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Dec 15, 1891A.P. Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. Along with his wife, Sara, and her cousin, Maybelle, The Carter Family becomes a pioneering force in country music, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970Oct 21, 1898Ezra Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. He becomes the manager of The Carter Family, which features his brother, A.P. Carter, and his wife, Maybelle Carter. Ezra's children include Helen Carter, June Carter and Anita CarterJul 21, 1899Sara Carter is born in Flat Woods, Virginia. With husband A.P. Carter and cousin Maybelle Carter, she founds The Carter Family, a trio that becomes one of country music's early success stories behind such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970May 10, 1909Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970Mar 13, 1926Maybelle Addington marries Ezra Carter in Sullivan, Tennessee. As a member of The Carter Family, she helps shape country harmony singing and ends up in the Country Music Hall of FameSep 12, 1927Helen Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. The daughter of The Carter Family's Maybelle Carter, she begins performing with the group in 1938, and eventually tours with her mother and sisters June and Anita, playing accordion for the groupJun 23, 1929June Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, of The Carter Family. June co-writes Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and later marries Cash, earning duet hits with him on "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"Mar 31, 1933Anita Carter, of The Carter Sisters, is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. She breaks away from the family group to net three Top 10 singles from 1951-1968, as a solo act, and in efforts with Hank Snow and Waylon JenningsMay 13, 1950Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters join the Grand Ole OpryFeb 22, 1953A benefit concert in Louisville raises $9,000 for Bill Monroe, who broke 19 bones in a January car accident. Among the artists on the bill: Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Lew Childre, Carl Smith and Mother Maybelle Carter & The Carter Sisters
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