Henry Leonard Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Oct 1843 - Clay, Onondaga Co, NY 1
Christening:
Death: 17 Dec 1917 - Syracuse, Onondaga Co, NY 1
Burial: 20 Dec 1917 - Pine Plains Cemetery, Clay, Onondaga Co, NY
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Military
Enlisted from Onondaga County, NY 4 November 1863. Mustered in at Camp Stoneman, DC on 30 November 1863 as a private of Capt. Joseph Herron's Co. I, 15th reg. NY Vol. Calvery. Col. Robert M. Richardson commanding.
Henry L. Carter was transferred to the second Provisionall Calvary on 17 June 1865. He was absent from his company for some time on account of sickness at City Point, VA., but at all other times was with his company. He received an honorable discharge at Louisville, KY on 9 August 1865 at the close of the war.
Spouses and Children
1. *Priscilla/Sarah Marie Becraft
Marriage: 10 Jun 1866 - Clay, Onondaga Co, NY
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Priscilla/Sarah Marie Becraft)
"In Henry Carter's pension papers there is an affidavit stating the only record of his marriage is in a Bible and that the marriage took place in the home of Pricilla's father. As it was in Clay, I can only assume it was the home of her stepfather" [Hobart Osborn].
Married by Rev. G.T. Jones.
"Henry Leonard and Priecilla Marire (Becraft) Carter had 6 children."
Sources
1. Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).