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Leonidas Rosser Carter Sr.

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Leonidas Rosser Carter Sr.

Birth
Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
Death
25 Aug 1932 (aged 41)
Travis County, Texas, USA
Burial
Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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from death certificate-
father: A. H. Carter
mother: Ida May Brooks
birth place: Elgin, Texas
spouse: Edna E. Lawhon Carter
cause of death: poison
informant: Mrs. L. R. Carter

The 1900 census recorded Rosser Carter, born Aug 1891, living in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with father Alfred H. Carter, born April 1848, and 7 siblings.

The 1910 census recorded Rosser Carter, 18, living in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with father Alfred H. Carter, step mother Lutia, 36, and 8 siblings. He was working as a salesman in a drug store.

L. R. Carter married Edna Lawhon March 15, 1914, in Bastrop County, Texas. (Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977.)

Military headstone application indicates that during WW 1, he was a corporal at Camp Bowie working in Ordnance Det., P. S. & T. [Purchase, Storage, and Traffic] Division.

The 1920 census recorded Leonidas R. Carter, 28, living in the home of his mother-in-law Kate Lawhon, in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with wife Edna, 26, and children: Leonard R., 5; Edna M., 3; and Vivian D., newborn.

The 1930 census recorded Leonidos R. Carter, 37, living in Austin, Travis, Texas, with wife Edna, 35, and children: L. R., Jr., 15; Edna M., 13; Vivian D., 10; and Claude E., 7. He was employed as a Certified Public Accountant in an accounting firm.
from death certificate-
father: A. H. Carter
mother: Ida May Brooks
birth place: Elgin, Texas
spouse: Edna E. Lawhon Carter
cause of death: poison
informant: Mrs. L. R. Carter

The 1900 census recorded Rosser Carter, born Aug 1891, living in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with father Alfred H. Carter, born April 1848, and 7 siblings.

The 1910 census recorded Rosser Carter, 18, living in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with father Alfred H. Carter, step mother Lutia, 36, and 8 siblings. He was working as a salesman in a drug store.

L. R. Carter married Edna Lawhon March 15, 1914, in Bastrop County, Texas. (Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977.)

Military headstone application indicates that during WW 1, he was a corporal at Camp Bowie working in Ordnance Det., P. S. & T. [Purchase, Storage, and Traffic] Division.

The 1920 census recorded Leonidas R. Carter, 28, living in the home of his mother-in-law Kate Lawhon, in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, with wife Edna, 26, and children: Leonard R., 5; Edna M., 3; and Vivian D., newborn.

The 1930 census recorded Leonidos R. Carter, 37, living in Austin, Travis, Texas, with wife Edna, 35, and children: L. R., Jr., 15; Edna M., 13; Vivian D., 10; and Claude E., 7. He was employed as a Certified Public Accountant in an accounting firm.


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