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(Mar 25, 1810 - Jan 5, 1896)
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr. BIOGRAPHY: John Carter, farmer and stock-ra iser, is a n ative of Montgomery County, North Carolina and was born M arch 25, 1810. His pa rents were Finch and Sarah (Gibson) Carter, lik ewise natives of the "Old North State." He emigrated to this State (I ndiana) in 1829, and shortly afterward en tered and occupied Governmen t land, now his present farm, at which time the reg ion of Owen Count y was wild and very sparsely settled, but in the development o f whic h few men are more identified than our subject. In 1828, he married P ats y Singleton (nee Parker), to which the alliance succeeded four chi ldren, Moses (born 8 Feb 1830), Tabitha (deceased), John and Lively (d eceased). Mrs. Carter (Paysy) died in 1853, and in 1856, Mr. Carte r married Mary Ann Clark (nee Evan s), who also died about 1860. Ten y ears thereafter, he married a third wife Mr s. Betsy (Vickery) Goss . Mr. Carter has been a hard-working, economical man, a nd has thereb y acquired a provision for his age and needs. He owns 180 acres o f w ell-improved and cultivated land, containing varied and necessary appu rtenan ces and a supply of good stock. Mr. Carter is a Democrat, an d a liberal and es teemed citizen. Source: 1884 History of Owen Count y, Indiana, pp. 944-945. BIO GRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Morgan Township.
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| Birth | Mar 25, 1810 | Montgomery County, North Carolina | |  | |
| Marriage | 1828 | Montgomery County, North Carolina - Martha Parker | | | |
| Marriage | Oct 2, 1856 | Owen County, Indiana, USA - Mary Ann Evans | | | |
| Marriage | Abt, 1870 | Owen County, Indiana, USA - Elizabeth Vickery | | | |
| Death | Jan 5, 1896 | Owen County, Indiana, USA | | | |
| Title (Nobility) | | Sr. | | | |
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