Bio: Judge L. E. Carter, Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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Judge L. E. Carter, notary public and justice of the peace at 
Shreveport, La., although born in Jessamine County, Ky., November 20, 
1824, has been a resident of this section since 1851, and has ever been 
one of the foremost men to further the interests of Caddo Parish.  He 
inherits Scotch and English blood of his parents, Ephraim and Mary A. 
(Dedman) Carter, the former of whom was born in Vermont, and th elatter 
in the "Blue Grass State".  Upon first removing from his native State, 
the father settled in Illinois, but moved from there to Kentucky, where 
he formed the acquaintance of Miss Dedman, and married here, ever 
afterward making his home on "Blue Grass" soil, where he passed from 
life, having followed the occupation of a saddler.  His wife died in De 
Soto Parish, La.  her father was a soldier in the War of 1812.  Judge L. 
E. Carter spent his youth in Grant County, Ky., near Cincinnati, Ohio, 
and in addition to acquiring a fair knowledge of books in the common 
schools near his home, he learned the saddler's trade in his father's 
shop, his knowledge of the wrok, however, being acquired before he 
attained his fourteenth year.  He followed this trade, with fair 
financial results, until he was twenty-three years of age, then began 
merchandising in Kentucky, but removed from that State in 1849 to New 
Orleans, where he worked as a clerk until 1851.  At the end of this time 
he came to Shreveport, La., and here opened a mercantile establishment 
which he successfully conducted for a number of years, or until 1874, 
sinnce which time he has been in his present office.  When the war became 
an assured fact, he, in 1861, enlisted in the Third Mississippi 
Regiment, and served until the close of the war when he returned home an 
resumed business.  His career as a soldier was marked by fearless and 
intrepid courage, and upon the termination of hostilities he had the 
consciousness of having faithfully performed every duty.  In 1874 he was 
elected to the office of justice of the peace, and up to the present 
time has served continuously, and it can with truth be said of him that 
he has discharged his duties in a very efficient manner, and is a 
high-principled and trustworthy official.  He is devoted to his 
friends, his interest in the prosperity of his parish is undoubted, and 
his life has been conspicuous by his many kind and charitable deeds.  
His marriage was consummated in 1850, at which time Miss Bettie H. 
Rainey, a native of Mississippi, became his wife.  To them a family of 
seven children was born:  Everet H. (a resident of Fort Worth, Tex.), 
Foster (a resident of San Diego, Cal.), Leon M. (whose sketch follows 
this), Bettie C. (of Los Angeles, Cal.), Rainey, Harry B. and Hulcey.  
The family are among the leading citizens of Shreveport, and are regular 
attendants of the Presbyterian church.