BIO:  CARTER:  James, s/o Jesse & Sarah (Elder) Carter, Washington Co., Ky

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana, Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers,   
1885,   Chicago

Pike County, Patoka Twp, p. 417

JAMES CARTER was born in Kentucky, August 23, 1827, and is the son of Jesse and Sarah 
(Elder) Carter, who were born in the Blue Grass State, the father in 1801 and the 
mother in 1802.  Jesse Carter was a farmer and shoe-maker, and came to Pike County, 
Ind., in 1848, locating near Winslow.  He afterward moved to the town, where he died 
in 1880.  A year later his widow followed  him to the grave.  Our subject began 
working for himself when nineteen years old.  In 1857 he purchased fifty acres of the 
farm where he now lives.  He now owns 190 acres of excellent farming land.  He was 
married to Candus Davis,  April 11, 1847.  She is a daughter of Jesse and Nancy 
Davis, and was born January 7, 1832.  They became the parents of eight children:  
John W., Jesse T., James M. (deceased), David N., Sarah N., Mary C., Henry T. and 
Warren S. Mr. Carter was a soldier in the late war and enlisted in Company I, One
Hundred and Forty-Third Indiana Infantry.  After serving nine months he returned 
home, bearing an honorable discharge.  He is a warm Republican and cast his first 
vote for Taylor.  He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and excellent 
neighbors and friends. 

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