There are two Londonderry's in Ohio. One is here in Guernsey County and
there are Carter's in the area.
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From: "gladys carter" <gladyscarter(a)centurytel.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER] James Carter biography, Tippecanoe Co., IN
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE WE HAVE FOUND A CONNECTION OR POSSIBILITY. MY HUSBAND OF
59 YRS, LINDEL LEO CARTER (80 YRS OLD) HAS BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO FIND HIS
FATHER'S RELATIVES. JACK CARTER & CARRIE GOODMAN WERE MARRIED IN
GREENVILLE, KY IN 1921. JACK LISTED ON THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE THAT
CHARLIE CARTER & MARTHA ACKLEY WERE HIS PARENTS. THEY DIVOCED A FEW LATER
AFTER 3 CHILDREN, LINDEL BORN IN 1926. NELLIE JACK (NOW DECEASED) WAS BORN
3-10-1924 AND HEWLETT LAYTHELL (NOW DECEASED) WAS BORN 4-10-22.
LONDONDERRY, OHIO WAS SUPPOSEDLY JACK'S PLACE OF BIRTH AND HE HAD STATED HE
HAD ONE BROTHER & ONE SISTER. IS THERE ANY POSSIBLITY THAT THERE IS ANY
CONNECTION??? THANKS SO MUCH. LINDEL & GLADYS CARTER
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From: "Adina Watkins Dyer" <adyer(a)insightbb.com>
To: <carter(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: [CARTER] James Carter biography, Tippecanoe Co., IN
I'm not directly related to James Carter, but do descend from the
same
Carter line. This James Carter was a nephew of my ancestor, Samuel
Carter, of Fountain Co., IN.
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Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Vol. 2, pp. 1116-1118
B. F. Bowen and Company, publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana; 1909
JAMES CARTER
Ohio has sent a large number of its representative citizens to her
sister state on the west, and among this vast number none deserve more
credit for what they have done in promoting the general interests of the
communities where they have cast their lot in Hoosierdom than James
Carter, a farmer in Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County, who has gained
prosperity through his own honest efforts in connection with the
subsequent business prosperity following the early work of transforming
the wilderness into fertile fields and happy homes.
MR. CARTER’s birth occurred in Ross County, Ohio, February 18, 1832, and
it was there that he received this education, for the most part, in the
old-time subscription schools, and he succeeded in gaining a good
education for those times. He is the son of Robert and Elizabeth
(Eyra*)Carter, both relatives of Ohio, the former having the distinction
of being the first white child born in Chillicothe, the date of his
birth being 1804. His wife was born April 25, 1806. They grew up and
married in Ross County, that State, and lived on a farm there. In the
year 1853 Robert Carter rode horseback to Indiana and bought two hundred
and seven acres of land in Jackson Township, for which he paid five
dollars per acre. A large part of this land was heavily timbered. In
1855 he moved his family thereto, bringing them overland in covered
wagons. That was in late fall and eight days was required to make the
trip, having encountered several snow storms. They erected a rude house
and barn upon the land Mr. Carter had previously purchased, and in time
had a comfortable home and a good income. Mr. Carter later purchased one
hundred and twenty-seven acres additional at twenty-five dollars per
acre, making him a total of three hundred and thirty-four acres of good
land which he owned at the time of his death. His wife died December 28,
1868, when sixty-two years old, and is buried in the Salem cemetery. Her
husband survived her a number of years, remarrying, his last wife being
Sarah A. White, who is living in Lafayette.
To ROBERT CARTER and his first wife six children were born, an equal
number of boys and girls, four of whom grew to maturity, James, of this
review being the oldest in order of birth. The other children are, an
infant died unnamed; Louise, Abner, Almina and Robert C. Besides James,
Robert C. is the only other child living, and resides in Attica,
Indiana, retired.
JAMES CARTER remained at home on the farm until his marriage, which
occurred January 6, 859, in Ross County, Ohio, to Kezia Wheeland, who
was born in Ross County, Ohio, April 25, 1839, the daughter of Peter and
Catherine Wheeland, both natives of the Buckeye State, the father of
Pennsylvania-Dutch descent. They later moved to Missouri, in which state
their deaths occurred. They were the parents of twelve children, Mrs.
James Carter being the eleventh in order of birth. Only one member of
this large family is now living.
When James Carter married he came at once with his bride to Tippecanoe
County, Indiana, and began working land with his father on the shares.
Having prospered, he later purchased two hundred acres, on which he now
lives, a part being in this county and a part in Putnam County. He also
owns eight hundred acres in New Madrid County, Missouri, near
Portageville. He has made all the improvements on the land where he
lives, having brought it up to the standard of modern twentieth-century
farms in every respect. He has a beautiful and nicely furnished home in
the midst of attractive surroundings, having all modern conveniences,
and is well fixed t spend his declining years in quiet and ease, having
been justly rewarded for his long life of honorable industry. He does
not take an active interest in business affairs that he formerly did,
but over sees his farm in a general way, carrying on farming in all its
diversified phases in a masterly manner. For a number of years he bought
hogs and sheep which he shipped to various markets. His land in Missouri
is covered with timber in its original state, which he purchased for
speculation purposes. Although seventy-seven years of age, he is hale
and hearty, has an excellent memory and is an interesting
conversationalist.
Mrs. Carter was called to her rest December 28, 1900, at the age of
sixty-one years, and she is sleeping the sleep of the just in the Salem
Cemetery. She was a woman of fine Christian character and gracious
personality that won hosts of friends.
To Mr. and Mrs. James Carter eight children were born, seven of whom
grew to maturity, one dying in infancy, namely: Emma R., deceased; Eliza
A.; Elizabeth R.; Peter died in infancy; Lettie M., Amelia L., deceased;
James E. and Robert N. Mr. Carter has eleven grandchildren living,
namely: Grace M. Stephens, Jessie C. Stone, Charles F. Nuss, Harry Nuss,
Cradle Nuss, Ernest Nuss, Irwin Carter, Ora Nuss, Cedric Carter, Byron
Carter and Clara Carter. James Carter is the foster grandfather of
Willie Foster, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. John Foster. He also has
two great-grandchildren, Paul Whitehead and Dorothy Abel.
Among the interesting reminiscences of Mr. Carter is his talk on Abraham
Lincoln, whom he knew well and with whom he frequently ate at the same
table before Mr. Lincoln became President. He was such a great admirer
of the Great Emancipator that, although he always believed in Democratic
principles and is now a Democrat, he voted for Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Carter
has never been an office-seeker; however, he has served very creditably
several different times as supervisor of Jackson Township. Mrs.Carter
was a member of the Baptist church at the time of her death, and several
members of Mr. Carter’s family belong to both the Methodist Episcopal
and the Christian churches. Although not allied with any particular
church, Mr. Carter is a believer in revealed religion and a church-goer,
a man who is known to be scrupulously honest in all his dealings with
his fellow men and whose charitable impulses have led him to many a
worthy deed - in fact, all who know him are unstinted in their
admiration of his worthy and exemplary life.
*From my research I found Elizabeth's maiden name as Essra, not Eyra.
I'm not sure which is accurate.
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