El Paso County CO Archives Biographies.....Harter, Roy  December 3, 1884 - April 1973
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Charles Reed reedgeneology@hotmail.com July 3, 2009, 5:56 pm

Author: Charles M Reed Jr. 

I was recently contacted by a gentleman who wanted to know about my Harter 
family line and if it connected to his. I began a search to see where his 
went. They had  a nice history in Colorado Springs Colorado and I didn’t want 
to lose this information that others may want. It is as follows. 


    He wanted to know about a Robert Joseph Harter, son of a Clarence Harter 
and Kathrine Marie. I located a David M Harter and Josie in the 1900 Colorado 
Springs, Colorado Federal Census. They had Roy 15, Dale 10, Clarence 1 and 
Ethel J 12. David was shown to be a painter born Jun 1869 in Ohio. Josie was 
born in Indiana May 1862. The would be the first lines of the family to show 
up in the Colorado Springs area. Nothing is known as to what happened to them 
after that census and they weren’t located in the 1910 census yet. The 
children went on to other things. Roy stayed in Colorado Springs. 

    Clarence listed above is the following: Clarence Arnold Harter is shown in 
the 1917 WWI Draft as living at 523 Prospect in Colorado Springs. He was born 
April 3, 1899 in Colorado showing the family was in Colorado before the 1900s. 
Clarence is shown in the Kansas City Kansas City Directory with Marie as a 
shipping  Clerk. He resided at 124 N 13th  in 1938. This matches the man’s 
family as he said Clarence was married to a Kathrine Marie. In 1940 Clarence 
worked for the Kansas Service Grocery in Kansas City. Social Security Death 
Index as passing on in June 1978 in Kansas City, Kansas. 

     Dale that is 10 above, is shown in the 1917 WWI draft at 47 E Scott St. 
Tuscola, Douglas County Illinois. He is an Auto Worker at Continental Motors 
in Detroit Michigan. He shows to have an eyesight problem. He shows he was 
born Sep 27, 1890 in Lincoln Nebraska. The Social Security Death Index shows 
that he died in Jan 1985 in Riverside County California. 

      I didn’t find anything on Ethel.


    Roy James Harter stayed in Colorado Springs, Colorado and was married to a 
Maude M. They resided in Colorado Springs from before 1899 until after 1963. 
Roy registered for the WWI Draft as Roy James Harter 632 N Prospect Colorado, 
Springs Colorado Born 03 Dec 1884 in Kansas and married to a Maud M. HE is a 
grocer. Roy and Maude are shown  in the 1938 census with Eleanor M and 
Richard  M as their children. Roy is shown in the 1943 Colorado Springs, 
Colorado directory as owning the Red and White Grocery store there. It 
said “Official Red and White Food Store” with Groceries, Meats, Fruits and 
Vegetables.   In 1963 Roy and Maude still live in the same house  at 526 N 
Prospect, however, for the first time since 1938, someone else owns the 
Harter’s Red and White Grocery Store. !963 shows V. Ray Hall owning the 
store.    

Additional Comments:
I am not related to this person, just helped someone and found it. The Red and 
White Grocery seems to have a Chain Store and may be of historical value to 
someone. Also David M and Jospephine E Harter are some of the early pioneers 
of that area.    

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