Empress Carter^{[1, 2]}

1918 - 2013  (94 years)

• Name	Empress Carter
  Born	5 Dec 1918	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Nov 2013	Crestview, Florida
  Buried	Magnolia Cemetery, Walton County, Florida
  Person ID	I547451718	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Edward Powell, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Oscar Carter,   b. 15 Mar 1879, Person County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Feb 1962, Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth 'Sallie' Waddill,   b. 22 Jan 1884, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 1 May 1966, Danville, Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1910	Danville, Virginia
  Family ID	F518495044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William McSween Dawson,   b. Est 1915,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Feb 1947
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F518495760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Empress Carter Dawson empress.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Marriage Record Empress Carter

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dawson&GSfn=Empress&GSby=1918&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=2013&GSdyrel=in&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=120910582&df=all&. Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs Walton County, Florida Daughter of Robert Oscar and Sallie Waddell Carter. Wife of William McSween Dawson married Feb. 7, 1947. Mother of William and Robert Dawson. [S186] Family Letters/Documents/Etc., https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/FMfcgzGwHLkwbrrpGxPHLvWgWtgbrmpq. Remember, JTC Sr.'s Callie was not dead in 1887 as was passed down through the years. Stephanie and I found a record of her being alive in 1891 (as I recall) and Empress Carter remembered her having married a Mr. Wood after divorcing Thomas Oscar Carter. She would have been about 40 at the time of this birth. Name Carter Wood Sex Male Race White Father's Name J D Wood Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Callie Wood Mother's Sex Female Event Type Birth Event Date Apr 1894 Event Place Albemarle, Virginia Just a real quick note. Apparently Connie at one time inquired about a will for James Thomas Carter, Sr. and if he had left any property to wife Martha or his son Junior and the answer is no, he did not. Also, if you recall, my grandfather knew a cousin by the name of Empress Carter Dawson, and Connie had written to her and they had established a relationship. Empress is a descendant of Thomas Oscar Carter and Callie Carter. Per their correspondence, Empress wrote that Callie had divorced Thomas Oscar Carter but did not know when, and that Callie had remarried a Mr. Wood with no first name. Empress stated that she only saw her grandmother about once a year and did not provide a location as to where Callie had resided. In the box there was research I had done because I recognized my own handwriting. Here's what I was researching when I first started up with Connie back in 2014 and 2015. There were 2 James Carter's living in Halifax county, VA and at the same time. They were both about the same age, married the same year and both married a Caroline. Our James married Caroline H. Wesley and the other James married Caroline America Arrington. Both Caroline's are buried in the Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery. James (the other) was the son of Richard Carter and Nancy Powell and died on June 26, 1928 in NC. His wife's tombstone is likely related to his wife who also went by 'Callie' Carter and hence why some of the confusion.