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Edward Robertson Carter

Male 1814 - 1908  (93 years)


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  • Name Edward Robertson Carter 
    Born 17 Oct 1814  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Feb 1908  Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elgin City Cemetery Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I14783  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 26 May 2021 

    Father Rawley Williamson Carter,   b. 8 Feb 1788, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1847, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Anne Jennings Robertson,   b. 1792, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1809 
    Family ID F4160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Edward R Carter-Obit
    Edward R Carter-Obit
    Austin American Statesman
    Feb 5, 1908

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153424414/edward-r.-carter.
      Edward R. Carter
      BIRTH: 17 Oct 1814 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      DEATH: 3 Feb 1908 (aged 93)
      Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas
      BURIAL: Elgin City Cemetery
      Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas

      Married Mary E. Hutchings April 25, 1848, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940)

      The 1880 census recorded Edward R. Carter, 65, a farmer, living in Bastrop County, Texas, with wife Mary, 57, and children: Mary, 26; Lucy, 23; and William, 19. The three children were all born in Texas.

      The 1900 census recorded Edward R. Carter, 85, living in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with son William H. Carter, born July 1860 in Texas, daughter-in-law Bell[e], born Jan. 1877, and grandson Ned, born Aug 1895