Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating married John Richard Keating after the death of his first wife and cared for her stepchildren and her own when they arrived. She and John Richard Keating lived on their plantation until his death after which she sold the land reserving the plot of family graves to be set aside as a permanent cemetery for family and neighbors. Mary lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Essie and Benjamin Corder and family in Fort Worth, Texas. Essie was a music teacher in the Fort Worth schools for a number of years.
Note: This family researcher remembers visiting in the Fort Worth home of Essie (Keating) and Benjamin Corder in 1934. Essie's mother, Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating, was living with them.
- Blanche Keating Collie, family researcher
Additional Information from death certificate indicates parents:
Father: John E. McCarter
Mother: Amanda Melvina Edwards
Note: This family researcher remembers visiting in the Fort Worth home of Essie (Keating) and Benjamin Corder in 1934. Essie's mother, Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating, was living with them.
- Blanche Keating Collie, family researcher
Additional Information from death certificate indicates parents:
Father: John E. McCarter
Mother: Amanda Melvina Edwards
Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating married John Richard Keating after the death of his first wife and cared for her stepchildren and her own when they arrived. She and John Richard Keating lived on their plantation until his death after which she sold the land reserving the plot of family graves to be set aside as a permanent cemetery for family and neighbors. Mary lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Essie and Benjamin Corder and family in Fort Worth, Texas. Essie was a music teacher in the Fort Worth schools for a number of years.
Note: This family researcher remembers visiting in the Fort Worth home of Essie (Keating) and Benjamin Corder in 1934. Essie's mother, Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating, was living with them.
- Blanche Keating Collie, family researcher
Additional Information from death certificate indicates parents:
Father: John E. McCarter
Mother: Amanda Melvina Edwards
Note: This family researcher remembers visiting in the Fort Worth home of Essie (Keating) and Benjamin Corder in 1934. Essie's mother, Mary Narcissa McCarter Keating, was living with them.
- Blanche Keating Collie, family researcher
Additional Information from death certificate indicates parents:
Father: John E. McCarter
Mother: Amanda Melvina Edwards
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