Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Carter, Reuben 1855 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Reuben Carter, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born February 18, 1855, in England. 
Is a son of William and Elizabeth (Chick) Carter, natives of the same country, 
and parents of nine children, eight of whom survive, viz., Sarah, Susan, Mary, 
Elizabeth, Alice, William, Reuben and George. Our subject had but little 
advantage of school. At the age of ten, he took active labor in the rural 
pursuits of life, at 16 cents per day. He came to America in 1871, settling in 
Grundy County. Was married in April, 1880, to Alice, a daughter of Samuel 
Bradbeer, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. His union has resulted 
in one child - Mable. When on his way from his native country to this county, 
the train on which he was traveling through Michigan was wrecked, and he 
barely escaped from sudden death, with the loss of the right little finger. He 
owns eighty acres of well-improved land, which he bought in 1881 of James 
Smith. This is the result of his own labors, he having only one shilling left 
when arriving in this county. He votes the Republican ticket.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p108

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