Benjamin Bradford Carter

Notes:

White and Toole show that he operated Carter's Ferry with his father, and with his son John Bradford Carter, for many years.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 5
Enumerated 6 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 93 Sheet 2A Stamped 92
39-40
Russell, EH and Emma and family
40-41
Carter, Ben B. W M Jan 1860 40 m 20 La La Tx Farmer
Carter, Della W F Jun 1866 33 M 20 7/6 La Al Al
Carter, Bradford W M May 1884 16 S La La La Farm Laborer
Carter, George W M Nov 1887 12 S La La La Farm Laborer
Carter, Elouise W F Nov 1890 9 S La La La
Carter, Laura W F Apr 1893 6 S La La La
Carter, Willie W M Jun 1894 5 S La La La
Carter, Robert W M July 1898 1 S
Russell, John Boarder W M July 1884 15 La La La Farm Laborer

Benjamin married Della Mary Russell on 11 Dec 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Della was born in Jun 1866 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Besides farming, he helped his father and grandfather operate Carter's Ferry, and later he and his wife owned and operated cafes at various locations in East Texas. Virgie Speights, in November 1963, interviewed him prior to his upcoming eightieth birthday. He stated that he helped with the ferry "as soon as I was large enough." He recalled in great detail numerous incidents of feuding, fighting, and flight from the law. The ferry had previously been called the Paterson and Pugh Ferry, and the former owners met a tragic end, through such shenanigans. The river provided the Carters witha means of livelihood in many ways. They hauled pine knots to fire the boilers on various steamboats. Mr. Carter also made log runs down the Sabine River to Orange, which took 12 days and netted him $1 per day. They also raised cotton which they took to Robeline, Lousiana, necessitating they camp out during the trip.

In 1909, Mr. Carter came to Texas, walking from Pendleton to Strickland Crossing, where he caught a train to Browndell, worked in a sawmill for a week, and then came back to Pineland. There he worked various jobs, including curing some of the first logs sawed in the old Know Lumber Company Mill.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J69L-H5F
Name: John Bradford Carter
Death Date: 27 May 1973
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1885
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ben Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Della Russell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2242845
Digital Film Number: 4005482
Image Number: 59
Reference Number: 48349
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11A Stamped 96
Hemphill and Homer Road
175-177
Carter, John B M W 25 M1 0 La La La Farmer
Carter, Beulah E F W 16 M1 0 0/0 Tx Tx Tx
176-179
Quitman and Martha Carlton and Family

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 1
Enumerated 20 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 24A
Bronson and Hemphill Road
466-488
Carter, Brad Head m W 34 M La La La Sawyer Lumber Mill
Carter, Bula Wf F W 24 Tx Tx Tx
Carter, Myrtle Dtr F W 7 S Tx La Tx
Carter, Masellr Dtr F W 5 S Tx La Tx
Anderson, Ernest Boarder M W 33 Wd Tx Tx Tx Laborer Lumber Mill

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield
Enumerated 7 Apr 1930
ED 202-1 SD 19 Sheet 5A
320-85-88
Carter John B Head m W 45 M 25 La La La Lumber Stacker
Carter, Bulah E Wf F W 34 m 15 Tx Tx Tx
Carter, Myrtle Dtr F W 17 S Tx La Tx
Carter, Vivian M Dtr F W 15 S Tx La Tx
Carter, Ollie L Dtr F W 8 S Tx La Tx

John married Beulah Elizabeth Carlton in Oct 1909 in Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Beulah (daughter of John T. "J. T." Carlton and Pharby Jane Strickland) was born on 26 Feb 1894 in Texas; died on 24 Sep 1957 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDGL-JL6
Name: George Harrison Carter
Death Date: 26 Feb 1939
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 51 years 3 months 14 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1887
Birthplace: Zwolle, La.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ouida Carter
Father's Name: B.B Carter
Father's Birthplace: Carters Ferry, La.
Mother's Name: Mary Audry Russell
Mother's Birthplace: Zwolle, La.
Occupation: Salesman Reed Co.
Place of Residence: Beaumont, Texas
Cemetery: Forest Lawn
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 28 Feb 1939
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117981
Digital Film Number: 4030418
Image Number: 1377
Reference Number: 8595
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows her as Sara Elva Carter. Shown as Eloiuse on the 1900 census.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6S2-JMH
Name: Elva Carter Davis
Death Date: 14 Jan 1975
Death Place: Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 83 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1892
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Benjamin Bradford Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Della Russell
Mother's Birthplace:
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Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243875
Digital Film Number: 4167930
Image Number: 313
Reference Number: Frame Number 328
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Clarence Vivian Alford. Clarence (son of Thomas Redden Alford and Sarah M. "Sallie" Collier) was born on 14 Nov 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1930 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Could this be his death record, in spite of the differing first name?

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN7B-C9V
Name: Enoch B Carter
Death Date: 25 Jun 1975
Death Place: Overton, Rusk, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1894
Birthplace: Louisiana
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Bradford Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ann Russell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2240147
Digital Film Number: 4005486
Image Number: 02548
Reference Number: 46685
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows his middle name as Randall.

Notes:

She appears to have remarried, as in 1963 she was referred to as "Mrs. Myrtle HORTON of Hemphill."

Family/Spouse: Edward Richmond Frost. Edward was born before 1913; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is likely their daughter, "Mrs. C. A. McBride, who died in 1938."

Notes:

Lucille Carter Melde, 92, of Hemphill, died Thursday night in the Sabine County Hospital. Lucille was born in Hemphill to John Bradford and Beulah Carlton Carter. Lucille was married to the late Swede Melde, together they owned and operated Swede's Grocery and Service Station at the corner of Hwy 87 and FM 944. Lucille was a life resident of Hemphill and a member of the First Baptist Church.

Lucille is survived by her son Charles Melde and his wife Kathy of Hemphill and her niece Tina Butler of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her husband Swede Melde and her sister Myrtle Horton.

Visitation will be from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, Friday, August 30, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Saturday, August 31, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

www.starrfuneralhome.com
Print edition in The Sabine County Reporter, September 4, 2013, Page 12

Family/Spouse: Charles L. "Swede" Melde. Charles was born on 3 Jun 1918; died on 2 Aug 1975; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]