Jackson County FlArchives Biographies.....Carter, Paul August 28, 1882 - 
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. III, pg. 86

CARTER, PAUL.  A leading member of the legal fraternity of Jackson County, 
PAUL CARTER has also served acceptably in positions of public trust and 
responsibility, and was formerly mayor of his home city of Marianna.  His 
career has been one of honorable professional achievement and constructive 
citizenship.  Mr. CARTER was born August 28, 1882, at Elliott, Georgia, and is 
a son of PAUL H. and MYRA P. (KENNEDY) CARTER, the former deceased.  The 
parents, natives of Georgia, moved to Florida in 1896, and here PAUL H. CARTER 
was engaged in the turpentine business.  He was active in all matters of 
public import, and while a resident of Appling County, Georgia, served in the 
capacity of county judge.
     PAUL CARTER was given good educational advantages in his youth, first 
attending the common school in the vicinity of his home in Appling County, 
Georgia, and later the high school at Chipley, Washington County, Florida.  
Subsequently he was sent to the Florida Seminary at Tallahassee, and after 
pursuing the academic course in that institution enrolled as a student at the 
John B. Stetson University, De Land, Florida, from which he was graduated with 
his degree in 1906.  To further his preparation he pursued a course at 
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and also received the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws therefrom.  Mr. CARTER came to Marianna and engaged in the 
practice of law August 1, 1908, and has continued to follow his profession to 
the present, with increasing success.  He is acknowledged to be a thorough 
lawyer, with a comprehensive knowledge of the ethics and principles of his 
calling, and is a close student, spending much of his time in research and 
investigation.  He has been the representative of important interests in much 
of the litigation that has come before the Jackson County courts in recent 
years, and has a large share of successes to his credit.  He belongs to the 
Jackson County Bar Association and the Florida State Bar Association.  
Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and is a Knight Templar and a 
Noble of the Mystic Shrine.  Always interested in public matters, Mr. CARTER 
has been the incumbent of several public offices, and served as mayor of 
Marianna four times, being elected to that office first in 1911 and succeeding 
himself by successive re-elections in 1912, 1913 and 1914.  His administration 
was one during which the city benefited greatly by improvements and proper 
rule.  During the World war period Mr. CARTER served as chairman of the Labor 
Board of Jackson County, and in addition to discharging the duties of that 
office filled out some 500 questionnaires for prospective soldiers.
     On September 4, 1912, at Chipley, Mr. CARTER was united in marriage with 
Miss MARY HORNE, a daughter of R. C. and KATE (BALTZELL) HORNE.  Mr. and Mrs. 
CARTER are parents of one daughter, MARY CATHERINE.  He belongs to the Baptist 
church, and Mrs. CARTER is an Episcopalian.
     Mr. CARTER comes of good stock, being a grandson on his mother’s side of 
ALLEN KENNEDY, a leading citizen of Bryan County, Georgia, while the Carters 
came from Ehrhard, South Carolina.  His paternal grandfather was PAUL CARTER, 
of South Carolina, a member of the State legislature during the war between 
the states, and a strong supporter of the Confederacy both before and during 
that struggle.  His wife was SUSAN, a cousin of the Hon. BEN TILLMAN.


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