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Caleb Ezra CARTER

Male 1898 - 1946  (48 years)

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  • Name Caleb Ezra CARTER  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 12 Sep 1898  , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Military 12 Sep 1918  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military 
    • Caleb Ezra Carter, age 20, 12 Sep 1898, is a yard clerk for Southern Railway Co in Chattanooga. His nearest relative is his mother, Della E Carter of 98 Scruggs St. He is short with a medium build, blue eyes and brown hair.
    Residence 1919  , Walker, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 24 Aug 1919  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 28 Jan 1920  , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 3 Apr 1940  , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1946  , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    boilermaker 
    Residence 1946  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    311 Poplar 
    death certificate 3 Dec 1946  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Certificate 
    Death 3 Dec 1946  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Cause: infarction of myocardium 
    		 Carter, Caleb Ezra
    death certificate
    Burial 4 Dec 1946  Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Chattanooga Memorial Park
    Tennessee
    Hamilton County 
    Person ID I11795  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2020 

    Father Joseph B CARTER,   b. 3 Oct 1856, , Monroe, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1911 (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Delcenia E HARLAN,   b. Sep 1862, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1919 (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1878  [10] 
    Family ID F6581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dickie ???,   b. Abt 1905   d. Deceased 
    Children 
     1. CARTER,   b. Abt 1925
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F4545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2009 

    Family 2 Georgia Delia CORNELISON,   b. 1904, , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1919  , Walker, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • by DH Hixon, JP
    Children 
    +1. John Brockman CARTER,   b. 24 Aug 1919, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1979, Alexandria, Alexandria (city), Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    >2. Gladys Emilynn CARTER,   b. 24 Sep 1921, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1978 (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Sep 1898 - , , Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Military - 12 Sep 1918 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - , Walker, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jan 1919 - , Walker, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 24 Aug 1919 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - ED 210, pg 1A-B - 28 Jan 1920 - , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - ED 33-38, pg 2A-B - 3 Apr 1940 - , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - boilermaker - 1946 - , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 311 Poplar - 1946 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapsdeath certificate - Death Certificate - 3 Dec 1946 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: infarction of myocardium - 3 Dec 1946 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Chattanooga Memorial Park
    Tennessee
    Hamilton County - 4 Dec 1946 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    		Carter, Caleb Ezra
    Draft Registration 1918
    		1900 Federal Census, Kentucky, Monroe
    Magisterial District 7, ED 86, pg 5A

  • Notes 
    • Manuscripts Department
      Library of the University of North Carolina
      at Chapel Hill
      SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
      #3709
      FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT PAPERS Folder
      Interviewer, Title, (Interviewee, year of birth, birthplace, race or ethnic group, occupation or status at time of interview; place of interview, date of life history)
      315
      Carter, Douglas, Mushroom Grower, (Caleb Carter, 1893, Montvale, white, mushroom grower, Asheville, 18 April 1939)

      Walker Co, GA Marriages
      Husband: CARTER Age:
      Book/page: 6-357
      Full Name: CALEB CARTER M-Date: 1-18-1919
      Wife: DELIA CORNELISON Her Age:
      Rec Date: 2-24-1919
      W/Maiden: CORNELISON County:
      Issuance: 1-18-1919 Ordinary: W. L. STANSELL
      County No: Prob Judge:
      City: Officiant: D. H. HIXON
      Title: JP Addr:

      His death certificate lists Vivian U Carter as his wife. SSN 411-01-68-44
    • (Research):There are 3 marriage records for Joseph B Carter in Monroe County, KY, but none to Della. One is to Nancy Harlin. There is a James B Carter to D. Harlin. None of the dates are likely.

      Joseph H. Carter was married to a Victoria (?) their children were Elsie Mae Carter b Dec 18,1905 Died June 1971, Lyda Carter b 28 March 1905 d: Feb, 26 1975. Others John Edward Carter (last known in Chattanooga Tn.) William B Carter, Charlie Carter. Elsie lived in Rossville, Walker County Georgia and married Clarence Ivan Worley.

      Shaw Cemetery, Walker Co, GA
      Carter, Joseph L b: 1847 d: 1926
      Carter, Cordelia b: 1858 d: 1947

      History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 367, Page 286
      Seventh Regiment, Infantry - Company D.
      Carter, Caleb E. Private. Enlisted, Aug. 20, 1862 Deserted, November 20, 1862.

  • Sources 
    1. [S177] Carter, Shirley E.

    2. [S275] Death Certificate, Carter, Caleb #25652.

    3. [S1771] 1900 Monroe KY, ED 86, pg 5A.
      Caleb E Carter

    4. [S527] Social Security Application, Carter, John Brockman #415-03-0416, SS-5.
      Caleb Ezra Carter

    5. [S1090] 1920 Hamilton, TN, ED 210, sht 1A-B.
      age 21, TN

    6. [S275] Death Certificate, Carter, Caleb #25652.
      12 Sep 1898, Kentucky

    7. [S1771] 1900 Monroe KY, ED 86, pg 5A.
      age 1, Sep 1898, Kentucky

    8. [S275] Death Certificate, Carter, Caleb #25652.
      3 Dec 1946, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

    9. [S275] Death Certificate, Carter, Caleb #25652.
      Chatt Mem Pk, Chatt, Tenn

    10. [S1771] 1900 Monroe KY, ED 86, pg 5A.
      married 21 years

    11. [S576] Walker Co, GA Marriage Book, Book 6 page 357.
      Delia Cornelison


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