Source: Biographical and historical record of Greene and Carroll counties, Iowa
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What the record says
Prominent merchant of Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa.
Erected a 22x100 ft two-story brick building in 1884.
Born in Vermont in 1852, son of Abel Carter.
Family moved to Illinois 1867, then Greene County 1868.
Clerked at Ringwood (near Chicago) and Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois.
Married Amelia Ladd (daughter of Wesley Ladd of McHenry County, Illinois) in 1875.
Daughter Marie born 1885.
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