Margaret Dozier Bostick^{[1, 2]}

1839 - Aft 1900  (62 years)

• Name	Margaret Dozier Bostick
  Born	1839	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1900
  Person ID	I68001	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2016

  
  

  Family	Thomas Townes Carter,   b. 18 Apr 1830, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 26 Nov 1900, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1855	Halifax County, Virginia (MB3/3)
  Notes	Nat Wooding on Facebook Re: Harry Wooding, Mayor of Danville, VA A familiar name (Harry). I recently found a newspaper clipping saved by my father. It told of how Harry nearly burned down the then new office building by dumping the contents of his corn cob pipe in a wastebasket. My great grandfather, Thomas Townes Carter was in Co. A, 53rd VA and was wounded and captured at Cemetary Ridge. Nat Wooding where was Thomas born? Across the Bannister from Halifax. He is buried in the family cemetery there on the farm. He had a flesh wound in his left arm and was taken to a hospital in eastern PA near where my mother lived as a child. He was later exchanged at City Point and went back into service. His musket was never surrendered and one of my uncles hunted with it as a boy. I have seen it fired. Nat Wooding oh I found him! He did go through Forts McHenry and Delaware then he was sent to Chester Hospital in Pennsylvania and was paroled 8/17/63. He was back on duty by 10/31/63, I believe. He was extremely fortunate - an inch or so to the left and he would have lost his left arm. An inch or so to the right and it would have been a chest wound. According to my father, one of his brothers said that when he was hit, he put his hand inside his coat and found the bullet and threw it away and then realized what he had done. I have the sleave with the bullet hole. Yup. Someone in the family labeled it. It may be of fabric woven at home. I've seen one other reference to people of that era saving artifacts: I once saw an interview between Fred Rogers and George Patton's daughter. She described how after her father was posted to Washingon, she and her mother went to pay the appropriate social visit to MacArthur's mother who was serving as his hostess since he was then divorced. They were greeted by an ancient lady and each of the women recounted their heritage and whom had served in what army. Mrs. MacArthur had a servant fetch a "jewelry box the size of a child's coffin" from which Mrs. M. extracted a broach in which was set a piece of the skull of one of her father or some other Yankee male. Getting back to the sleeve, I'm rather amazed that the tears (back and front) are still relatively small and that it survived. Of course, it was not like he could get a pass and go to Walmart and pick up a replacement.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Townes Carter, Jr.,   b. Abt 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1910  (Age ~ 51 years)   2. Ann Oliver Carter,   b. 2 Dec 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 19 May 1956, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 92 years) + 3. Silas Roberts SAR Carter,   b. 17 Aug 1866, Halifax, Virginia ,   d. 22 Aug 1932, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 66 years)   4. James Frank Carter,   b. 21 Aug 1875, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jan 1963, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 87 years) + 5. Elizabeth Baker Carter,   b. 7 Feb 1880, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 22 Nov 1962, South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F22731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Will of Thomas T. Carter 2014-04_Scan-025.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Elizabeth Wooding (nee Carter) delizabethwooding.jpg
  		Halifax County, Virginia Index to Devisees and Heirs _HalifaxIndxDevisees-Heirs-Carters2.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Will. Will of Thomas T. Carter names Wife, M. D. Carter. Names Children Silas R. Carter, Sam and James Carter Unnamed Sisters of his Sons. [S61] United States Census, http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/halifax/census/1860/1860misc.txt. HH 48 Ann O. Carter 75 [Wife of Nathaniel] Sallie R. Carter 46 HH 49 Samuel Carter [unoccupied] HH 50. Thomas F. Carter 30 Margaret B. Carter 22 William L. Carter 4 Thomas F. Carter l