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Family: Amon Giles Carter / Nenetta Wiess (Burton) (F44800)

m. circa 1919


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  • Father | Male
    Amon Giles Carter

    Born  Dec 11, 1879  Crafton, Wise county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Jun 23, 1955  Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  circa 1919   
    Divorced  Feb 1941  Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Zetta Thomas | F44805 
    Married  circa 1902  California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Minnie Meacham | F44806 
    Married  1947   
    Father  William Henry Carter | F44808 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Josephine Annie Ream | F44808 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Nenetta Wiess (Burton)

    Born  Jun 18, 1895  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 18, 1983  Tarrant county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  Perry McFaddin Wiess | F44719 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Ethiel L. "Ettie" Lary | F44719 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Amon Gary Carter, Jr.

    Born  Dec 23, 1919  Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Jul 24, 1982  Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  George Ann Brown | F44802 
    Married  circa 1953   

    Child 2 | Female
    Living

    Born     
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  J. Lee Johnson, III | F44801 
    Married     
    Spouse  John Reese Stevenson | F44811 
    Married     

  • Notes 
    • 1930 census, TX, Tarrant, Fort Worth, 16 wd, ed 220-69, 111-A, (T626-2396, p.111)
      Virginia Place, HH ??? (can't make out), all b. TX
      Carter, Amon G, head, M, W, 50, m at 38, pres & pub, newspaper
      "  , Amon G Jr, son, 10
      "  , Nenetta B, wife, F, W, 34, m at 22
      "  , Olive R, dau, 6
      Brooks, Laura Mae, niece, F, W, 23, single
      "  , Gene, nephew, 15
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      Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, TX, Jan. 7, 1941, p. 6
      Amon Carter Sued for Divorce
      FORT WORTH, Jan. 6 (AP) -- A divorce suit instituted by Nenetta Burton Carter against Amon Carter was on file in district court today.
      The petition stated that his want of attention and lack of affection had created a form of mental cruelty, which rendered their living together as husband and wife insupportable, thereby impairing the petitioner's health.
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      The Amarillo Globe, Feb. 5, 1941, p. 1
      Amon G. Carter is Divorced
      FORT WORTH. Feb. 5 (UP) -- Amon G. Carter, jovial "one-man publicity bureau" for the city and publisher of one of the largest papers in Texas, today had been divorced for the second time.
      Mrs. Nenetta Burton Carter was awarded a divorce in district court.  She filed the suit on Jan. 4 and alleged mental cruelty.  The had not lived together for several years.
      Carter did not contest the divorce.
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