In my never ending quest to find someone else working my Carter line here is a little data
I found on Matthias Carter, my G-G-Grandfather. This comes from a book called
"1776-1976 Bi-Centennial History of Lawndale, Martin And Anchor Townships And The
Villages Of Colfax And Anchor" which was published in 1976. This is what it has to
say about Mathias Carter;
MATHIAS CARTER
Mathias Carter was one of the first settlers in Colfax, but he had lived in McLean County
for many years before corning to the new village, where he was employed as a carpenter.
Family stories relate that he helped build the second house in Colfax, which was on the
site of the present parking lot, east of the St. Joseph's rectory. He was born in
Kentucky about 1832, and married Mary Jane Turnipseed in April 1860, in McLean County,
Ill. Her family had settled in the Lexington-Money Creek area at a very early date. They
were the parents of 3 sons, Charles, George Isaac, and Joseph. After the death of his
first wife, Mathias married Eliza Amanda Sleezer in November 1873. The two older boys were
not with the family when they were listed on the 1880 census of Colfax. With Mathias and
Eliza were Joseph 12, James W. 5, and Maggie 3. William and John Bernard were born after
this date. Mathias had a brother, Joseph Carter, who was in the Civil War, and who was
living with his wife and 7 children in Martin Township and were listed in the 1870 census.
Joseph Carter is on the American Legion list of Civil War soldiers buried in Wiley
Cemetery. He had died before the 1899 Memorial Services that named the soldiers buried
there before that date. The Carter children grew up in Colfax, but only one son, George,
remain to make his home here. Joseph went to Bloomington, Charles lived at Gridiey and
James at Secor. The other three, Dr. William, Maggis Carter Willis and John B. went to
Missouri. Mathias Carter died at Lamar, Mo. in May 1906, at the home of his youngest son,
John B. George Carter (1865-1946) married Ida Matheny (1878-1958) in March 1896. They were
the parents of 9 children. Only Homer (1902-1953) and Loren (192O-1972) remained at Colfax
with their families. The others were: Lester (1908-1974) Bloomington; Warren Marvin,
Downey, Calif.; Margaret Blankenship, Washington, Ill.; Myrtle Tidd (1899-1935); Lola
Furry, Springfield; Geraldine, Bloomington; and Lionel, Evanston, Ill.
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