WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - L. W. Carter Biographical Sketch
From Goodspeed's History of Roane County, TN
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L. W. Carter, farmer, was born in 1849, in Washington County, Tenn., and when
twenty-tour moved to Roane County, where he has since lived. He has acquired 
his education since maturity by reading and study, and began for himself when 
of age, as a day laborer. In 1876 he married Mary, a daughter of Alexander and 
Amanda (Hembree) Suddath. Their children are Cora L., Maggie A., Edgar, Maud, 
and an infant (deceased). She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
South.  Mr. Carter is a Republican, and first voted for Grant. He is a Mason. 
After his marriage he purchased a farm, and he now owns a fine farm of 175 
acres in Blue Spring Valley, the most of which property is the result of his 
own efforts at adding to some property he received from his wife. He has had 
several positions of trust, such as the administration of estates, school 
commissionership, etc.  He is the second of ten children of Abraham and 
Catherine (Clouse) Carter, the former of whom was born in North Carolina, and 
came with his parents to Greene County in his youth. It was in Washington 
County where the father married.  He was a justice, and a worthy and able 
Baptist minister. In the Third North Carolina Infantry, under Col. Kirk, he 
was an orderly sergeant. The mother was a daughter of William and Lizzie 
(Laudermilk) Clouse, the former of whom was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
under Gen. Jackson, and one of the earliest pioneers in Washington County.