As I suspected, my INBOX had 95 new emails this morning. Thank heavens for DSL and a very fast computer. I may have to open a new Yahoo email address just for my CARTER list. Well, you asked for it, so here is my CARTER family so far. There is a lot more information on many of the ones in the 1800s which I will be happy to share. I have to thank my cousin, Paul Ross in Indianapolis, for all his hard work helping me find many of these folk. I am presently in a small country village in England and unable to do much library research. Travel and lodging in England is prohibitively expensive and severely limits my research here. My CARTERS from Yorkshire, England to Iola, Kansas: Roger CARTER, b. 8 May, 1595, Helperby, Yorkshire, Eng FATHER: Thomas CARTER MOTHER: Ellen WADE m. 25 Nov 1627, St Michaels, Belfry, Yorkshire, Eng., Emma RAYLES, b. abt. 1597, of Helperby, Yorkshire, Eng FATHER: William RAYLES MOTHER: Abigail HAXUPP, b. abt 1582, Yorkshire, England Nicholas CARTER, b. 4 June, 1629 Helperby, Yorks, Eng., d. 8 Nov, 1681, Elizabethtown, NJ, US Speaking only of Nicholas’ sons Samuel and Nicholas, named below, they are BOTH listed in various on-line sources as the father of Barnabas Carter, b. 1680. There were several Samuel, Nicholas, Benjamin and Barnabas Carters listed in various lists and documents but all are descendants of the Helperby line. The problem is determining who is son/father of whom. Nicholas CARTER, b. 1658, Newtown, New York Children- 1. Barnabas CARTER, b.1680, Elizabethtown, N.J. d. Oct 1748, Hanover, Morris, NJ OR: Samuel CARTER, b. Bet.1653-1656 in Connecticut or Newtown, New York, d. 1704 Children- 3. Barnabas CARTER, b.1680, Elizabethtown, N.J., d. Oct 1748, Hanover, Morris, NJ Barnabas CARTER Sr. b. 1680, Elizabethtown, N.J., d. Oct 1748, Hanover, Morris, NJ Nicholas CARTER b. bet. 1690-1708, d. 22 Nov, 1770, Hanover, Morris, NJ, m. 1735, Susannah Nicholas CARTER, 1741- 1781, NJ, m. Morristown NJ Sarah EASTON Nicholas CARTER, b. 25 Dec, 1780, Morristown, N.J., d. bet 1840-1850, Helt, Vermillion Co. IN., m. Sept. 05, 1806, Butler Co., OH, Anna (possibly Susannah) Rebecca HAMMOND, b. June 7, 1787, Wilkes Co., GA Abraham CARTER b. 1816, Ohio, d. Fulton, Bourbon, KS, m. 28 June, 1842, Vermillion, IN, Martha Elizabeth TULLIS, b. 1818, Clinton, Vermillion IN I have obits and probate records for some of the following, as well as for some of Alpheus’ brothers who lived in Kansas. I have no records for anyone above this point, as I’ve only been able to piece together these names and relationships from on-line census records, other on-line “family records” and various books. I consider everything above here as accurate from Nicholas b. 1741 and speculative before him. I will use the above to find the proper “official” records and make copies for my own files. Alpheus Manford CARTER, b. 7 May, 1847, Helt Township, Vermillion, IN, US, d. 18 August, 1915, Iola, Allen, Kansas (KS), US, bd. Iola Cemetery, Iola, KS, m. 21 January, 1877, Amelia Nora HERRING, Helt Township, Vermillion, Indiana (IN) US, b. 1860, Vermillion, IN, d. after 1910, before 1915, Iola, Allen, KS Children – 1. James Oscar CARTER, b. 1877, KS, m. Before 1910, Annie, step-daughter Florence and daughter Thelma listed in 1910 census. “Oscar James Carter” in 1920 census listed as “single”. 2. Sophia P. CARTER, b. 1881, KS, d. 1950, Iola, Allen, KS, bd. Iola Cemetery, Iola, Allen, KS, m. 1909, Humbolt, Allen, KS, Joseph William ROSS, b.1884, Blue Mound, Linn, KS, US, d. 1949, Iola, Allen, KS, US, bd. Iola Cemetery, Iola, Allen, KS, US 3. Robert (Bob) John Carter, b.1885, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, (MO) US, d. 28 Oct 1947, Kansas City, Jackson, MO, US m. 19 Aug 1907, Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS, Belle Minnie Canady, b. Mar 1890, Blue Mound, Linn, KS, US, d. 05 Sep 1942, Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Son “Mack” or “Mac” Manford Alpheus Carter, daughters Mamie and Rita. Bob was despondent after Belle’s death and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 4. Samuel CARTER, b. Sep 1888, Bourbon, KS, d. abt 1970, near Joplin, MO. Married but never had children. Was in real-estate in Kansas City, bought a farm near Joplin, Missouri in the late 1940s. His wife died about 1949. 5. John L. CARTER (AKA: Jack HAMMOND) b. 1894, KS, lived in Kansas City and worked as an electrician and was a member of the electrician’s union. Alive in the 1950s, but have not researched him. Claimed he took his wife’s name when he married, but is found using the name “Jack Hammond” in the 1920 census which lists him as “Single”. Was married, but no known children. 6. Ralph L. CARTER, known to the family as “LeRoy” which may have been his middle name. b. 1897-8, Kansas (1910 Census, Humbolt, Allen County, Kansas, 13 years old), d. “Old Soldier’s Home” Leavenworth, KS, 1929 subsequent to gassing in WWI. Never married. 7. Franklin L. CARTER, b. 1902, Kansas (1910 Census, Humbolt, Allen County, Kansas, 8 years old). Lived in Kansas City, MO, not married, no children, served in US Navy in 1920, on the last of the square-rigged sailing ships. Living in Kansas City in early 1950s. Have not researched him. Thanks for inspiring me to do some much-needed “cleaning-up” of my CARTER stuff! 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