Hello all,
I am looking for information on the family of my step-gg-grandmother Bessie Jane
Carver (1881-1975). According to her obituary, she was born in Pickens co. Oct. 4,
1881(state not named but GA assumed). She was the last surviving member of her immediate
family. preceded in death by 1 sister and 3 brothers, not named. She had a daughter
Dallis Carver that died in May 1922. (death cert. says April 13, 1922) Rev. Ira Carver
officiating, Earl Carver pallbearer.
My aunt says that Dallas had died in a flu epidemic about a year before Bessie
married gg-grandpa William H. Bailey. Their were quite a few years difference in there
age. Ira was her nephew, and was from Pooler, GA. Research suggests he had a son and
grandson named Ira V. Carver. My aunt didn't recall the name, but says she also had
a nephew in Whitfield Co. GA. I assume this would have been the Earl Carver mentioned in
the obituary, as an Earl shows up in census records there.... his father Howard Carver
being born in Tennessee.
Any one researching Carver's in Chatham, Gordon , Pickens, or Whitfield Co. GA
recognize these names?
Keith Bailey Gordon Co. GA
kbailey(a)frontiernet.net