Mamie Elizabeth Carthan

1921 - 2003

• Born	23 Nov 1921	Tallahatchie County, Mississippi   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	03 Jan 2003  [2]
  Buried	Aslip, Cook County, Chicago
  Person ID	I3099	Main
  Last Modified	19 May 2008

  
  

  Father	Wiley Nash Carthan,   b. 23 Mar 1902, Starksville, Mississippi ,   d. Jan 1969, Argo, Cook County, Illinois
  Mother	Alma Smith,   b. 24 Jan 1902, Mississippi ,   d. Nov 1981, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Married	abt. 1919
  Family ID	F960	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Louis Till,   d. 02 Jul 1945, Italy
  Married	14 Oct 1940  [1]
  Notes	Married: Separated Nov 1942
  Children	1. Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till,   b. 25 Jul 1941, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 28 Aug 1955
  Last Modified	19 May 2008
  Family ID	F962	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Pink Bradley
  Married	05 May 1951	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Notes	Married: separated August 1953
  Last Modified	19 May 2008
  Family ID	F965	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Gene Mobley
  Last Modified	19 May 2008
  Family ID	F967	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Mamie & her father - and others Left to right Wiley Nash Carthan, Walter Billingsley, Mamie Bradley, Dr. T.R.M. Howard, U.S. Rep. Charles Diggs, Mandy Bradley - picture from http://negroartist.com/EMMETT%20TILL/index.htm

  
  

  Documents

  1930 Census: Nash & Alma Carthan Enumeration Date: 14 Apr 1930 Enumeration District: 2193 Sheet: 16B Location: Summit, Cook County, Illinois #7632 1. Carthan, Nash - age 28, married at 17, laborer at refinery 2. Alma - wife, age 28 3. Mamie - daughter, age 8 4. Carthan, John - brother, age 22, married at 21, laborer @ refinery 5. Carthan, Mary - wife, age 17, married at 16 Link to full image.

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone: Mamie Elizabeth Carthan Till Mobley picture from findagrave

  
  

• Notes

  she and mother moved to Chicago in 1924 to join her father.

  
  

• Sources

  [S176] Mamie Bradley's Untold Story, Bradley, Mamie, (Chicago Defender, Feb - Jun 1956). [S2] SSDI. [S198] Till-Mobley, Mamie, and Chris Benson. Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America. New York: Random House, 2003, 54.