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learned from another list that all messages posted
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receive this before, please forgive the
duplicate......
Haven't posted this dilemma for awhile, so I'll try
again.
John and Frances (Kibler) Carter were married in
Jasper Co. Illinois in 1860. They moved to Newton
County Missouri sometime between 1878 and 1880.
1880
Oldest daughter, Mary, was married to Benjamin Turner,
living in Newton County.
Daughter Jane, born about 1863, was possibly living
with and employed by the Parker family in Newtonia.
Other children: Elizabeth (or Ann), Emma, Bertha
("Carrie"), George and David were at home.
1881
John Carter died in August in Newton County MO.
Daughter Ida Mae was born in Dec. of 1881.
1883
Frances married Henry Clapper in McDonald Co. MO.
Emma married Henry's son, Calvin Clapper.
1885
April - Frances divorced Henry.
May - Marriage license for Frances Carter and William
A. Baldridge in Jasper Co. MO.
June - James CARTER, son of Frances and ??, was born
in Arkansas. (per 1900 census)
1895
"Carrie" lived in Reno County KS, married John Koontz
in 1892. Mary was in Iowa, married George Wheeler in
1890. Emma was still in MO. I cannot find Frances or
any of the other children.
1900
James was living with his sister Mary in Douglas
County KS. Ida reappeared in Reno Co. and married
Frank Sutton in 1900. John and Carrie Koontz were
still in Reno Co., near Hutchinson KS. I could not
find anyone else in 1900 census index.
1910
George seems to have appeared in Reno County KS,
married Daisy Bell in 1906.
1920
Lost George, but found David living in Denver, CO with
his wife Luella ("Lulu") and children Gladys and Earl.
(Earl was born in 1904 in Colorado.)
MISSING:
Frances -
Can't find her after 1885. Almost positive that she
died before 1900, possibly before 1890.
Jane and Elizabeth/Ann (depending on the census)-
Can't find any marriage or death records that even
look like a good possibility.
George and James -
One of them apparently died in WWI.
Family stories:
Carrie, my grandmother, was said to have been raised
by an uncle in Texas. (Possibly Emanuel Kibler)
Ida's grandsons said they had never heard anything
about Texas at all. They said Carrie "raised" Ida
after Frances died, but Ida was not with John and
Carrie Koontz in the 1895 Reno Co. KS census. (There
is, however, a photo of Ida, James, and Carrie that
was taken about 1895.)
Ida's grandsons also have information that one of the
brothers was killed at the Battle of Argonne in WWI,
but no name.
If anything about this family sounds familiar at all,
I would love to hear from you!
Thanks,
Nancy
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