Wiley Nash Carthan

1902 - 1969

• Born	23 Mar 1902	Starksville, Mississippi   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jan 1969	Argo, Cook County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Buried	26 Jan 1969	Cook County, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I3102	Main
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	John Carthan
  Family ID	F961	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Alma Smith,   b. 24 Jan 1902, Mississippi ,   d. Nov 1981, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Married	abt. 1919
  Children	> 1. Mamie Elizabeth Carthan,   b. 23 Nov 1921, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ,   d. 03 Jan 2003
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F960	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	A.D.
  Married	Y  [3]
  Notes	this was A.D.'s second marriage
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F1062	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.

  
  

• Notes

  Moved to Chicago in 1923, moved to Detroit in 1940. [2] was an automobile mechanic. [2] Died: Lived in Detroit, Michigan. Buried: Funeral services held at Antioch Baptist Church in Argo, Illinois.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] SSDI. [S177] Emmett Till's Grandfather Dies, (Chicago Defender, 23 Jan 1969). [S198] Till-Mobley, Mamie, and Chris Benson. Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America. New York: Random House, 2003, 49.