America (Carter) Jordan (1880 - 1957)

Born 7 Apr 1880 in Ware, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Jan 1957 at age 76 in Ware, Georgia, United States

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Biography

America Carter was born in 1880. ^[1] She was a daughter of Willis S. Carter (1840–1918) and Margaret Elmina Waters (1839–1907).

She married Henry Jordan (1877–1941). Their children included:

1. Ira Veston Jordan (1900–1971)
2. Margaret Elmina Alverson (1902–1983)
3. Jesse Roosevelt Jordan (1905–1963)
4. Hannah Stewart Jordan Smith (1907–1953)
5. Leola Mae Jordan Walker (1909–1990)
6. Joseph Clemuel Jordan (1911–1977)
7. Willis Seaborn Jordan (1913–1989)
8. Odie Sevilla Jordan Walker (1916–1982)
9. Lois Carter Jordan Henderson (1919 – unknown)

America passed away in January 1957, in Ware County where she had spent her entire life. She was buried with her husband in Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dixie Union, Ware County, Georgia, USA.^[2]
NOTE: The FindaGrave Memorial says she died in 1927. This must be a typo because the gravestone in the photo shows the date as 1957.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Allen Minix, Mar 16, 2012
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 February 2018), memorial page for America Carter Jordan (7 Apr 1880–26 Jan 1927), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54170191, citing Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dixie Union, Ware County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Jerry Barnard (contributor 47102223); 2 Photos added by Jerry Barnard.

• Allen Minix, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Allen and others.
• Family bible and first hand knowledge
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VN-PB2 : accessed 15 February 2018), America Jordan in household of Henry Jordan, Militia Districts 1030, 1060, 1372, Sweat, Bickley, Waltertown, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 6A, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,227.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLV-QM3 : accessed 15 February 2018), America Jordan in household of Henry Jordan, Bickley, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 14A, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 214; FHL microfilm 1,374,227.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZTM-KN2 : accessed 15 February 2018), America Jordan in household of Henry Jordan, Haywood, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3B, line 82, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 391; FHL microfilm 2,340,126.