A man (father of subject in biography) died in Johnstown, Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “Carter has spent nearly the whole of his active life as a farmer, and now enjoys that respect, confidence and affection of his fellow-citizens which a useful and upright life alone can permanently secure. He was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 4, 1814, and is the son of Guy and Serepta (Marshall) Carter, of the same State ; the Carters claim descent from English ancestors who settled at Litchfield, Conn., about the year 1690 ; their descendants, who are now quite numerous, are found in most of the States of the Union, have generally been husbandmen, imbued with Puritanic principles, and mostly connected with the old Presbyterian and Baptist Churches ; his grandfather, Adonijah Carter, a man of high moral character and sterling religious principles, died at Litchfield, Conn., in 1820, in the 79th year of his age ; his father moved to the State of New York in 1815, and settled at Paris, Oneida Co., whpre he purchased a large farm, and followed the occupation of husbandry all his life ; in 1855, he removed to Johnstown, Wis., where he died in 1857 ; he was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and considerable local infiuence, and was for a number of years a Trustee of the Madi”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 694

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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