Velpo CARTER
Mary Eliza MOFFETT


Husband:  Velpo CARTER
Birth:  4 Dec 1888, Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death:  20 Mar 1969, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Cause of Death:  Suicide / Hanging
Burial:  Mar 1969, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Father:  Daniel Elbert CARTER
Mother:  Samantha MCLEAN

Marriage:       1915, Buncombe Co., North Carolina

Wife:  Mary Eliza MOFFETT
Birth:  26 Dec 1895, Swannanoa Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina 
Death:  28 May 1956, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Cause of Death:  Suicide / Gunshot to Head
Burial:  May 1956, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Father:  William M. MOFFETT
Mother:  Harriet C. ALLISON

Children:   
1. Helen Elizabeth CARTER
(King), b: 28 May 1916, Swannanoa, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                                  d: 7 Jul 1982, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
2. Harriet CARTER, b: 21 Apr 1918, Seabrook, Beaufort Co., South Carolina
                             d: 10 Aug 1918, Swannanoa, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                          bur: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
3. Mary Edith CARTER
(Morgan/Corn), b: 19 Oct 1920, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                                     d: 13 Sep 1977, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
4.
(Infant) Female CARTER, b: 18 Jul 1929, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                        d: 18 Jul 1929, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                bur: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
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Notes:    

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_1286, Page 13B), Asheville Ward 1, Buncombe Co., North Carolina,
                                                                                    Enumeration District:  5, Enumeration Date: 12-Jan-1920, Family #320

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 CARTER, Velpo

 Head

M

31

M

NC

NC

NC

 Car Repairer / Railroad

 

               Mary E

 Wife

F

24

M

NC

NC

NC

 None

     

               Helen

 Daughter

F

3y8m

S

NC

NC

NC

 None

     

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_1676, Page 178A), Lower Hominy Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 54, Enumeration Date: 28-May-1930, Family #545

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 CARTER, Velpo

 Head

M

42

M

27

NC

NC

NC

 

 Car Inspector / Steam Railway

            Mary E

 Wife

F

34

M

19

NC

NC

NC

  

 None

            Hellen E

 Daughter

F

14

S

 

NC

NC

NC

X  

 None

            Mary E

 Daughter

F

9

S

 

NC

NC

NC

X  

 None

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_2879-0472, Page 1240B), Lower Hominy Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina,
                                                                          Enumeration District: 11-79, Enumeration Date: 6-May-1940, Family #424

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 CARTER, Velpo

 Head

M

51

M

 

2

NC

 Car Inspector / Railroad

                Mary

 Wife

F

44

M

 

5

NC

 

                Edith

 Daughter

F

19

S

  

C-1

NC

  

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Sources:    
1) Birth - Child #1:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 6, Page 16083
2) Birth - Child #3:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 8, Page 798
3) Birth - Child #4:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 17, Page 611
4) Death - Husband:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #11-12234
5) Death - Wife:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #11-11345
6) Death - Child #2:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #11-00211
7) Death - Child #4:  Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #11-00252