Looking for information on a James CARTER, born about 1852 in
Tennessee. He married Nancy Jane LANE TAYLOR, a 36-year-old widow with
three children, on 14 Mar 1869 in Stoddard County, MO. Together James and
Nancy had two children: William C, born Mar 1870, and Amanda Elizabeth
"Bettie", born 1872. Then, before the 1880 census was taken, he
died--Nancy CARTER stated she was a widow on the census. Does anyone have
any information on this James CARTER?
William C CARTER married a Lon REYNOLDS 26 Dec 1889 in Castor Twp, Stoddard
County, MO, and that is the last I know of him. Anyone know what happened
with him?
Amanda Elizabeth CARTER, fondly remembered by my family as "Aunt Bettie",
moved to Colorado with her mother around 1906 where they homesteaded and
eventually ran a boarding house in Lamar, Prowers County, CO. She never
married and seemed to be quite an adventurer in a time when women rarely
traveled or did anything on their own. She died in Lamar 27 Dec 1961 at
the age of 89. (Her mother had died in 1922 at the same age.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nancy