From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)

Baldwin, Rosetta Fox Carter

(born: February 24, 1919  -  died: September 26, 1997) 

Military Branch

Women's Army Corps

Active Duty Entered

August 31, 1943

Active Duty Exit

December 11, 1945

Exit Rank

Tech 5

Notes

Rosetta Fox was born in Hebbardsville, KY, the daughter of Claude Fox and Nannie B. Barnes. She was living in Henderson, KY, when she enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH, according to her record in Ancestry. She was married and had been working as a maid. Her husband was Sylvester Carter, the couple had married in 1942, one year before Rosetta enlisted in the Army.

Two years after her military service, Rosetta Fox Carter was divorced and she married Willie Baldwin in Orlando, FL, on September 6, 1947. Rosetta Fox Carter Baldwin died in Orlando and she is buried in Washington Park Cemetery. 

Sources: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Florida Death Index in Ancestry; U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites in Ancestry; Florida County Marriage Records in Ancestry; Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; and "Marriage licenses," St. Louis Star-Times, 08/13/1942, p.16.

Kentucky County & Region

Read about Henderson County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Kentucky Place (Town or City)

Read about Hebbardsville, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Read about Henderson, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Outside Kentucky Place Name

Orlando, Florida
Cincinnati, Ohio

References

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Source: Ancestry (online)
NKAA Source: St. Louis star and times (newspaper)

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Baldwin, Rosetta Fox Carter,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed January 30, 2023, http://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004435.

Last modified: 2021-10-30 20:03:55