On This Day in Family History - August 31

Ned Jackson Carter married Helen Loeta Padgett 1935

Ned Carter was the son of John Martin Carter and Amy Tamsett Carter

John Martin Carter was a brother of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold (mother of Annie Arnold Hicks)

Ned Carter and Helen Padgett had one child, Glynda Faye.

Here is what Glynda wrote about her father:

He was named for his Grandpa [Ned] Carter and his Grandpa [Jackson] Tamsett.  Ned is my father.  He was born 26 November 1909.  He married Helen Leota Padgett 31 August 1935.  They lived at Hardy, Desha and Banner [Arkansas].  She was not a well person but worked very hard, sewing for people  and in church.  She miscarried twice.  I was born 21 September 1939. She had a very hard labor.  She should have been in a hospital and had a caesarean, but she only had a country doctor that did not realize that.  She hemorrhaged and died 25 September.  She is buried at Pine Grove [Cemetery, in Floral, Arkansas].  

Ned and baby lived with the Padgetts for about five years.  Ned married Maxine Qualls Green in 1945.  I lived with them some, but mostly with my Padgett grandparents.  Maxine had a boy, Elvis, who was about three years old.  Ned and Maxine had no children.  

Ned was a “Jack of all Trades”.  He worked at sawmills, did mechanic work, worked for county road department and also worked as salesperson at two different building supply stores. He has been a piano tuner and rebuilds pianos too.  In fact, he still does a lot of piano work.  He has lived in Banner since 1939.  He plays the piano by ear and has played at Mt. Zion Baptist Church for many years.  He has been, and is a great dad. 

-- Glynda Faye Carter Tucker 1984

Here are some other pictures I have of Ned Carter

Ned Carter back row left, with Arnold and Hicks cousins

Back: Ned Carter, Ruby Hicks, Vada Carter, Irene Hicks, Agnes Carter, Ollie Carter. 

Front: Sylvia Arnold, Eldred Arnold, Aunt Birdie Arnold holding Arbon, Elvin Hicks, Annie Hicks holding Evalee, Aunt Amy Carter, Eulene Carter, Cleffie Hicks, Elmer Carter

Photo: Ned Jackson and Oscar Reeves 

(I don't know who Oscar Reeves is.)

Ned, Glynda and Glynda's husband Dwayne Tucker 1983

(I took this picture at the annual Carter/Arnold reunion)

Arbon Arnold and Ned Carter 1986

On This Day in Family History - August 30

 Elizabeth Evans Anderson was born 30 August 1840 in Tennessee

Elizabeth was married to John Anderson, a Civil War soldier

They had six children - Alice, Franklin, Evaline, Rosetta, William, and Thomas

Photo: Elizabeth Evans Anderson with daughter Rosetta

Photo: Elizabeth Evans Anderson (left) with her daughter and her mother Sarah Bishop Evans.

Elizabeth Anderson was the sister of my great-great-great-grandmother Jane Evans Carter.

Photos: 6 generations - Sarah Bishop Evans, Jane Evans Carter, Adaline Carter Arnold, Annie Arnold Hicks, Cleffie Hicks Burford, Wathada Burford Thomas (my mother)

On This Day in Family History - August 29

 Calvin Olan Jackson was born 29 August 1925

Calvin was the son of Etta Arnold ("Aunt Ettie") and Ben Jackson

Photo: Etta and Ben with their first 2 children Alvis and Wincel (Calvin was their 3rd)

Etta was the sister of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

Photos: Calvin and Wincel

Photo: Alvis and Calvin Jackson, Elvin Hicks (right)

Calvin married Jerline Cooper in 1945

Photo: Calvin and Jerline with their first 2 children Johnny and Annetta

Photo: Calvin and Jerline Jackson

(I took this picture at the Carter/Arnold family reunion in Floral, Arkansas in 1983)

On This Day in Family History - August 28

 

Scott Charles Radde was born 28 August 1964

Scott is my 2nd cousin (his mother Beverly and my mother were 1st cousins)

Renue Thomas was born 28 August 1893

Renue was my great-aunt (she was my grandpa Thomas' sister)

Olan Hicks married Barbara Smith 28 August 1945

Olan was my great-uncle (he was my grandmother Cleffie's brother)

Dallas Milton Till was born 28 August 1937

Dallas was my 1st cousin once removed (he and my dad were 1st cousins)

Thanks to my handy-dandy Cousin Explainer

On This Day in Family History - August 27

 Audie D. Miller died 27 August 1900

Photo: Audie Miller with his mother Alice Ford Miller

Alice was the sister of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas 

Photo: Stephen, Alice, Nancy Ford

Here is an excerpt from my dad's family history notes:

And here is a document I recently discovered -- a letter from Audie to his parents, written shortly after he moved to New Mexico. It was printed in the local (Michigan) newspaper.

Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Miller, we are allowed to publish the following letter written by Audie from New Mexico.

*  *  *

Sunday, Sept. 24th, 1899

Dear Folks,

   I arrived here yesterday morning at 8:30 a.m., and you can bet my first impression of the place was not of the best. I took the bus up to the hotel and took a look at the place. It was a Mexican town and the same as most small places. The houses and stores are all one story and made of "dobe" (square blocks of mud), they are all flat-roofed and are usually plastered smooth on the outside. I had supposed the reason they made them of dobe was because it was cheap, compared to wood and brick, but it seems they are better. The walls are two to three feet thick and all cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and they last for years. There is a church somewhere near here that is nearly 200 years old and is built of dobe. (That word is pronounced doby, long o.)

   The rates at the hotels are very high -- $10 per week is the cheapest and that is by the month -- $2.50 per day regular. I knew that was more than I could stand, so I got talking with the clerk, he is an American from Colorado who is here for his health, about where I would be able to get cheaper board. He said that everything is so expensive it would be hard to find a place very cheap, and if I could find a place for $30 per month, I would be lucky as he hadn't heard of anyone getting board cheaper than that.

  Well, I had dinner, and it was a queer one -- some different from the hotels in Michigan. Here they do not ask if you will have soup, they just bring it in and set it before you and not say a word, and then for the meat, etc, it was the same way, only they had two kinds of meat and each one was brought in on a large dinner plate, and some sliced tomatoes, as to other vegetables I don't know what they were. I tried them and the taste was enough. Then, before I was through eating they brought in a piece of lemon pie that was pretty good. I certainly made up my mind if I had to get used to their food it would take some time.

   I then started out to find Mrs. Hagerty, (Nora Nagle), they live directly across from the depot, but the business portion of the town is away about half a mile. I found the place and supposed her mother's letter had got there, saying that I was coming to New Mexico. When she came to the door I recognized her at once, although it has been a long time since I saw her in South Haven. Well, I asked her if she was Mrs. Hagerty and she was, then I told her I was Mr. Miller. It seems there is a Miller up at the college that Mr. __ had spoken of quite often, but Nora had never seen him to know him, so she said, from the college? and I said, from South Haven. She didn't know then who I was and I had to explain that I was Audie Miller from South Haven, Michigan. Her mother's letter came while I was there. They are very nice and I had a nice visit. I asked them about a good cheap place to board. At first they couldn't think of a place that would suit me at all but before I left they mentioned a place near them, kept by a widow lady, Mrs. Bennett, who boarded the men at the depot. I called at this place and found a very nice American lady with nice rooms and I engaged board for one week. Well from the supper and breakfast I had, I won't have a chance to complain, everything was so good and nice and she has a lot of chickens, so there are nice fresh eggs. She is very pleasant. Her husband died of consumption the 27th of last August, less than a month ago. He was here over two years but was too far gone when he came, it only prolonged his life. From what I have heard, there is no better place than Las Cruses for throat and lung disease. The climate is certainly fine and the air is so much different: seems so fresh and pure. My appetite so far is better than when I was home. I am going to take dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Hagerty today.

   I had a good time in Albuquerque Thursday. After I had mailed your letter, I was walking down the street when who should I meet but a young fellow by the name of Loren Benson, of South Haven. He went to school there but his folks live out in the country near there, the girls know him for he asked about them. I was glad to see him. He is going to live there with his sister. His brother-in-law, Fred Griffith, is a conductor on the Santa Fe, and Benson is trying to get a job as brakeman. I had dinner and supper with them, they treated me fine. We took in the fair all day long, and the sports were good. It was the biggest fair ever held in the territory. The 9th U.S. cavalry were there from Ft. Wingate, they are all colored except the officer. They are the ones who saved the rough riders at the battle of San Juan. They gave a sword drill in the afternoon and a mounted exhibition at night. It was one of the finest things I ever saw. The horses were trained fine. The captain would give the orders and they were repeated to the company by the bugular. Then they dismounted and had a skirmish on foot. They went through the different maneuvers just like clock work. They would charge toward the grand stand shooting their guns, it must have been just like a battle, so much shooting. They would fire towards the stand and I got scared and kept my face down. I made up my mind if I got hit by a bullet, my face would go home in good shape. One of the soldiers did get a bullet in his gun by mistake and one poor fellow got shot through the foot. It must have been when they were lying on the ground. Well, there was excitement for a while, a great many went home when they would fire. It was a stream of fire all along the line. The drill was great and it finished up with a big field piece (cannon). They can fire that pretty fast and they kept moving it around. It was great.

   You can tell everyone that I am at Las Cruces and am feeling good so far.

                                                     Audie

On This Day in Family History - August 26

 John Julius Rhoades was born 26 August 1936

John was the son of Ned Herbert Rhoades and Hattie Crystal Ruth Fraley.

Ned Herbert Rhoades was the son of Margaret Emaline Carter and John Norris Rhoades.

Photos: John Norris Rhoades, Margaret Carter Rhoades

Margaret Carter was a half-sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

Photo: Adaline Arnold and Margaret Rhoades, half-sisters (daughters of Ned Jonas Carter)

Adaline Arnold was the mother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks.

Photo: Annie and Adaline Arnold

On This Day in Family History - August 25

David Raymond Burford died 25 August 1999 age 85

David was the son of Raymond Minter Burford

Raymond Burford was the firstborn child of Alexander Oscar Burford Jr and his first wife Helen Virginia Lockard.

They had 3 children - Raymond, Edith, and Hazel.

After Helen Virginia died, Alexander married Lora Gibson 

Alexander and Lora had 10 more children - Deb, Helen, Ishmael, George, Killough, Bernice, Lester, Neil, Juanita, and Judy

Photo L-R: Neil, Lester, Bernice, David, George.

(Sons of Alexander Burford. David is a grandson, the son of oldest brother Raymond)

David married Elizabeth Jane Pittman. I don't have a picture of her.

Photo: David Raymond Burford, David Raymond Burford Jr

Photo: Back - David Jr and his wife Georgi. Front - their son Aaron and daughter Sophia

That's 5 generations - Alexander > Raymond > David > David Jr > Aaron/Sophia

On This Day in Family History - August 24

 Oma Dell Barnett married Donald Hawley 24 August 1953

Oma Dell was my mother's 1st cousin -- the daughter of Ruby Hicks and Arvil Barnett.

She was born 20 August 1928.

Photo: Oma Dell and Donald, Wathada and Red (my parents)

My mom and dad got married 3 weeks after Oma Dell and Donald.

Oma Dell and Donald had 4 children - Donna, Mike, David, and Danny

 Oma Dell and Donald with Donna Kay...

 with Donna and Mike...

 

with all 4 children, at their 25th wedding anniversary.