Henry County GaArchives Photo Group.....Moss-Carter, S. Benjamin & John D. c1930
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STEPHEN BENJAMIN MOSS and JOHN DANIEL CARTER- c.1930

Brothers-in-law, Stephen Benjamin Moss and John Daniel Carter, are linked 
through the marriage of their children Annie Belle Moss and Emmett Garfield 
Carter who married in Henry Co. December 25, 1905.

Stephen Benjamin Moss was born May 12, 1848 in Newton Co. GA. He was the first 
child of Francis and Martha F.(Mann)Moss who married there April 9, 1846. "Ben" 
Moss married Sarah Ann Gray in Butts Co. GA January 4, 1872. Sarah was the 
eighth child of Allen and Peletiah(O'Nail-O'Neal)Gray, and granddaughter of 
James and Elizabeth(Johnson)Gray. Ben Moss and brother, Oglesby Prophet("Doc")
Moss-who married Sarah's sister Saphronia Jane Gray, met their wives in 
assisting the sisters across the South River near Island Shoals. Ben Moss 
served the CSA in Co. B 4th GA Militia. He died in Henry Co. June 16, 1932. 
Ben, Sarah, and an infant son are buried there in the Sardis Baptist Church 
cemetery.

John Daniel Carter was born August 18, 1855 in Henry Co. GA. He was the second 
son of Leonidas Daniel and Priscilla(Nelms-Nellums)Carter who married in Butts 
Co. December 21, 1852. John D. Carter married Lougenia("Lou")A. J. Rape in 
Henry Co. March 11, 1880. Lou was the daughter of Peter Marion Dekalb and Mary 
Ann(White)Rape. John D. Carter lived and farmed in Ellistown. His last home(now 
the McCart place)is still standing near that Keys Ferry Rd. junction. John D. 
Carter died December 29, 1935. He and Lou are also buried in Sardis Baptist 
Church cemetery. 

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