Donald Godfrey - Mar 1, 2009

I just found a Family Group Record on familysearch.org:

James Wesley Carter
Birth: 22 Apr 1961, Greene Co, AL.
Death: 9 Dec 1926, Alto, Cherokee Co, TX
Burial: 11 Dec 1926

Mother: Martha Quarls

Spouse: Ada Atkinson
Birth: 14 Aug 1857, Neshoba, MS
Death: 20 Oct 1919, Alto, Cherokee, Tx
Burial: Bettie Oak, Hill, Tx.

James W. Carter, age 18, born in AL, was in the 1880 Louisville, Winston Co, MS census with Martha Carter, mother, age 39, born in MO and William Carter, brother, age 12, born in AL.

Gilda, Looks like you were right, this is Martha Quarles Carter.

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James is in the 1900 Erath Co, TX census, and the 1910 and 1920 Eastland Co, TX census. xxxxx(This is the wrong guy.)xxx
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James W., age 49 and Ada, age 53 are in the 1910 Upshur Co, TX census with Eva Stalla, age 15; Lida Susie, age 13 and Kathale Ardek, age 11. I haven't found them in other TX census yet.

Oak Hill Cem., Upshur Co, TX:
Carter, Martha K., 1-27-1838 / 12-7-1903 w/o James Carter.
Carter, Mrs Ada, 8-14-1857 / 10-21-1919
Carter, Virginia A., 5-15-1873 / 7-7-1944
Carter, William I., 12-17-1868 / 2-16-1963
Carter, W. T., 3-30-1896 / 10-15-1897 s/o WI & VA.
Note:
William and Virginia have a double headstone.

Don