Bio: Thaddeus A. Carter, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by:Mike Miller
Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 91.
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.



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THADDEUS A. CARTER
Natchitoches Parish; now Rapides Parish

Thaddeus A. Carter, well-known attorney and member of the state
legislature from Alexandria, was born in Natchitoches parish, La., Sept. 5,
1876, the son of A. V. and Mary J. (Ponder) Carter.  His father was born in
Mississippi and came to Louisiana when a boy with his parents, Isaac F. and
Margaret (Holden) Carter, who were planters.  A. V. Carter was a prominent
politican and held many offices in the state.  He established the
experimental station at Calhoun, La., and lived to be 64 years old.  In
reconstruction days he took a leading part in public affairs.  Mrs. Mary
(Ponder) Carter was born and reared in Georgia and lived to be 70 years
old.  Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Carter were the parents of 6 children, as follows:
 Isaac F., deceased;  Ponder S., attorney at Toyah, Tex.;  E. A., a planter
at Calhoun, La.;  Lillian, the wife of James W. Mitchell, of Brownwood,
Tex.;  Bessie, the wife of Joseph L. Barber, of Fort Jessup, La.,  and
Thaddeus A., the subject of this sketch. 

 Mr. Carter is the sixth child of the family.  His boyhood days were spent on
the plantation and his early schooling was received at Fort Jessup, La.,
finishing at Tulane university.  Following his graduation, 3 years were spent
in west Texas, and upon returning to Louisiana he located at Alexandria, where
he took up the fire insurance and real estate business.  In 1905 he entered
the law offices of Robert P. Hunter & Sons as a law student, and was admitted
to the bar May 13, 1907, and began practice on his own responsibility the same
year at Alexandria, where he is still following the profession.  He is a
member of the House of Representatives from Rapides parish, a member of the
Masonic order, Knights Templar, Eastern Star, Knights of Pythias and Woodmen
of the World. 

 He was married May 2, 1902, to Alma Jones, daughter of Frank and Mary Jones,
of Atlanta, Ga., where Mrs. Carter was born, reared and educated.  Mr. and
Mrs. Carter have 3 daughters, as follows:  Dora, Lillian and Mary.