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Martha Bell Carter
Female 1831 - 1922

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  • Birth  24 Jul 1831  , Green, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  28 Jun 1922  McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: parallysis 
    Obituary  29 Jun 1922  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fulton Gazette 
    • Callaway Pioneer Is Dead
      Mrs. Martha Craig Died This Morning at Her Home In McCredie.
      Funeral Thursday Afternoon
      Mrs. Martha B. Craig, 91 years old, died at her home in McCredie about 2:00 o'clock Wednesday morning after a week's illness. Funeral services were held at Richlan Baptist church, northeast of Fulton, Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock and burial was in the cemetery of that church.
      Mrs. Craig was born in Culpepper county, Kentucky, July 24, 1831, and is the last of a family of six or eight children. She came to Missouri when a young woman, her maiden name being Miss Martha Carter. Her husband, the late James Tolliver Craig, died about twenty years ago. She is survived by four daughters and one son, all living in or near McCredie: R.N. Craig, Mrs. S.A. West, Mrs. J.W. Martin, Mrs. Virgil Epperson and Miss Mattie Lou Craig, who lived with her mother. Quite a number of relatives also are living in Fulton and other parts of the county.
      Mrs. Craig was one of the pioneer women of Callaway who always lent her aid to the good causes of the county. Friends here extend sympathy to all those who mourn her death.
      (note: born in Green Co., Kentucky not Culpepper, her parents were born in Culpepper Co., Virginia)
    Time of Death 
    • 3:00 a.m.
    Buried  29 Jun 1922  Richland Baptist Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I6738  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  11 Nov 2010 
     
    Father  Robert P. Carter,   b. Abt 1790, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1831, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Polly Smith,   b. Abt 1800, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1876, , Audrain, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  30 Sep 1819  , Green, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14346355  Group Sheet
     
    Family  James Tolliver Craig,   b. Abt 1829, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1898 
    Married  23 Aug 1854  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Susan W. Craig,   b. 15 May 1855, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1944, McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Mary E. Craig,   b. 30 Jan 1858, McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1945, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Martha Lewis Craig,   b. 18 Nov 1865, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1955, Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Fannie B. Craig,   b. Abt 1867, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jul 1955
    >5. Robert Nathan Craig,   b. 28 Nov 1869, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1951, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  13 Feb 2007 
    Family ID  F14346672  Group Sheet
     
  • Headstones
     James Craig & Martha Carter
    James Craig & Martha Carter
    James T. Craig, 1829 - 1898. Martha C. Craig, 1831 - 1922. James Tolliver Craig was a son of Nathanial Craig and Ester L. McKinney. On Aug. 23, 1854 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Martha Bell Carter. She was a daughter of Robert P. Carter and Mary Smith. She was my 2nd great grandaunt.…
     
    Death Certificates
    Death certificate of Craig, Martha Bell Carter
    Death certificate of Craig, Martha Bell Carter
    24 Jul 1831 - 28 Jun 1922. She was my 2nd great grandaunt.
     
  • Notes 
    • In 1850 she is living at home with mother, Mary Beavers. They are listed with John Smyth in the 12th Dist, Callaway Co., MO with Robert (24), James (20), Martha (19), Elisa (14), William (12) & Sarah (9). The children are all listed as Beavers.John Smith is either Mary's older brother or some other relative. Robert, James, Martha are Robert & Mary Carter's children. Their ages match later records. Elisa, William & Sarah being born after 1833 are Mary & Barnett Beavers' children. John, Alexander, Mary Ann are already married and a father at this time.

      1880 census lists a Richard Carter, age 5 nephew, living with this family. We think this was a son of her brother, Robert.

      1900 United States Federal Census
      about Martha B Craig
      Name: Martha B Craig
      Home in 1900: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri
      Age: 68
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Relationship to head-of-house: Mother
      Race: White
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Robert M Craig 28
      Martha B Craig 68
      Mattie L Craig 35
      Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T623 844; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 30.

      1910 United States Federal Census
      about Martha B Craig
      Name: Martha B Craig
      Age in 1910: 78
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
      Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
      Home in 1910: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Martha B Craig 78
      Martha Lou Craig 43
      Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T624_774; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 394.

      1910 census shows 10 children born, 5 living.

      1920 United States Federal Census
      about Martha B Craig
      Name: Martha B Craig
      Home in 1920: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri
      Age: 87 years
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Father's Birth Place: United States of America
      Mother's Birth Place: United States of America
      Marital Status: Widow
      Race: White
      Sex: Female
      Home owned: Own
      Able to read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      Image: 890
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Martha B Craig 87
      Mat Lou Craig 55
      Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 890.

      Mrs. Martha B. Carter Craig 24 Jul 1831 28 Jun 1922 Callaway Weekly Gazette

      Death certificate gives parents as Robert P. Carter and Polley Smith, which is important because it verifies the original letter written in the early 1970's from a Carter relative who knew that John G. Carter's parents were Robert P. Carter and Polly Mary Smith.

      Her obituary gives Culpepper county Kentucky as her birthplace, there was no county by that name in Kentucky, however, her father was born in Culpepper county Virgina, so whoever gave the information for the obituary must have been thinking about that. As far as I have found records, they lived in Green county Kentucky when she was born.
     
  • Event Map
    Event
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Aug 1854 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: parallysis - 28 Jun 1922 - McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Fulton Gazette - 29 Jun 1922 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 Jun 1922 - Richland Baptist Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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