Mary Ellen Carter

1888 - 1935  (47 years)

• Name	Mary Ellen Carter
  Birth	3 Mar 1888	Hill County
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	4908
  Death	18 Nov 1935	Waco, Texas
  Person ID	I4908	Brownlow
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	William Lafayette Carter,   b. Apr 1837, Hardeman County, Tennessee d. 17 Mar 1905, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Martha A Allison,   b. Apr 1865, Arkansas, USA d. Aft 1910 (Age > 46 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1882	Hill County, Texas
  Family ID	F423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Cruse Coates,   b. 1881   d. 1940, Waco, Mclennan, Texas (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1904	McLennan County Texas
  Children	1. Staton Cruse Coates,   b. 1906   d. 1990 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ernest James Coates,   b. 1907   d. 1982 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Arthur Thomas Coates,   b. 1910   d. 1994 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Thomas Cruse Coates,   b. 1912   d. 1972 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jack Wesley Coates,   b. 1917   d. 1997 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Living   7. Ted John Carter Coates,   b. 1925   d. 2001 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Unk McIlhaney
  Family ID	F1902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

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• Notes

  Mary Ellen grew up near Whitney in Hill County, Tx. Per widow of son Staton, she was very large (300 lbs.) and had several physical ailments, including Bright's disease. Per son A.T., she died of dropsy. Per same widow, all the Carter sons were hard of hearing and were good-looking, nice people. Son A.T. said she died age 39, but handwritten record said she died 1935. Son A.T. said she was about 5 feet tall (another son said 5'2"-5'3") with dark hair (another son said dark brown) and blue eyes (another son said gray or blue eyes). She had small feet and hands and medium fair skin. None of her children with whom I spoke remembers her ever talking about her father, who died before they were born. She is buried at Greenwood, Old East Waco cemetery. Was told her funeral was heavily attended because she knew everyone in East Waco and was well liked.