Monroe Carlton German (1902 - 1943)

Born 18 Feb 1902 in Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Ruth Goodnight — married 6 May 1929 in North Carolina, United States

Died 20 Oct 1943 at age 41 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Biography

Son of James Monroe Carlton and Mary Carlton.

Married Ruth Goodnight.

After they married, the moved to Virginia where Monroe, with a degree in agriculture, managed Mirador estate in Greenwood. He died there (in University Hospital at Charlottesville) from an overturned farm tractor. He was only 41.

Sources

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZX-P9CV-P?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-MS5J?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-ZKV%3A794217401%2C794395001%2C794449001%2C794461201 : accessed 27 May 2023), Virginia > Albemarle > Samuel Miller Magisterial District > 2-11 Samuel Miller Magisterial District W of road 635, Batesville (part) > image 21 of 52; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99638014/monroe-carlton-german: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Monroe Carlton German (18 Feb 1902–20 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99638014, citing Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Boomer, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Merlin (contributor 50265935).