File contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Heritage Page by Beth Rengers Talken, 21 September 1998.  Link change or update: 21 Sep 1998

Obituary for Alabama (Henry) Carter (1834-1893)
No. 023 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.

Mrs. Alabama, wife of Col. Thos. M. CARTER, died Dec. 22, 1893, in Lincoln county, Mo.

Her maiden name was HENRY. She was a native of this county, and was married, lived, died and was buried within a few hundred yards of her birthplace. 

She was for twenty-two years a deservedly respected and highly appreciated member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, having joined the same at Wright City camp-ground under the ministry of Bishop MARVIN.

For more than thirty-eight years she was the companion of Col. CARTER and gave herself with great diligence and care to the welfare of her household; and during the protracted absence of her husband in a cause he loved she proved herself to be a woman of nerve, courage and devotion to all the interests of home and family.

The following children: Mrs. J.E. RICHARDS of this county, Mrs. Ular SCHLOL of Colorado and Messrs. Austin and Joe CARTER of St. Louis, live to cherish the memory of a devoted mother; while sisters and relatives may find much in her example worthy of imitation.

She was fully apprised of apporaching death and made the most minute preparations for her burial; expressed her readiness to go, lamented her shortcomings and spoke hopefully concerning the future world.

She lived 59 years, 9 months and 24 days in the same community, and the day of her burial still held her claim on the good-will and affection of neighbors and friends. Let us hope for the gathering of the circle where associations never end and home is eternal.   --J.S. ALLEN

Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection":  Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.  She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records. 

File contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Heritage Page by Beth Rengers Talken, 21 September 1998.  Link change or update: 21 Sep 1998

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