Brief Life History of James Earl
When James Earl Carter Sr. was born on 12 September 1894, in Arlington, Calhoun, Georgia, United States, his father, William Archibald Carter, was 35 and his mother, Nina Pratt, was 30. He married Bessie Lillian Gordy on 27 September 1923, in Sumter, Sumter, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in District 884, Sumter, Georgia, United States in 1950 and Sumter, Georgia, United States in 1953. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 22 July 1953, in Plains, Sumter, Georgia, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, Sumter, Georgia, United States.
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- Earl Carter, "United States Census, 1930"
- James Earl Carter, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- J E Carter, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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JAMES EARL CARTER, SR.
James Earl Carter, Sr., called Earl, was born in 1894 in Calhoun County, Georgia. He attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, and served during World War I (1917-18). …
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