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Ancestry of Rev. Al Sharpton - Fourth Generation

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Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents):

8. Coleman SHARPTON, Sr. was born about 1835 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

9. Millie COOK was born about 1844 in Florida.

Coleman SHARPTON and Millie COOK were married on 28 Nov 1868 and had the following children:

    i. Franklin SHARPTON b. abt. 1871 in Florida

    ii. Susan SHARPTON b. abt. 1874 in Florida

    iii. Edmund SHARPTON b. 6 Sept 1876 in Florida; married Cornelia

    iv. Josephine SHARPTON b. abt. Apr 1878 in Florida; married Noah GOODSON

    v. Pathrona SHARPTON b. abt. 1880 in Florida; married John M. THOMAS

    vi. Lucy SHARPTON b. abt. 1883 in Florida

    4. vii. Coleman SHARPTON, Jr.

    viii. Mary SHARPTON b. abt. 1888 in Florida; married W Frank McIntyre

    ix. Percy SHARPTON b. abt. 1896 in Florida

12. Joseph W RICHARDS was born abt. 1870 in Alabama and died 12 May 1945 in Jefferson County, Alabama.

13. Minnie LEE was born abt. May 1872 in Alabama.

Joseph RICHARDS and Minnie LEE were married on 19 Oct 1886 in Barbour County, Alabama. The family appears in the 1900 US census of Barbour County, Alabama, and in Centerville, Henry County, Alabama for the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census. Joseph and Minnie had the following children:

    i. Mary Lee RICHARDS b. abt. May 1891

    ii. Henry RICHARDS b. abt. Apr 1893

    iii. Amy Lee RICHARDS b. abt. Feb 1895

    iv. Mintie RICHARDS b. abt. May 1896

    v. Emma RICHARDS b. abt. Mar 1898

    6. vi. Emmett RICHARDS

    vii. Hattie Rees RICHARDS b. abt. 1904

    viii. Nancy RICHARDS b. abt. 1906

    ix. Teresa RICHARDS b. abt. 1908

    x. Joseph RICHARDS Jr. b. abt. 1910

    xi. Wesley RICHARDS b. abt. 1912

    xii. Frank RICHARDS b. abt. 1914

    xiii. Mack RICHARDS b. abt. 1916

14. William H. CARTER was born 2 Oct 1872 in Alabama and died 22 Sept 1930 in Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama.

15. Ada JONES was born abt June 1881 in Alabama and died abt. 1920, possibly in childbirth, in Henry County, Alabama.

Will CARTER and Ada JONES were married abt. 1899 in Alabama. They appear together in the 1900 and 1910 US Census in Henry County, Alabama. Will CARTER appears in the same county as a widow in 1920. Will and Ada had the following children:

    i. Pearlman CARTER b. abt. June 1900

    ii. Jesse C. CARTER b. abt. 1902

    7. iii. Mattie D. CARTER

    iv. Essie Mae CARTER b. abt. 1905

    v. Bertha L. CARTER b. abt. 1907

    vi. William J. CARTER b. abt. 1911

    vii. Eula M. CARTER b. abt. 1914

    viii. O.C. CARTER b. abt. 1916

    ix. John B. CARTER b. abt. 1918

    x. Isabell CARTER b. abt. 1920

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