[p. 1006] a general farmer and stock-raiser of Washington Township, was born December 19, 1846, on the farm on which he now resides, and is a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Carlow) Carter. The grandfather was Brazilla Carter, a pioneer settler of Washington Township. He was born and married in Vermont and when he came to Lawrence County he bought and entered 300 acres of land, then in the woods. He cleared a part of the land and built a comfortable log house, in which his eight children were born. He served in the War of 1812. After the death of Brazilla Carter, his son Nathaniel, who was born on the present farm, March 22, 1803, bought out the other heirs and established his permanent home here. He cleared the remainder of the farm and made most of the improvements which have developed this into a valuable property. He married Elizabeth Carlow, who was born in February, 1803, in Westmoreland County, and who was brought to Lawrence County when young. Her father, Joseph Carlow, a farmer, and soldier of the War of 1812, died in Westmoreland County. All the eleven children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Carter were born in Washington Township. He was an excellent business man and invested to a considerable extent in farming lands, purchasing each of his sons a farm when they were ready to enter into a contract to pay for them as they prospered. He owned 200 acres. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, and religiously his attachment was strong for the church of his father and mother, the Presbyterian, of which he was a worthy member.
Newton B. Carter was the tenth child born to his parents. He obtained his education in the schools of Washington Township. He added land to the portion he inherited and has 230 acres, a large part of which he cleared. He was married October 16, 1866, to Rebecca Rice, who was born and reared in Washington Township. Her father, the late Robert Rice, was a farmer all his life and was a member of a pioneer family of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have had nine children, all of whom were born on the present farm. Three of these are deceased, the survivors being: George, Harriet A., Elizabeth, Brazilla V., Nettie and Orange C.
Mr. Carter has passed the greater part of his life in farming on this place. In youth he learned the shoemaking trade and followed the same for two years, then returning to the farm. He is one of the township's leading Democrats and has served in a number of local offices. He is too good a citizen, however, to allow politics to stand in the way of his lending his influence to those measures which promise to be of benefit to the community. He formerly was a member of the Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Rich Hill Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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