Andrew M. Carter

(April 7, 1827 - July 19, 1916)

    According to my research, Andrew was married and had two children, Nellie and Rebecca, when he went to join the Union Army (D 173 Ohio Volunteer Infantry) out of Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.  That unit also listed two other Carters, Alexander and Fleming T. who I am researching to see if they are relatives.  Andrew's enlistment papers read that he was born in Adams County, Ohio.  After only 3 weeks, he left the army and headed to Illinois where his wife gave birth to a third daughter, Elizabeth M. Carter in 1865.  Either his wife Sienda died or they were divorced because on December 1, 1868 in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, Andrew married his second wife, Martha Ruark.

1. Thomas Carter

    2.    Andrew M. Carter (April 7, 1827 - July 19, 1916),

            First married Sienda Oten in Ohio circa 1857

            3.    Nellie Gertrude Carter (October 19, 1857 - August 26, 1945)

            3.    Rebecca Jane Jennie Carter (October 10, 1860 - June 11, 1946)

            3.    Melinda Elizabeth Carter (March 1865 -1937)

            Second marriage to Martha Ruark on December 1, 1868 in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois

            3.    Andrew Jackson Carter (May 23, 1871 - April 21, 1948)

            3.    Fannie Estella Carter (February 14, 1874 - May 3, 1941)

            3.    Alexander Albert Carter (1875 - 1883)

            3.    William Harvey Carter (December 13, 1877- December 24, 1948)

            3.    James Thomas Carter (March 7, 1880 - September 18, 1935)

            3.    Frank Henry Carter (August 13, 1882- )

            3.    Gertie Genevieve Carter (July 7, 1885 - January 31, 1973)

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