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Carter, John Curtis
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Page 403

JOHN CURTIS CARTER, son of Thomas Addison Carter (for further
genealogy see history of Leroy Carter). Was raised in Washington
District, on the waters of Buckhannon river, near the postoffice of
Tallmansville and on the hills overlooking the Buckhannon river,
where his father owned a large farm. He is the second son of his
father's family. Early gave himself to educational pursuits and soon
began teaching in public schools, which profession he followed for
several years with eminent success. He next became a salesman on the
road and after following this vocation for years, he became an
employee of the Coal & Coke R. R., which was being constructed
through the central part of West Virginia. It was while working for
this company, he saw the opportunity of the mercantile business at
Sago, the point where the Coal and Coke and B. & O. railroads
intersect and there he put up a store, which he ran for years. He
was chosen chairman of the Upshur County Republican Executive
Committee, which position of trust he fulfilled satisfactorily, and
in 1906, sold his store and went to Pittsburg to do clerical and
superintending work for the Pittsburg Street Railway Company, and
the Pennsylvania R. R., which position he now holds.

He owns a farm of eighty acres of valuable land near the depot of
Strader on the C. & C. R. R.

Note: See the bio for "Carter, Leroy 1872-1937)", oldest brother of
John Curtis Carter.

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