Carter-Tate Mansion
- Jay Brothers
- May 4
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Was on 13th St. South (south of Buchanan St.) Oxford, MS
Circa 1859.
Dr. Robert Otway Carter (1810-1874) and Edmonia Fauntleroy Corbin Carter (1825-1917) were the first owners of the home. They wed in 1845. He was the great grandson of Robert “King” Carter of Virginia. The home is the twin of the Neilson-Culley Home. Dr. Carter succeeded in his practice and on his plantation. He and Edmonia had a large cotton plantation, Fair View, about 15 miles west of Oxford. The Carters had eight children, but only a few survived to adulthood. After Dr. Carter died, his widow continued at the house, but eventually went to St. Louis to stay with her daughter’s family.
Edmonia Beverley Carter Howry married Charles Bowen Howry, son of Judge James M. Howry. Mary Harwar Carter Sloan married James Melmoth Sloan, and they lived in St. Louis, MO. He was a prominent businessman with Hamilton-Brown Corp; and Otway Lane. Robert Corbin Carter was the last Carter relative to reside at Fair View. About 1940, R.C. sold the homestead and moved to another place just outside Oxford.
After 1940, he sold the home to Henry Leroy Tate (1895-1932) and Katie Belle E. Tate (1896-1972). Tate was a local merchant. Their daughter Mary Jane Tate Howell (1922-2003) and her husband James Braxton Howell (1924-1992) inherited the home. The Tate family resided there until the mid 20th century as it was vacated and fell into gradual ruin. The mansion was demolished in 1950. See Fiddlers Folly
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