Mary Ellen Carter

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parents: Williamson Carter and Eleanor F Andis

 
Birth:  22 May 1879 Rocky Station, Lee, VA
Death:  14 Dec 1967 Pennington Gap, Lee, VA
Burial:  Powell Valley Cemetery, Dryden, Lee, VA

Marriage #1

Asa Robert Stapleton

 23 Jan 1897  Lee Co, VA

Children
Leland H Stapleton 16 Nov 1897 or Apr 1899
Eulan Stapleton 28 Dec 1898 or Dec 1897
French Curtis Stapleton 10 Mar 1901
Etta Mae Stapleton 10 May 1903
Olin Henry Stapleton 02 Aug 1905
Samuel Clifford Custard Stapleton 02 Jun 1907
Pearl Hobert Stapleton 25 Dec 1909
Woodrow Wilson Stapleton 24 May 1912
Pearless Gladys Stapleton 13 Nov or 14 Mar 1914
Andrew Herbert Stapleton 22 Oct 1916
children of Asa Stapleton and Mary Ellen (Carter) Stapleton

 
Sources
1880 Federal census Rocky Station, Lee, VA - age 1 mo. (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI draft registration cards; 
Family History Center, Salt Lake City, UT Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA 1792-1992 (viewed and copied or transcribed information)
Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg, VA Obituaries
Find-a-Grave volunteers Mary Johnson Edgar and Julie Lubeshkoff Tombstone and cemetery photos - Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Find-a-Grave volunteers G L Russell, DAW and Mike Phillips Tombstone photos - Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteer David Crouse Tombstone photos - Odd Fellows Cemetery, Woodway, Lee, VA
Find a Grave volunteers "suncacher" and Michael Lacy Tombstone and cemetery photos - Union Cemetery, Atlanta, Hamilton, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Dan Prather and Ruth (Wickman) Hicks Tombstone and cemetery photos - Hamilton Memorial Park, Noblesville, Hamilton, IN
Find a Grave volunteers "owenjulia" and Steven Clifford Tombstone and cemetery photos - Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton, KY
Find a Grave volunteers Brenda Lee Burgess and Janet Carlson Vaughn Tombstone and cemetery photos - Howard Walker Cemetery, Pikeville, Bledsoe, TN
Find a Grave volunteers catnip82 and Laura Goodman Tombstone and cemetery photos - Glen Haven Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Winter Park, Orange, F
Find a Grave volunteers KEW, Cheryl and Doug Weiser, and incub Tombstone and cemetery photos - West Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Marion, IN
Family records Records belonging to Kelly Burkeen
Family records Records and photos belonging to Wanda Turner
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan


Miscellaneous Information
1) Husband of Mary Ellen Carter: Asa Robert Stapleton - born 10 Apr 1872 Lee Co, VA; died 12 Apr 1942 Lee Co, VA; buried Stapleton Cemetery - see tombstone photo below; WWI draft registration card; son of Robert R Stapleton (13 Oct 1818 - 11 Feb 1898; Civil War) and Nancy "Polly" Bowman (06 Feb 1836 - 03 Jul 1917; photo including Polly); Robert Stapleton biography;  
signature:

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2) We have Mary's death certificate; cause of death: metastatic cancer of the colon.

 

Photos and/or signatures

Eleanor (Andis) Maness, Carter and children

Back row: John Carter, James Carter, 
Andrew Russell Carter, Frank Carter
Front row:  Eleanor, Harvey Maness,  Charlie Maness 
and Mary (Carter) Stapleton. 
 Joseph (Joel) Carter is not pictured

date unknown

thanks to Wanda Turner for this photo

 

three generations:
Mary Ellen (Carter) Stapleton
Shirley Woodard and 
Etta Mae (Stapleton) Woodard

date unknown

thanks to Wanda Turner for this photo

Asa Stapleton and his wife 
Mary (Carter) Stapelton

unknown date

 

Mary Ellen (Carter) Stapleton with her
grandchildren
French Curtis, Etta Mae 
and Edward Olan Stapleton

c. 1907

 

Mary Ellen (Carter) Stapleton 
and her daughter, 
Gladys (Stapleton) Skiles

unknown date

thanks to Wanda Turner for this photo
(from Gladys Skiles)

 

Mary Ellen Stapleton baptism
Adment Baptist Church, Stone Creek, VA 

1966

 

Mary Ellen (Carter) Stapleton

Powell Valley Cemetery
Dryden, Lee Co, Virginia

thanks to Wanda Turner for this photo

 

Asa Robert Stapleton

Stapleton Cemetery
Stone Creek, Lee, Virginia

thanks to Wanda Turner for this photo