Carter, Henry B. 1815 - 1884

CARTER, SPRAGUE

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Fairfield Ledger
Dec. 24, 1884
Page 3 col. 6

DEATH OF H. B. CARTER. Sunday last HENRY B. CARTER, a man well known in this county, where he had lived for nearly 25 years, died in this city of paralysis. MR. CARTER was born in the town of Amity, Washington Co., Penn., March 6th, 1815. Later he removed with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where he was married to a daughter of COL. PERUS SPRAGUE, a member of the Ohio legislature, August 18th 1836. In November 1839, MR. and MRS. CARTER removed to Warren, Henderson County, Ill., where they lived until they came to Iowa in March, 1869. MR. CARTER leaves a wife and six grown children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom were at his bedside during his last illness. He had been a sufferer from a severe type of rheumatism for 32 years, but he bore his suffering without a murmur. For 23 days before his death he had refused all nourishment. His funeral occurred on Monday, the remains being interred in this city.