R. C. CARTER
The subject of this sketch is one of the progressive agriculturists of
Perry township, whose fine farm, known as Sunny Side, the name the great
author, Washington Irving, gave his estate on the banks of the picturesque
Hudson, ranks with the best in this locality, this attractive place having
been unproved by Mr. Carter to its present high state of excellency by years
of patient toil and skillful management. His success has been won entirely
along the lines of old and time-tried maxims, "honesty is the best policy,"
and "there is no excellence without labor," being among the ones he has
sought to follow. His place consists of one hundred and twenty acres, well
located in section 24, one of the best agricultural districts in Clinton
county.
R. C. Carter was born in Franklin county, Indiana, May 31, 1868. He is a
son of William Carter, who was born in England near the world's greatest
city, London. He came of a sterling old Anglo-Saxon family, noted alike for
its industry and honesty. The date of his birth was 1832, and his death
occurred in 1897 at the age of sixty-five years. He emigrated to the United
States in early life and here became well established and was respected by
all who knew him, for he was industrious and honorable at all times. He was
accompanied to this country by his parents, the family settling in Franklin
county, Indiana, and there occurred the death of the grandfather of our
subject. The mother of our subject was Rebecca Beasley before her marriage,
and she, too, was a native of England, and her family brought her to
Franklin county, Indiana, when she was a young girl and there established
their new home, and there she grew to womanhood and received her education.
Only her mother came to America, her father having died in England. Her
mother lived to be sixty-three years of age. Eight children were born to
William Carter and wife, five of whom are living, four sons and one
daughter: John, Joseph of Perry township; Richard, of this review; Susanna,
who lives in Jackson township, and Thomas, also of that township. The
father of the above named children followed farming all his life.
Politically he was a Republican, and he and his wife belonged to the United
Brethren church.
Richard C. Carter grew to manhood on the home farm and there worked when a
boy. He received a good common school education, and he has devoted his
life to farming and raising live stock. His excellent farm lies
three-quarters of a mile north of Manson. He keeps his place in a high state
of improvement and cultivation. He has a cozy home in the midst of
attractive surroundings and has substantial outbuildings. He handles at all
seasons a good grade of live stock.
Mr. Carter was married when twenty-two years of age, in Jackson township, to
Flora Goode, who was born in Boone county, this state, where she was reared
and educated. She is a daughter of Philip Goode and wife, who finally
removed to Jackson township, this county, and established a good home there.
Mr. Goode was killed by accident at the age of fifty-three years in 1896.
Politically he was a Democrat, and he belonged to the United Brethren
church, in which he was a deacon and a steward. His family consisted of the
following children: Levina, Flora, who married Mr. Carter of this sketch;
Lew Wallace, Lula, Ora, who was a soldier in the Philippines; America,
Birdie and Clifford. The mother of the above named children is still
living, making her home in Jackson township, where she has a host of warm
friends.
To our subject and wife one child, a son, Guy, has been born, his birth
having occurred in 1894. He is attending school in Frankfort, taking a
business course.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter are members of the Christian church and are liberal
supporters of the same. Pages 483 - 485.
History of Clinton County, Indiana .. With Historical Sketches of
Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old
Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh. Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen &
Company - Indianapolis, Indiana