This is an unusual request. A couple of years ago I "adopted" a dear elderly
woman that I met at a nursing home when my own mother required some after
surgery rehab. Miss Margaret (now 86) has dementia yet she recalls with great
clarity her childhood visiting with her grandparents, Jerome aka "Old Nick
Carter" b1866 KY and her grandmother Lutitia aka Lillian b1869 KY. She say they
lived in Nashville. I have verified this.
Miss Margaret associates an address in north Nashville Tennessee at 1804 -
18th Avenue North at Buchanan Street. Before living with her grandparents (her
mother died in 1927 when she was 3) her father placed her and her 2 siblings
in St. Mary's Orphanage on White Bridge Road Westend Nashville. [It is now
called St. Mary's Villa for Girls.] Miss Margaret lived at St. Mary's from
approximately 1926-1936.
Old Nick Carter was supposedly, in the day, a well known musician known in
the Nashville, TN area in the early 1900's and supposedly played at the Grand
'Ole Oprey. I have never been able to verify this. HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF
HIM??
Old Nick aka Rome J Carter is in the 1900 Graysville Alabama census &
1910/20/30 Davidson Tennessee census. I find nothing specific about him to share
with Miss Margaret. I don't think census records will mean mush to her and will
be difficult for her to read.
She has shared with me all of her family history she knows in the hopes that
someone cares enough [about her] to write it down. And I have written it all
down. There's little else I can do to satisfy her yearning to turn back the
clock to a healthier and happier state of mind. It is apparent the only
connection to a real family comes from her stay at St. Mary' and at 1804 - 18th
Avenue North at Buchanan Street.
Does anyone know any history about this address? I goggled mapped it and it
is now an asphalt parking lot attached to some kind of trucking company.
St. Mary's Villa has no photo's of their building on their website.
So I guess my request is unusual as I'm not sure what I can do for Miss
Margaret except what I've done. I have some history if anyone is interested. I'd
love to know ANYTHING about Old Nick Carter. Thanks.
Jennifer Nichols
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