Carter, Charles W., 1853-1934

CARTER, PERDUE, PURDUE

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From the Hawarden Independent, August 30, 1934

WAS SIOUX COUNTY PIONEER
Charles W. Carter Passed Away in Pasadena, Calif., Aug. 21st

Charles W. Carter, Sioux county pioneer and one time representative in the state legislature from Sioux county, passed away at his home in Pasadena, Calif., Aug. 21st, following a three day illness from pneumonia. He was 81 years old.

Mr. Carter came to Sioux county in 1878 and located in Orange City where he practiced law for ten years. In 1888 he discontinued legal practice and moved to Rock Valley where he engaged in business and became one of Sioux county's most extensive land owners. He was elected to the state legislature in 1898 and served two terms, resigning that office in 1902 when he moved with his family to Grinnell Iowa. In 1912 the family moved to Pasadena, Calif., where he has since resided. Mrs. Carter passed away last November.

Mr. Carter is survived by five daughters and one son, Mrs. A. S. Harper, Oelwein, Iowa; Mrs. C. W. Pitts, Alton; and Mrs. W. A. Wilkinson, Henry B. Carter, Edna Louise Carter and Mrs. E. D. Vasse, all of Pasadena. Funeral services were held in Pasadena last Wednesday and the body was then brought to Orange City this week for interment in the family lot there.

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From the Alton Democrat, August 24, 1934:

DEATH CALLS C. W. CARTER AT PASADENA
Mined Coal in His Youth—Early Citizen

Mrs. C. W. Pitts has received word that her father, Charles Wesley Carter, passed away Tuesday, August 21, at his home in Pasadena, California. Death resulted from pneumonia following a three-day illness.

Mr. Carter was born April 11, 1853, near East St. Louis, Illinois. As a young man he worked in coal mines at Collinsville, Illinois, later as a telegraph operator, and for three years as a station agent at Brownville, Ill., which position he resigned to study law. He graduated from what is now the School of Law of Northwestern University and in November, 1878, came to Sioux county with Charles L. Davidson, a classmate. They drove all over Sioux county, as the result of which Mr. Davidson located at Pattersonville, now Hull, and Mr. Carter located at Orange City.

He was married in 1882 to Clemmie Purdue, and they lived in Orange City until October, 1888, when they moved to Rock Valley, at which time Mr. Carter, due to trouble with his eyes, gave up the practice of law and went into business. Mr. Carter was elected state representative in 1898, and served in the state legislature for two terms, resigning that office in 1902, when he and his family moved to Grinnell. In 1912 they moved to Pasadena, California, where they have since resided. As one of its pioneers, Mr. Carter took an active part in all Sioux county affairs until he left, and like most of its pioneers, he never lost his interest or faith in Sioux county. He was a member of the Christian church.

Funeral services were conducted in Pasadena on Wednesday, August 22, and will be followed by interment at the family lot at the Orange City cemetery, probably on Tuesday, August 23. Mrs. Carter passed away last November.

The following children mourn their loss: Mrs. A. S. Harper, Olwein; Mrs. C. W. Pitts, Alton; and Mrs. W. A. Wilkinson, Henry B. Carter, Edna Louise Carter and Mrs. E. D. Vasse, all of Pasadena. Two brothers, Donald Carter of Chicago, Ill., and George Carter, Santa Ana, California, and one sister, Miss Luvley Carter, of Santa Ana, also survive.

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From the Rock Valley Bee, August 31, 1934:

DEATH OF C. W. CARTER
(From Pasadena Star, Aug. 21)

Charles Wesley Carter, for twenty one years a resident of Pasadena, died at his home, 424 North Madison avenue, early this morning after a short illness.

Mr. Carter was born near Collinsville, Ill., April 11, 1853, the son of Henry T. and Hester Ann Carter. He was graduated in 1878 from the Chicago College of Law, later Northwestern University, and moved to Orange City, Iowa in that same year to practice law. He was a resident of Orange City and Rock Valley, Ia., until 1902, and took an active and influential part in the development of Northwestern Iowa, representing Sioux county in the Iowa State Legislature until he resigned in 1902 to make his home at Grinnell.

Mr. Carter married Clementine Perdue, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1882, who preceded him in death on November 27 last year. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, after spending a number of winters in California, chose Pasadena for their home in 1913, moving here from Grinnell, Iowa, and purchasing the residence on North Madison avenue which has been the family home since that time. Mr. Carter was a member of Pasadena Lodge No. 272, F. & A.M.; the Pasadena Scottish Rite; and attended the First Congregational church.

[Survivors same as above, and fifteen grandchildren.] Funeral services will be held at Ives & Warren mortuary, North Hill avenue, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Daniel F. Fox will officiate.