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Caroline Laura Minter

Female 1841 - 1926  (84 years)


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  • Name Caroline Laura Minter 
    Birth 26 Nov 1841  Upson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    _UID 437C5C6B754940E39B93E96BCF3A57A8F1AF 
    Death 1926  Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Lee County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Caroline Laura "Carrie" was the oldest child. While attending
      college at Oak Bowery she met and married another student, Mr.
      (Prof. William James) Saxon who in later life was a school teacher.
      They settled in Waverly, Ala. Traditionally she is said to have
      grieved because she had fared better than her sisters and her brother.
      She said:
      "I was brought up with a silver spoon in my mouth, even went to college but
      my brother and sisters got nothing"..... We assume from this that she grew
      up while her father was alive and the family in good circumstances and that
      the family fell into hard times after Lorenzo's death.

      The following is from findagrave.com, Sep 2015:

      Caroline "Carrie" Laura Minter grew up in Ga., probably Harris Co. She met William James Saxon and they fell in love and were married on June 24, 1862 in Harris Co. Ga.
      He was a school teacher and she was a homemaker and mother. She lost William when he died 1 week before his 45th birthday, Feb. 23, 1884. Carrie raised her children and lived to see her grandchildren. Carrie died in 1926 and was buried in the cemetery beside William. She was in her mid 80's.
    Person ID I3501  America
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2019 

    Father Lorenzo Dow Minter,   b. Abt 1814, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1866, Cataula, Harris County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Amanda Grantland DAY,   b. Abt 1817, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 26 Jan 1841  Baldwin County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F1420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William James SAXON,   b. 28 Feb 1839, Troup County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1884, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1862  Harris County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Crawford SAXON
     2. Walt SAXON
     3. Jannie SAXON
     4. Emma Pearl "Shodie" SAXON,   b. 16 Jun 1874, Waverly, Lee County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1962, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F1472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Clifton Minter's tree, March 2012.

    2. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.

    3. [S124] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com, February 2015.