Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Col. George W. Carter

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Col. George W. Carter, Warden of the Wisconsin State Prison; was born at
Wayne, Erie Co., Penn., April 20, 1839; came to Metomen, Fond du Lac Co.,
in 1845, where his father, Jacob Carter, still resides.  He lived on the
farm until the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted- being one of the
very first to do so- April 19, 1861, serving to the close, and returning
home with a crushed thigh' he was educated at Ripon College and Wisconsin
State University, and has practiced law since the war.  Col. Carter has
been two terms Clerk of the Circuit Court, a member of the Governor's
staff; many years Chairman of the Republican County Committee; several
years a member of the Republican State Central Committee; Republican
candidate for Congress, and, since January, 1880, Warden of the Wisconsin
State Prison.  He was married July 4, 1861, to Emeline N. Harkness, a
native to Tioga Co., Penn.; they have five children- Albert C., George H.,
Elmira, Elizabeth and Jay E.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 789