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Carter. Her parents were married on the 16th of June, 1869, and had
two children: Mrs. Shattuck, and Howard Carter, who engaged in the
practice of law in partnership with Mr. Shattuck until his death, which
occurred December 6, 1903.
    Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck have become the parents of three children,
but the second, Carter B., died in infancy. Those still living are Lucy E.
and William B. In social circles Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck occupy a promi-
nent position, while their own home is justly celebrated for its gracious
and warm-hearted hospitality. Mr. Shattuck belongs to Centennial lodge,
No. 541, A. F. and A. M.; Brazil chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.; and is a
charter member of Elks lodge, No. 762, of which he has been exalted
ruler for two terms, he is supreme counsel of the Home Defenders of
America, and is a member of the Sons of Veterans. Throughout Brazil
he is spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life has been so
varied in its activity, so honorable in its purposes, so far-reaching and
beneficial in its effects that it has become an integral part of the history
of the city.

    MAJOR WILLIAM W. CARTER was born in Warren county, Ohio, Sep-
tember 10, 1836, a son of John and Jemima (Patton) Carter, the former
a native of Virginia, the latter of Indiana and of English and Welsh
lineage. His paternal grandfather served as one of the heroes of the
Revolutionary war and was with the forces under General Washington
at the surrender of Yorktown, For a short time his father was a teamster
in the second war with Great Britain, In October, 1837, he removed with
his parents to Clay county, Indiana, the family home being established in
Posey township, which at that time was an almost unbroken district.
While spending his boyhood days in that pioneer home Major Carter
learned the use of the axe, the mattock and the hoe, and in the primitive
school of the neighborhood mastered the elementary branches of English
learning, He was ambitious for an education, however, and at the age
of seventeen eagerly availed himself of the opportunity offered of becom-
ing a pupil in the literary department of Asbury University, where he
remained for two years. He then determined to become a member of the
bar, and to this end studied under the direction of Hon. R. W. Thompson
and Hon. H. D. Scott, the former at one time secretary of the navy, while
the latter was a member of congress and judge of the circuit court. In
order to replenish his greatly depleted funds Major Carter again took up
the work of the farm and when he had acquired a sufficient sum of money
to enable him to continue his studies he matriculated in the law department
of the Asbury University in 1857 and was graduated with honors in the
spring of 1859. He located for practice in Bowling Green, then the county
seat of Clay county, and a few months later formed a partnership with
Hon. D. E. Williamson, of Greencastle, Indiana. He made rapid advance-
ment at the bar and also attained prominence in public life. At that time
Clay county was largely Democratic and Major Carter established the first
Republican paper of the county—the Hoosier Patriot—which had an
existence but a few months, however, from January until December, 1860.
    After the outbreak of the Civil war Major Carter put aside all busi-
ness and personal considerations, offering his services to the government
as a private of Company D, Seventy-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on
the 22nd of July, 1862. He was mustered in on the 18th of August and
went immediately to the front. At the first call for seventy-five thousand