Life History

Notes

• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Leonard Carver and Arthur Carver $1200 Bond
  Leonard Carver requested license to marry Etta Proffitt, License issued 18 May 1906
  By R L Hickey, County Court Clerk
  Marriage ceremnony performed 20 May 1906 Cocke, Tennessee by James Gilliland J P
  Cocke County Marriage Book page 551
  
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  A genealogy links to a WWI record for Etta's husband, in the name of Leonard Huges Carver.  The marriage record tell us Leonard married in 1906, yet when he registered for the WWI draft in 1917, he reported he was single.  But in the 1920 census, Leonard Carver is reported with his wife and children.  This must indicate that the genealogy that linked to this WWI record has chosen the wrong Leonard Carver.
  
  U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  Leonard Hughes Carver
  Residence Mount Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee
  Birth 16 Feb 1887 Wilson County, Tennessee
  Single, Farmer, Employed by H W Carver, Wilson County, Tennessee
  Claiming exemption from draft because of "rupture" [hernia?]
  Medium Height and Weght, Blue Eyes, Light Hair
  Registered 5 June 1917
  Signed L H Carver
  
  The Carver genealogy has a gravestone, in the same cemetery and matching the same style as Etta's, for another Leonard Carver, whose fullname is Thomas Leonard Carver.  This Leonard Carver was born in 1886 and died in 1935.  A social seccurity record matching the above Leonard Hughes Carver also is linked on the same genealogy.  This Leonard Carver did not die until 1877.
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Leonard Carver
  Born11 Feb 1887
  Died May 1977
  Last Residence Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee 37087
  SSN 409-62-4609 issued Tennessee (1956)
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  Thomas Leonard Carver
  Birth 22 Apr 1886 in Cocke County, TN
  Death 7 Mar 1935 in Cocke County, TN
  Parents:
  John Carver 1855 - 1926
  Margaret Benson 1859 - 1923
  Marriage 20 May 1906 Cocke County, TN to Etta Rowe Proffitt, Birth 14 May 1887 in Cocke County, TN, Death 7 Sep 1961 in Cocke County, TN
  Buried in Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, TN
  --  Carver Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2253235/person/24108121503
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 15 January, Newport, District 49, page 20B,  Lacolun St, Hse #419, Fam #445
  Carver, Lenard Head  Owns F W 33 TN TN TN Laborer [abt 1886]
  Carver, Etta R Dau F W 32 TN TN TN [abt 1887]
  Carver, Guy L Son M W 12 TN TN TN [abt 1907]
  Carver, Vertie Q Son M W 8 TN TN TN [abt 1911]
  Carver, Walter Son M W 8mos TN TN TN [abt April 1919]
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 14 April, Newport, District 12, page 13A, 400 Belton Ave, Hse #287, Fam #312
  Carver, Leonard Head Owns $600 No radio M W 43 First married at age 20 TN NC TN Laborer
  Carver, Etta P Wife F W 42 First married at 19 TN TN TN
  Carver, Dessie Sister F W 33 Single TN NC TN
  Carver, Verta Dau F W 17 Single TN TN TN
  Carver, Walter Son M W 11 Single TN TN TN
  Carver, Darlene Wife F W 3 Single TN TN TN
  
  Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
  Thomas Leonard Carver
  Birth 22 Apr 1886 Tennessee
  Age 49, Death 7 Mar 1935 Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
  Burial 8 Mar 1935 Union Cemetery
  Married
  Occupation Laboror
  Father John Carver born Tennessee
  Mother Margret Benson born Tennessee
  Spouse's Name EttaProffitt

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 14 April, Newport, District 12, page 13A, 400 Belton Ave, Hse #287, Fam #312
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 15 January, Newport, District 49, page 20B,  Lacolun St, Hse #419, Fam #445
• 3. Ancestry Trees
• 4. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
• 5. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Social Security Death Index