U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter, Leroy (1872-1937) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 403-404 LEROY CARTER, oldest son of Thomas A. Carter and Sarah E. Ours, born March 9, 1872. His father was born January 28, 1846, near Sago, Upshur County, enlisted in Company B, Tenth West Virginia Infantry, 1862, and served until 1865, was wounded twice in Webster County and Kernstown, Va., respectively. His father's army service began at Camp Canaan and continued through various parts of West Virginia, through Shenandoah Valley, under Generals Milroy and Sheridan and before Petersburg and Richmond, and ended with the last fighting. Just before the surrender of General Lee, on which occasion he was fortunate in getting a piece of the apple tree which shaded the parties making the peace contract. His father was corporal in Company B, and for many years prior to his death, December 3, 1903, was a pensioner of the United States. His father married Sarah E. Ours February 16, 1871. The grandfather of this sketch, Henry T. Carter, was a native of Nelson County, Va., born March 18, 1807, died August 10, 1885, near Sago, he married Martha Emerson of Nelson County, Va., February 16, 1836, and lived in Virginia till the Fall of 1843, when he settled in what is now Upshur County. His children were: Rev. John W., Henry T., Jr., Thomas A., Page B., Martha, Eliza, Delia, Lena and Mary the wife of Elijah Phillips. His great grandfather, John Carter was born June 17, 1778, in Lancaster County, Va., and came with his father to Buckingham County, remaining there until manhood. His wife was Mary S. Damron of Nelson County. In 1843 he moved to what is now Upshur County and after living here some years moved to Barbour County, where he died November 22, 1861, and his wife died January 23, 1868. His great, great grandfather, Thomas Carter, was born in Lancaster County, Va., June 19, 1753. He was a man of enormous physical strength and a soldier in the Revolutionary war, he moved to Buckingham County, and from there to Hanover County, where he died February 9, 1825. From him it has descended that he was the son of one of three brothers, who migrated from England and settled on the eastern shores of Virginia, in a very early day. The subject of this sketch married Ionia L. Cutright, the oldest daughter of Jerome and Ellen (Neely) Cutright, May 5, 1897. His wife was born February 4, 1877. Her father was the son of Dexter W, and Julia Ann (Kiddy) Cutright. Her mother's father was David Neely. Nina M. Carter, born April 27, 1901, is the only child of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Carter owns three hundred and fifty acres of land on Grass Run in Washington District. He taught school several years in his young manhood, was a merchant at Tallmansville and Sago for a few years and is now giving all his attention to the theory and practice of the most independent profession, known in this or any other land, that of farming. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #11166 FULL-NAME: Lee Roy Carter BIRTH-DATE: March 9, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur DEATH-DATE: June 13, 1937 at age 65y-3m DEATH-PLACE: Tallmansville, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Thomas A. Carter (born in Upshur) MOTHER: Sarah E. Ours (born in Upshur) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Myocarditis, also Acute Brights Disease INFORMANT: Mrs. Carter BURIAL: (not recorded) (wife of Leroy Carter) Register of Deaths, Lewis County, WV (Page 68) FULL-NAME: Iona L. Carter BIRTH-DATE: February 4, 1877 BIRTH-PLACE: DEATH-DATE: June 15, 1957 at age 806-4m-11d DEATH-PLACE: State Hospital, Weston, Lewis County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Homemaker FATHER: Jerome Cutright MOTHER: Ellen Neely CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic Myocarditis PHYSICIAN-SIGNING-CERTIFICATE: A. A. Mulburn (of Weston, WV) BURIAL: Mt. Carmel Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------