Amon Giles Carter[1, 2]
1879 - 1955 (75 years)-
Name Amon Giles Carter Born Dec 11, 1879 Crafton, Wise county, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Census Apr 26, 1910 Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA [3] Census May 15, 1910 Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA [4] Census 1930 Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA [5] Died Jun 23, 1955 Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Buried Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA Notes - His biography at the museum named for him:
http://www.cartermuseum.org/about/amon-carter-bio
TX Handbook Online:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/fca69.html
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He worked before 1905 in San Francisco for an advertising company and moved that year to Fort Worth where he started his own advertising business. He was advertising manager of the Fort Worth Star at its founding in 1906. He promoted the merger of the Fort Worth Telegram in the Star and, by 1919, the Star had the largest circulation of any newspaper in Texas. In 1922 he founded the first radio station in Fort Worth, WBAP. He was also an aviation enthusiast and was responsible for three military air fields in Fort Worth for WW-I. He established the Amon G. Carter Foundation in 1945.
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He appears on two 1910 censuses:
1910 census, TX, Tarrant, Fort Worth
-- ed 130, 14-B, April 26, 809 S. Main St, HH 308/352
Carter, Amon G, head, M, W, 31, m1 8 yrs, TX, TX, TX, secretary, newspaper
Carter, Etta T, wife, F, W, 30, m1 8 yrs, 1/1 child, TX, TX, TX
Carter, Bertice, dau, 6, CA, TX, TX
Coleman, Janie, cook, F, B, 19, TX, TX, TX, cook, private family
-- ed 121, 18-A, May 15, 818 W. ??? St., (no HH info)
Carter, Amon G, head, M, W, 31, m, TX, TX, TX, newspaper
Carter, Zetta T, wife, F, W, 30, m, TX, TX, TX
Carter, Bertice, dau, 6, CA, TX, TX
Coleman, Janie, cook, F, B, 19, single, TX, TX, TX, cook
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Person ID I136934 mykindred Last Modified May 19, 2011
Father William Henry Carter, b. Apr 17, 1854, Coryell county, Texas, USA , d. 1915, Bowie, Montague county, Texas, USA (Age 60 years) Mother Josephine Annie Ream, b. Feb 10, 1859, Arkansas, USA , d. Mar 07, 1892, Crafton, Wise county, Texas, USA (Age 33 years) Married Nov 22, 1875 Notes - -
1880 census, TX, Wise, pct 3, p 9, ed 127, June 9, HH 57/61
Carter, William H, W, M, 26, TX, TN, MS
Carter, Josie A, W, F, 21, wife, AR, AR, TX
Carter, Giles J, W, M, 30, bro, TX, TN, MS
Carter, Giles A, 6/12, son, TX, TX, AR
Harkins, William W, W, M, 18, boarder, AL, AL, AL
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1900 census, TX, Montague, jp 4, ed 52, 2-A, June 4, HH 33/33
Carter, William H, head, W, M, Apr 1854, 46, m 3 yrs, TX, TN, MS
Carter, Ella P, wife, W, F, Nov 1866, 33, m 3 yrs, 1/1 child, GA, GA, GA
Carter, Addie A, dau, Aug 1887, 12, TX, TX, AR
Carter, Roy E, son, Apr 1898, 2, TX, TX, GA
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Family ID F44808 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Zetta Thomas, b. circa 1880, Texas, USA , d. Y Married circa 1902 California, USA Children 1. Bertice Carter, b. Aug 11, 1904, California, USA , d. Sep 01, 1952, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA (Age 48 years)Family ID F44805 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Nenetta Wiess (Burton), b. Jun 18, 1895, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. May 18, 1983, Tarrant county, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) Married circa 1919 Divorced Feb 1941 Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA 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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Children 1. Amon Gary Carter, Jr., b. Dec 23, 1919, Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA , d. Jul 24, 1982, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA (Age 62 years)2. Living Family ID F44800 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Minnie Meacham, b. Sep 30, 1902, d. Jan 27, 1996, Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA (Age 93 years) Married 1947 Family ID F44806 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- His biography at the museum named for him:
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Sources - [S2303] Amarillo Daily News, The, Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, TX, Jan. 7, 1941, p. 6.
- [S2304] Amarillo Globe, The, Amarillo Globe, Feb. 5, 1941, p. 1.
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, TX, Tarrant, Fort Worth, ed 130, 14-B, April 26.
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, TX, Tarrant, Fort Worth, ed 121, 18-A, May 15.
- [S2555] 1930 US federal census, 1930 census, TX, Tarrant, Fort Worth, 16 wd, ed 220-69, 111-A, (T626-2396, p.111).
- [S2303] Amarillo Daily News, The, Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, TX, Jan. 7, 1941, p. 6.
