Mary Elizabeth Jameson

1852 - 1927  (74 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Jameson
  Born	16 Sep 1852	Talladega, Alabama
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Mar 1927	Houston, Texas
  Buried	Glenwood Cemetery Houston, Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I20955	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	William John Ratcliff Jameson,   b. 25 Feb 1828, Wilcox Co., Alabama ,   d. 29 Jul 1895, Brenham, Washington Co., Texas  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Musadora Antoinett Watkins,   b. 4 Oct 1835, Talladega Co., Alabama ,   d. 17 Oct 1913, Brenham, Washington Co., Texas  (Age 78 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1851	Talladega Co., Alabama
  Family ID	F7821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Watkins Carter,   b. 22 Dec 1850, Talladega Co., Alabama ,   d. 12 Sep 1941, Houston, Harris Co., Texas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1874	Brenham, Washington, TX
  	Children of James Watkins Carter and Mary Elizabeth Jameson: James Robinson CARTER b: 22 JAN 1877, Brenham,Washington, TX Inez CARTER b: 31 OCT 1878 in Brenham, Washington, TX William Henry CARTER b: 29 APR 1881 in Brenham,Washington, TX
  Children	1. James Robinson Carter,   b. 22 Jan 1877, Brenham County, Texas ,   d. 3 Jul 1942, Harris County, Texas  (Age 65 years)   2. William Henry Carter,   b. 28 Apr 1881, Brenham, Texas ,   d. 29 Nov 1933, Harris County, Texas  (Age 52 years)   3. Inez Carter,   b. 31 Oct 1878, Brenham, Texas ,   d. 13 Oct 1966, Harris County, Texas  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F7823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Mary Jameson Carter-Obit Victoria Advocate Mar 27, 1927
  		Marriage Record carterj-jamesonb.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Mary Elizabeth Carter (nee Jameson) bettiecarter.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103315629/mary-elizabeth-carter. Mary Elizabeth Jameson Carter Birth 16 Sep 1852 Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama Death 23 Mar 1927 (aged 74) Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Burial: Glenwood Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=jWkZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=thomas+watkins+married+rebecca+seldon&source=bl&ots=7CoT1kt8LY&sig=b6nkqo0mIJTMSZ1m0xB1MVllOXE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDv_-f5_vPAhVDwGMKHTI-A3IQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q&f=false. Mary Elizabeth Carter (nee Jameson) d/o W. J. R. Jameson (1828-96) and Musa Antoinett Watkins, his wife, m. 1851 [S84] Rootsweb, https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hankcar&id=I531. James Watkins CARTER Birth: 22 DEC 1850, Talladega Co, AL Death: 12 SEP 1941, Houston, Harris, TX Burial: Glenwood, Lakewood, Houston, TX Note: He was the eleventh of thirteen children. James, John, and Mrs. Mason Augusta Steele Carter) were the last to die. He was raised by his oldest sister Maggie Carter Jackson on a farm adjoining the Jameson farm. His father was a self made man. When he was 21 (1871) his Father gave him $100 and a gold watch and said he was now on his own. He went to Mobile, AL on a Saturday night, put the money in a bank, and lost it the next Monday in a Bank failure. He courted his future wife while he was attending Oxford (AL) college with her in 1870. He came to Texas in 1873 with Judge Wellington Vandiver (an early schoolmate) and was married on 15 Jan 1874, in Brenham. He started the Carter Music Store in the McIntyre Hotel in Brenham, TX on 15 Jan 1877. He entered the piano business by accident. He had been selling sewing machines in Atlanta, GA and later secured the agency for the Estey organ. When he went to Texas he had an opportunity of entering the piano business as a result of the financial difficulties of a dealer there. He moved his store to Belton, TX in 1886 when Baylor College for Women was started. Fannie Simpson Carter tells a family story that she heard from her husband. J. W. Carter made his children feed some pigs that he kept in the yard in Belton. They hated their job and suffered in cold weather, so their Mother killed the pigs by feeding them rags. Finally, he moved the store to Houston, to 706 Main Street, on 1 Feb 1906, when it began to really grow. His younger son James Robinson Carter became manager in 1929. The store moved to 819 Main, to 1620 Main, and finally to San Jacinto & Main (1201 Leeland).