Moscow Branch Carter

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COL. MOSCOW B. CARTER
COL. MOSCOW B. CARTER, of Franklin, Tenn., was born in that city, on Dec. 5, 1825. He is the son of Fountain B. and Mary (Atkinson) Carter, both natives of Virginia. The father was born in Halifax county, April 6, 1797, and was a son of Francis W. Carter, who was born in Virginia in 1767. Francis W. was the son of Samuel Carter, likewise a native of Virginia, but of French descent and a physician by profession. Francis Carter was a farmer by occupation. In 1809 he married Sarah Anderson, a native of Virginia, and soon afterward they removed to Williamson county, Tenn., settled about three miles from Franklin, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Seven children were born to them. Fountain B., father of Col. M.B. Carter, remained at home until a young man, when he went to Franklin, learned the shoemaker's trade and followed it for several years. Then he purchased a farm adjoining Franklin and lived there until his death at the age of seventy-six years. His wife died at the age of forty-six. Her father served as county surveyor and was justice of the peace for several years. Fountain B. and Mary Carter had twelve children born to them, but two of whom are living now: Col. M.B. Carter and his brother, Francis W., of California. M.B. Carter was educated in the Franklin schools and remained at home until twenty years old. In 1846 he organized a company for service in the Mexican war and was elected lieutenant. The company was not needed, however, so he went to Nashville and attached himself to Capt. Harris Maulden's company, which was mustered into service in May, 1846, and sent to Pt. Isabelle, Tex. Colonel Carter served twelve months, taking part at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and in numerous minor engagements. He returned home in 1847 and the same year made a trip to New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago. He helped construct the first telegraph line in the State of Illinois. In 1848 he returned to Franklin, took up the occupation of surveyor and followed it for two or three years. In 1851 he was married to Orlena C. Dobbins, who was born near Boone's Hill in Lincoln county, Tenn. The same year he engaged in the grocery business, which he followed for two years. In 1854 he bought a farm four miles north of Franklin and was living there when the war broke out. He at once set to work to organize a company, of which he was elected captain, and it was mustered into the Confederate service as Company H, Twentieth Tennessee infantry. He was made lieutenant-colonel on the organization of the regiment, which was assigned to Zollicoffer's brigade. On Jan. 19, 1862, Colonel Carter was captured at the battle of Fishing Creek, but prior to that time he had been in a number of skirmishes. After seeing the inside of a number of prisons, Colonel Carter was exchanged at Aiken's Landing in August, 1862. He returned home, and in 1863 rejoined his old regiment, but remained only a short time, when he was paroled. He returned home and continued to live in the vicinity of Franklin until 1898, when he moved to Triune, where he lived for five years. At the end of that time he returned to the vicinity of his old home and now lives two miles south of Franklin. His first wife died in 1860, and he married again, in 1866, his second wife being America Cattles, a native of the county. She died in 1876, and Colonel Carter married Marmela E. Miot, a native of South Carolina. Five children were born to the first marriage, three of them being still alive: Mary O. Gillespie, of Franklin, and Walter F. and Hugh E., of Kansas. Of four born to the second marriage, those living are Alma Parry and Moscow B., of Franklin. The children of the third wife are Emma, at home, and Frank, in Nebraska. Colonel Carter is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Democrat in politics. At the present time he is living a retired life, seeking the rest and relaxation which his active and industrious career has earned. He is one of the most prominent men of the county and is now the oldest living native white-born child of Franklin, and the only veteran of the Mexican war now living in the county.
(Source: Notable Men of Tennessee Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

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Brothers, Moscow Branch Carter and James Fountain Carter married Dobbins girls; we suspect they are Sisters

Moscow married Orlena Caledonia 'Callie' Dobbins 7 Jun 1850, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee. Orlena was born 12 Nov 1834, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; died 27 Jul 1860, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; was buried , Rest Haven Cemetery Franklin, Tennesse. [Group Sheet]

Moscow married America V. Cattles 10 Jan 1866, Williamson Co., Tennessee. America was born 21 Feb 1832, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1876, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; was buried , Rest Haven Cemetery Franklin, Tennesse. [Group Sheet]

Moscow married Parmela/Pamela Elizabeth Moore 24 Oct 1876, Williamson Co., Tennessee. Parmela/Pamela was born 31 Jul 1838, South Carolina; died 25 Jun 1923, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery Franklin, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Orlena married Van W. Gillespie 12 Dec 1871, Williamson, Tennessee. Van was born 2 Nov 1850; died 5 May 1927; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Walter Fountain Carter was born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He was his parents' first son. By the 1880 census he had married a woman named Maria T. who was born in New Hampshire. In 1880 they were living in Clay Center, Kansas, with their three year old son Charles B. and five-month old daughter, Alma (who later married Joseph C. Henry). Mr. Carter had a store. Walter's younger brother Hugh Carter (b. 1860) also lived with them in 1880. Hugh and his family remained in Kansas while Walter moved his family to Eugene, Oregon some time before the 1920 census. He lived out the remainder of his life in his daughter's household.

Moscow married Lucy Goss 19 Dec 1900. Lucy was born 16 Jul 1879, Hartwell, Georgia; died 14 Oct 1957, Franklin, Tennessee; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery Franklin, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Alma Carter Parry was born in the Carter House on November 7, 1871, as the first surviving child and only daughter of Col. Moscow Branch Carter and his second wife, America V. Cattles Carter. Alma graduated from Bellwood Seminary/ Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School in Anchorage, Kentucky in 1889.

She began teaching piano in the Brentwood area, where she met Mr. Walter Tillman Parry. She married him at the then-First Presbyterian Church at Five Points in Franklin on December 16, 1891, with the wedding supper following at the Carter House. Since the groom was suffering from flu that night, the newlyweds spent their wedding night at the bride's house!

Their first child, Mary Orlena Parry, was born on their third wedding anniversary, Dec. 16, 1894. Their first son, Walter Tillman Parry Jr. was born May 2, 1897. Their third child, Lucy Lenore Parry, was born May 7, 1900. All three children were christened at their Spring Hill farm July 6, 1900 by Presbyterian minister Rev. Hardin.

Soon after, the family moved to a farm at the corner of Columbia Pike and Henpeck Lane. Alma Parry had a congenital heart defect and she died suddenly at home on February 27, 1905, leaving her three young children motherless. The Parry farm adjoined the farm of Lena Carter Gillespie, Alma's half-sister. Lena Carter Gillespie, who had been a child in the Carter House at the time of the Battle of Franklin, took on a mothering role for her nieces and nephew until her own death in 1930.

Alma married Walter Tillman Parry 16 Dec 1891, Franklin, Tennesse. Walter was born 3 Nov 1843, Mason County, Kentucky; died 13 Mar 1927, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery Franklin Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Emma married Walter M. Bennett 20 Apr 1905, Williamson, Tennessee. Walter was born 14 Sep 1876, Wilson County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1952, Williamson, Tennessee; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Divorced 1st husband and went on to marry Ora Sherman Morgan