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Marion Columbus Carter

Birth: 31 Mar 1851
Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 14 May 1945 (aged 94)
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA
Burial: Webb Hill Cemetery

Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 258268791 View Source

Services for M.C. Carter, 94, the oldest working geologist in the United States, died in Wichita Falls. The body was taken to Webb Cemetery in Hunt County, Texas. Mr. Carter lived with a son, O.R. Carter, 1606 Travis. For many years, he was employed by the Kemp, Kell, and Barwise interests in Wichita Falls. As a native of Tennessee, he became interested in geology in Tennessee before the Civil War and had been an active geologist since 1880. He was instrumental in the finding of the Fowler pool, famed as having launched the Burkburnett boom. Survived by two daughters; five sons; two sisters; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren.

Wichita Daily Times
May 16, 1945

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Marion was one of sixteen children. In the late 1870's Marion and most of his family moved from Tennessee to the Hunt County, Texas.

Services for M.C. Carter, 94, the oldest working geologist in the United States, died in Wichita Falls. The body was taken to Webb Cemetery in Hunt County, Texas. Mr. Carter lived with a son, O.R. Carter, 1606 Travis. For many years, he was employed by the Kemp, Kell, and Barwise interests in Wichita Falls. As a native of Tennessee, he became interested in geology in Tennessee before the Civil War and had been an active geologist since 1880. He was instrumental in the finding of the Fowler pool, famed as having launched the Burkburnett boom. Survived by two daughters; five sons; two sisters; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren.

Wichita Daily Times
May 16, 1945

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Marion was one of sixteen children. In the late 1870's Marion and most of his family moved from Tennessee to the Hunt County, Texas.

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Nancy Ann Taylor Carter

1850–1893 (m. 1871)

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Created by: Searchers of our Past
Added: Aug 25, 2023
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258268791/marion_columbus-carter: accessed ), memorial page for Marion Columbus Carter (31 Mar 1851–14 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 258268791, citing Webb Hill Cemetery, Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Searchers of our Past (contributor 47220553).

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