CARTER(s) of

Bucklin and Bucklin Township

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“Alexander B. CARTER, a farmer and stock-raiser, four miles northwest from Bucklin, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia.  When about six years of age he came with his parents to Linn county, where he was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools of the country.  At the age of twenty he began teaching school, and continued at that avocation for six years.  Mr. Carter was married in 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Riley, of Chariton county, Missouri, by whom he has had four children, three of whom are living: Ora Ella (deceased), Della May, Ira Inis and Elizabeth.  His wife died November 25, 1881.  She was a member of the Christian Church.”

“James CARTER, a farmer, four miles northwest of Bucklin, wa born in Tazewell county, Virginia, in 1823, where he was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools of the country.  Came to Missouri in 1854, and settled in Linn county, where he has since resided and has been engaged in farming.  Mr. Carter was married February 12, 1846, to Mrs. Sallie Hendrickson, of Tazewell county, Virginia, by whom he has five children: George, Alexander, Preston, Napoleon and Sallie.  His wife died June 13, 1880.  He again married, October 27, 1880, Mrs. Jemina Warren, of Linn county, though a native of Kentucky.  He and wife are vboth members of the church.  Mr. Carter was elected justice of the peace of Bucklin township, in the year 1871, on the people’s ticket; served two years.  His uncle, William Carter was in the War of 1812.  Mr. Carter’s boys are married and settled around him, and are an honor to the community in which they live.”

“William H. CARTER, son of John R. and Mahala Carter.  His father was a native of South Carolina, and his mother of Kentucky.  In 1855 he came with his parents to this county, where he has since resided, and has engaged in farming and tobacco-raising.  Mr. Carter was married in 1853 to Miss Lucy Lampkin of this county, by whom he has two children: John R., and Sarah F. W.  His wife died in 1864.  He again married, in 1865, Miss Elvira S.  Warren, of this county, by whom he has five children: Orlando, Jessie, Walter, William and Nannie.  He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  He is a member of the Grange.  His father was in the War of 1812.  Mr. Carter is a man that stands high in his community.

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