J. G. Carter

CARTER, FRASER, MCCALL

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 4/15/2005 at 00:27:01

CARTER, J. G., of the firm of J. G. Carter & Co., general dealers in agricultural implements, stone block, corner Vine and Main Streets, opposite Public Square; residence on Vine street; born in Nova Scotia Nov. 5, 1822; removed with his parents to Goderich, Canada, in 1829; in 1834 they went to St. Joseph Michigan; returned to Canada in 1842, came to Detroit, Mich., in 1854, and in 1855 removed to Rockford, Ill.; came to McGregor, Iowa, in 1862; went to Conover, Iowa, in 1865, and to Cresco in 1870; came to West Union in 1875. Mr. Carter married Mary Fraser, Oct., 12, 1854; she was born in China, N. Y.; at an early age she removed with her uncle, John D. McCall, to Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.; they have had five sons; three died in infancy; the living are - Sidney B., George G., and John McC. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are members of the Presbyterian Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co., Iowa - West Union Twp. - page 578

(Information regarding the children, living and dead, is entered above exactly as it appears in the book. Whether it should say two died in infancy or whether the three listed were the deceased I do not know.)