912, Leavenworth County, Kansas  (Age 70 years)   2. Martha Indiana Carter,   b. 29 Dec 1855, Hall County, Georgia ,   d. 15 Apr 1926, Yamhill County, Oregon  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	19 May 2018
  Family ID	F7492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Samira P Carter-Obit The Tonganoxie Mirror Feb 9, 1905
  		Thomas Jackson Carter-Obit The Leavenworth Weekly Times Apr 25, 1912
  		Marriage Record-Jesse Carter to Simara Pricket carter-pricket.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S211] State Select Marriages, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/4766/40660_307844-00110?pid=21165613&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DGAMarriages%26h%3D21165613%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D60525&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. [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.