Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 382
HENRY CARTER, one of the well-to-do and enterprising farmers of the county, residing on section17, Sweetland, Township, is a native of England, born in 1824. In that country his boyhood days were passed, and there his education was received. After attaining his majority he was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Merritt, who was also a native of England, and a daughter of William Merritt. In that country the young couple began their domestic life, and two children came to gladden the home with their presence. When about twenty-five years of age our subject bade good-by to his friends, home and native land, and, accompanied by his wife and children, set sail for America. Crossing the broad Atlantic he landed in America, and went to the State of Ohio, where he made his home for twelve years, there following the occupation of farming. In 1849 he determined to make Iowa his future home, and removed to Muscatine County, settling in Sweetland Township, where he has since continued to reside.

Ten children have been born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Carter, nine of whom are yet living: Alfred, the eldest, who is now married and living in England, was a soldier in the late war, entering the service in 1861, as a member of the 9th Iowa Cavalry, when only sixteen years of age, and participated in all the engagements of his regiment until receiving his discharge; Sarah, who is now married, is also a native of England; Mary E., was born in Ohio, and is the wife of Richard Flint; James A. and Charles are both natives of the Buckeye State, and both are farmers of Sweetland Township; William, who was born in Ohio, is now married and resides in Sweetland Township; Susan, born in the same State, is still residing with her parents; Sidney, who was born in Sweetland Township, is now married. Mr Carter has given all his children good common-school educations, such as will fit them for the practical duties of life or enable them to hold any position which they may be called upon to fill.

Our subject is numbered among the early settlers of the county, who bore the sufferings and trials of pioneer life in order to make a home for himself and family. He has always been a leading man in the community, ready and willing to do his part toward the upbuilding of any interest for the public good. His business is general farming and stock-raising, in which he is quite successful, and he is now the owner of 270 acres of fine land, all under a high state of cultivation. He is numbered among the highly respected citizens of the county, and we are well pleased to record his name as one of its founders.

Mrs. Carter departed this life in August, 1880. Mr. Carter was again married, at Omaha, Neb., Feb. 12, 1889, becoming the husband of Mrs. Sarah White, nee Flint, of Council Bluffs.

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