Carter Cousins II
March 26th, 2015 | 
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Recently I wrote that my great-grandfather Samuel Harvey Reed (1845-1928) had several Reed cousins known to me. He also had numerous Carter cousins on his mother’s side of the family, but I knew virtually nothing of them, not even their names.
Well, throughout the month I have looked at many U.S. census records, and I think I now have a pretty complete list of the Carter cousins in Samuel’s generation. A revised list follows, with new names in bold:
Children of Susan Carter and John Austin
- James Austin
- Mary Austin
- William Austin
- Edith Austin
- Thomas Austin
Children of Shelton Carter and Eliza Jane Ashmore
- Joseph B. Carter
- Jane Carter
- James Carter
- Mary Carter
- John W. Carter
- Samuel Carter
- George Robison Carter
- Edith Carter
- Jane L. Carter
- Louis S. Carter
Children of Nancy Carter and Robert Boyd
- Susan C. Boyd
- Caleb Boyd
- G. R. Boyd
- Gus Boyd
- Tabitha J. Boyd
- Mary Ann Boyd
- John Boyd
Child of Bailey Carter and Mary Ann McAlister
- John M. Carter
Children of Thena Carter and Solomon Collins
- John J. Collins
- Elijah Collins
Children of Joseph Carter and Martha Jane Collins
- William J. Carter
- Thomas B. Carter
- David W. Carter
- Mary J. Carter
- Alice M. Carter
- John A. Carter
- Delilah B. Carter
- Jacob S. Carter
- Margaret Ellen Carter
Children of Catharine Carter and George N. Young
- John W. Young
- Susan J. Young
- Harvey Young
To this list, I should add the names of Samuel Harvey Reed himself, as well as the names of his own siblings, the children of Jane Carter and Caleb Reed:
- Samuel Harvey Reed
- Mary C. Reed
- Martha Ann Reed
- George Robert Reed
- Thomas B. Reed
- Emma Jane Reed
- John Carter Reed
- Thomas Logan Reed
- James N. Reed
- Ida May Reed
- Albert M. Reed
So this makes a list of 48 grandchildren for the Carter patriarchs, Mary Templeton and John Carter, Illinois pioneers of 1830.
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