Typed by: Theresa Carhart
CAPTAIN HENRY GRAY CARTER
CAPTAIN HENRY GRAY CARTER & MARY CLEOPATRA (WILLIAMS) CARTER
Surnames: CARTER, GRAY, WILLIAMS, JOHNSON, RICE, BOYLES, BARTLETT, SHAW,
CLARKSON
Henry Gray Carter, b October 11,
1836 in Weston, Vermont, d June 2, 1896 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas - a son
of Dr. Seneca and Mary (Gray) Carter of Vermont. On July 19, 1864 in Milam
County, Texas, Henry Gray Carter married Cleopatra Williams, b September 26,
1839 in Owensburg, Kentucky, d June 1, 1893 in Marlin - a daughter of Robert and
Sarah (“Sally” Johnson) Williams.
In 1852, Henry Gray Carter left
Vermont for Texas where he landed at Galveston, locating in Milam County in
1854. In 1859 he became a clerk at a San Gabriel store until the beginning of
the Civil War. He enlisted in the Confederate States Army, and was mustered in
as a Second Lieutenant, Company D. Fourth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry, Green’s
Brigade. In 1862 he was promoted to Captain, with service in Louisiana and on
the New Mexico Border. On April 9, 1864, he was wounded in the Battle of
Pleasant Hill, receiving a shot through his left lung that exited under his arm.
After three months in a Field Hospital, Captain Carter returned to Milam County,
Texas in July 1864—again working in the merchandise business.
In 1871, Henry and Cleopatra moved to Marlin, where he went into the merchandise
business with
Bartlett and Bowles. In 1878, he established the Falls County Bank, and was
president of the Marlin Lumber
Company, which was established in 1884. Henry Gray Carter owned 750 acres of
land in Milam County, and a stock ranch in Western Falls County. He was a member
of Lodge #152, AF & AM 18th degree of Scottish Rite, and served as High Priest
the Cameron and Marlin Chapters.
Henry and Cleopatra had eight
children:
Mary Bowles Carter, b June 8, 1865 at Cameron Milam County, Texas, d February
20, 1959 - married
Judge Benjamin Herbert Rice, Sr.
Robert Seneca Carter, b November 5, 1866, d Octtober 11, 1893 -married Gussie
Boyles.
Henry Gray Carter, Jr., b July 23, 1868, d Febuary 27, 1942 - married Mamie
Clarkson.
Charles D. Carter, b October
28, 1869 in Cameron Milam County, Texas, d September 9, 1870.
Sallie H. Carter, b February 2, 1871 in Cameron, d February 8, 1871.
Annie Carter, b February 11, 1873 in Marlin Falls County, Texas, d May 1,
1959-married on April 15, 1903 to J. W. Bartlett.
George Hardeman Carter, b September 25, 1875 Marlin, d November 13, 1951 -
married Olivia Shaw
Richard Lee Carter, b June 19, 1877 in Marlin d September 25, 1878 in Marlin.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart
for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page "Families
of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission,
page 68, column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
CORRECTION
Submitted by Jessica Griffin
Annie Carter
and James William Bartlett were married in 1896 according to Capt. Henry Gray
Carter's great-great granddaughter.
She did not get to wear her wedding dress because her father died right before
they were to be married. They did not have any children.
On Zenas Bartlett's biography, it has Annie Carter Bartlett as having died in 1929, rather than 1959. James William Bartlett died in 1929, Annie survived him by nearly 30 years.
