James Watkins Carter

1850 - 1941  (90 years)

• Name	James Watkins Carter
  Born	22 Dec 1850	Talladega Co., Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1941	Houston, Harris Co., Texas
  Buried	Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I20956	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles [Bond] Carter,   b. 8 May 1803, Albermarle Co., Virginia ,   d. 6 Feb 1895, Talladega, Alabama  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Feriba Thurin Veazey,   b. 7 Oct 1811, Green Co., Georgia ,   d. 13 Mar 1887, Talladega County, Alabama  (Age 75 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1827	Alabama
  	Children of Charles and Feriba VEAZEY Carter: Martha Ann CARTER b: 27 JAN 1829 in Madison Co., AL William Henry CARTER b: 26 MAY 1830 Mary Elizabeth CARTER b: 7 OCT 1832 in Madison Co, AL Robert J. CARTER b: 11 FEB 1835 in Taladega Co., AL Margaret Mimms CARTER b: 12 DEC 1836 in Talladega, AL Virginia A. M. CARTER b: 28 FEB 1839 Sarah (Sally) Jane CARTER b: 9 MAY 1841 in Talladega, AL Susan Emma CARTER b: 6 OCT 1843 Cidney B. CARTER b: 3 SEP 1846 in Talladega,AL Charles Franklin CARTER b: 29 OCT 1848 in Talladega, AL James Watkins CARTER b: 22 DEC 1850 in Talladega Co, AL John Albert CARTER b: 19 MAR 1853 in Talladega Co., AL Augusta Steele CARTER b: 25 JUN 1856 in Talledega, AL
  Family ID	F7822	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Jameson,   b. 16 Sep 1852, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. 23 Mar 1927, Houston, Texas  (Age 74 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
  		Death Certificate jmswcarter.jpg
  		Marriage Record carterj-jamesonb.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103315365/james-watkins-carter. [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).