- ALMIRA M. CARTER, farmer, Secs. 15 and 26; P.O. Johnstown;
born in Richfield, Conn. in
- 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1843, locating at Johnstown, where
he purchased 244 acres, his present homestead. Mr. C. is one
of the first settlers in Johnstown, and is considered a very
successful farmer, making a specialty of fine-wool sheep, and
making shipments to Chicago and Milwaukee. Married, in 1836,
Miss Dolly E. WADHAM, a native of Connecticut, who died at Johnstown
in 1847, leaving three children, one son and two daughters; one
daughter died at the age of 17 years while attending school at
New York City. He married again, in 1848, Miss Sarah WEDGE, a
native of Warren, Conn.; they have one daughter. At the breaking-out
of the war, being too old to go himself, he sent his only son,
who served through the war. Mr. Carter was Assessor four years,
Town Clerk and County Commissioner; in 1847 and 1848, assisted
in drafting the Constitution of the State; was a member of the
Legislature in 1868. Republican.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 809.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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