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Thomas Edward Carter was my granduncle. He was born Oct. 11, 1868 in Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri, a son of John R. Carter and Margaret Ann Fletcher. He was a grandson of John G. Carter and Matilda Herring, and, John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco.
Thomas E. Carter owned and ran the largest grocery store in Fulton for many years. He went by the name of T.Ed. Carter, and I've seen his grocery ads in newspapers of the time, always promoting his name as T.Ed. Carter. On September 26, 1894 in Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri, he married Mamie Nancy Dorris. She was born in Aug. 1870 in either Callaway Co., Missouri or in Jefferson City, Coles Co., Missouri. She grew up in Holts Summit, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Joseph Dorris, b: in Tennessee and Nancy Hammond b: in New York. Her grandparents, McDaniel Dorris and Mary unknown, both originally of Tennessee, were in Jefferson City Missouri in the mid 1800's and ran a large distillery there until after the Civil War. In the 1920 census, they live at 907 Nichols Street. He is a merchant, owning a grocery. They own their house with a mortgage. Living in this household is daughter Ruth, 21 teacher, daughter Maurine McKee, widow, age 24, son Edward, 18, son Dorrin, 13, and son Joe, 11. Also living here is Grace Dorris, 34, sister-in-law. Thomas Edward Carter and Mamie Dorris had five children:
Thomas Edward Carter died June, 3, 1944, in Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri. He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri. obit - Fulton Gazette, June 3, 1944 T.Ed. Carter Dies Saturday In This City Retired Veteran Grocer Of Fulton Succumbs Shortly Before Noon Thomas Edward Carter, retired Fulton grocery merchant died Saturday morning at 11:18 o'clock after an illness of several months. He was 75 years old. Funeral services will be held at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Wallace Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Mark S. Horn. Mr. Carter was born October 11, 1868 in Fulton, the son of John Robert and Margaret Ann Carter, and spent his entire life time in Fulton and Callaway county. He was engaged in the grocery business for many years until retiring in 1927 when he moved to a farm near New Bloomfield. Last December however, when he became ill, he and Mrs. Carter returned to Fulton to make their home with a daughter, Mrs. F.B. Myers of Court street. Mr. Carter, while engaged in business here, took an active interest in civic affairs. He was a member of the Fulton Board of Education for 12 years, serving part of the time as president of the board, and for a number of years was a member of the City Council. He was married September 25, 1894 to Mary Nancy Dorris of Holts Summit, and five children were born to this union. Besides his wife and daughter Mrs. Myers, he is survived by four other children; Mrs. Albert D. Williams of Charleston, W. Va., Dr. John Ed Carter of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Dorris W. Carter of Philadelphia, Pa., and Lt. Joseph A. Carter of the Army Air Forces, who is stationed in Malden, Mo. Also surviving are two sisters, Miss Dorothy Carter and Mrs. Josephine Carter Herring. Two other sisters, Mrs. Nova Carter Rogers and Mrs. Bess Carter Blackburn, preceeded him in death. Mamie Nancy Dorris died in 1963 in Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri. |