Joseph Carter

CARTER

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/16/2004 at 09:57:26

Joseph Carter, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Winterset; born in Jackson county, Indiana, in 1832; came to Tama county, Iowa, in 1851, then to Madison county in 1859; Mr. Carter took a novel trip to Denver City in 1859; he and two others went through to Denver City with a hand-cart or wheelbarrow, in which they carried their food and tools; he owns forty-five acres of land.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 645