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    Martha Ellen "Mattie" Carter

    Female 1877 - 1970  (92 years)


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    • Name Martha Ellen "Mattie" Carter  [1
      Born 03 Nov 1877  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Gender Female 
      Died 12 Jul 1970  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 


      • Photo of headstone taken by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston
        Remembrance of Margaret Virginia Denny Powell, her mother-in-law. Sister of Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr., grandfather of Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Person ID I7285  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 8 Aug 2012 

      Father George Turner Carter,   b. 8 Nov 1850, Mt. Carmel District, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1940, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
      Mother Martha Sue Green,   b. c 1855, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1885, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
      Married 4 Jan 1872  Mt. Carmel District, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      • Susie Gravitt is listed as mother on the death certificate for her son Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. Susie is later found to be Susie Green (on her marriage license to George T. Carter) Her mother is Susan Gravitt (William Green father).
      Family ID F2559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Warner L. Powell,   b. 21 Jan 1871,   d. 24 Oct 1908, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
      Notes 
      • October 9, 1893 George T. Carter gave his daughter Martha Ellen (Mattie) and c. 56.68 A int 145 A pers Mt. C D 6 A nr Lennig (DB 85/225)

        This is a gift from father to daughter and grandchild. Martha is 16 years old. She married Warner L. Powell

      Children 
       1. Vernon Powell,   b. c 1893
       2. Gladys Powell,   b. c 1895
       3. Grace Powell,   b. c 1897
       4. Doris Powell,   b. c 1900
       5. Hughes Powell,   b. c 1902
      Last Modified 22 Dec 2011 
      Family ID F2563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 William Daniel "W.D." Powell,   b. 31 Mar 1877, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1960, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
      Married
      • Mattie Carter was married to Warner L. Powell first; had a group of children and when he died she married his cousin W.D. and had more children; James Edwards Powell, Doug Powell, William, (died in childhood), and Alpha Carter Powell(Ace).
      Children 
      +1. James Edwards "Jimmy" Powell,   b. 05 Feb 1911, Danville, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1996, Danville, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
       2. Douglas Powell,   b. c 1913
       3. William Daniel Powell, Jr.,   b. 18 Jun 1917, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1929, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
      +4. Alpha Carter "Ace" Powell,   b. c 1919/20, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 24 Aug 2010 
      Family ID F2560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      James Powell, Mattie Carter Powell, Douglas Powell - Virginia Ave.
      James Powell, Mattie Carter Powell, Douglas Powell - Virginia Ave.

      Headstones
      Mattie C. Powell Marker
      Mattie C. Powell Marker

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Halifax County Virginia Will Book #41, page 605-607; General Index Book C-D page 94
        List of Heirs of John King Gravitt, Martha E. Powell

      2. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Photograph of Headstone

      3. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        1900 Va Census Halifax Co., Mt.Carmel Dist., Dwell 231, Family 234; line 78-85
        Marriage Record: George Carter-Martha S. Green 4 Jan 1872 (MB3/76)

        Census lists younger children, Harvey 7/1886, Sue 7/1887, Nannie L.5/1890, George 3/1891, Sally F.12/1893, Addie M. 6/1896

        Older children born to first wife Martha Sue "Susie" Green Carter; Joseph A, Mattie, James, & William were born 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877.