James Fleming Carter1

b. 6 September 1855, d. 10 April 1943
Birth6 Sep 1855 James Fleming Carter was born on 6 Sep 1855 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia.1 
Marriage23 Jun 1889 He married Margaret Elizabeth McCamant, daughter of John Dickenson McCamant and India Campbell Gardner, on 23 Jun 1889 in Lampasas, Texas.1 
Cens-Sum  In the first years after their marriage James and Margaret lived in Clay Co., Texas where their only child, a son named James Jr., was born in 1895. James Fleming was employed as a lawyer.

At some point between 1900 and 1910, when he was well into his 40s, James left the legal profession and turned to the ministry. He and Margaret spent the next 25 years living in various locations as James served several Methodist Churches.

In 1910 they lived in Trinity Co., Texas where James was a "station preacher". By 1920 they had moved to Galveston where they lived at 1723 33rd St. while James served a local church. Ten years later they were enumerated in the city of Tyler in Smith County.

However by 1935 James and Margaret had left Texas and settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They owned a home at 723 S. Yale Ave. valued at $2,000. In response to a question about education that was unique to the 1940 census, James replied that he had completed 4 years of college; Margaret had finished 4 years of high school. The move to Tulsa was probably precipitated by the fact that their son, daughter-in-law and 3 granddaughters had lived there for some years.2,3,4,5,6 
Death10 Apr 1943 James died on 10 Apr 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at age 87.1 

Family

Margaret Elizabeth McCamant b. 4 Jul 1867, d. 1952
Child
Last Edited28 Jun 2013

Citations

  1. [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : James Fleming Carter memorial #57503440, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma (entry includes photo of marker: "Father - Jas F. Carter, Sept 6, 1855-Apr 10, 1943")).
  2. [S3149] James F. Carter household, 1900 U.S. cens., Clay Co., Texas, pop. sched., Henrietta, ED 14, sheet 8A, dwelling 156, family 156, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Apr. 2013. Household includes: James F. Carter, 39, b. Sept. 1860 Georgia, marr 11 years, lawyer, owns home; Elizzie M., wife, 28, b. July 1871, marr 11 yrs, mother of 1 child, is living, b. TX; James F., son, 5, b. Jul 1895, b. TX.
  3. [S3146] James F. Carter household, 1910 U.S. cens., Trinity Co., Texas, pop. sched., Precinct 2, ED 109, sheet 2B, dwelling 35, family 37, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Apr. 2013. Household includes: James F. Carter, 51, marr #1, marr 20 yrs, b. Georgia, clergyman, "station preacher"; Margaret E., wife, 41, marr #1, marr 20 yrs, mother of 1 child, is living, b. TX, parents b. VA; James F., Jr., son, 14, b. TX.
  4. [S3150] James F. Carter household, 1920 U.S. cens., El Paso Co., Texas, pop. sched., Galveston, ED 48, sheet 12A, dwelling 267, family 296, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2013. Household includes: James F. Carter, 61, b. Georgia, clergyman; Margaret E., wife, 53, b. TX; resid 1723 33rd St.
  5. [S3147] James F. Carter household, 1930 U.S. cens., Smith Co., Texas, pop. sched., Tyler, ED 212-1, sheet 6B, dwelling 123, family 135, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Apr. 2013. Household includes: James F. Carter, 73, marr at 32, b. Georgia, Methodist minister; Margaret E., wife, 63, marr at 23, b. TX.
  6. [S3148] James F. Carter household, 1940 U.S. cens., Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, pop. sched., Tulsa, ED 79-113A, sheet 2A, household 33, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Apr 2013. Household includes: James F. Carter, 84, owns home worth $2,000, b. Georgia, completed 4 yrs college, same residence 1935 (723 S. Yale Ave), usual occupation: minister (supplemental question); Margaret L., wife, 72, b. TX, completed 4 yrs high school, same residence 1935.
  7. [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : James Fleming Carter Jr. memorial #57503593, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma (entry includes photo of marker: "James Fleming Carter Jr., 1895-1950")).