Etta Rowe PROFFITT1,5,2,4,3

14th May 18871,2,3,4 - 7th Sep 19613,4

Life History

14th May 1887	Born in Cocke County, Tennessee.1,2,3,4
20th May 1906	Married Thomas Leonard CARVER in Cocke County, Tennessee.5,4
20th Jun 1912	Birth of daughter Verta CARVER in Tennessee.6,2,7,1
7th Mar 1935	Death of Thomas Leonard CARVER in Cocke County, Tennessee.4,8
7th Sep 1961	Died in Cocke County, Tennessee.3,4
after 7th Sep 1961	Buried in Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.3,4

Notes

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Leonard Carver
Marriage 20 May 1906 Cocke, Tennessee
Spouse Etta Proffitt

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]

In the 1920 census, Etta's middle initial is R. No name has been found in records that match that. But one or more genealogies have her middle name as Rowe. No documentation is presented for this.

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

One genealogy has Etta's date of death as 7 Sep 1961 in Cocke County, Tennessee, and reports she was buried in Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. Her gravestone is on Ancestry.com. This has only the years of birth and death. This genealogy also has a different husband for Etta. He is named Leonard Carver, but was born in 1886, not 1887, and died in 1935, full nmae Thomas Leonard Carver,

Gravestone of Etta Rowe Profitt Carver,Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
Etta P Carver 1887-1961
Wife of Thomas Leonard Carver

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. Gravestone of Etta Rowe Profitt Carver
4. Ancestry Trees
5. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
7. Social Security Death Index
8. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955