| Word was received here Sunday morning of the death of Chas. M. Carter in Lincoln during the night. He had been down there but a week with the family, having been in a hospital in Omaha for several weeks previous. The family moved down there to be near the State University where the children were attending school.
Mr. Carter attended the Nebraska-Notre Dame football game in the afternoon with one of the boys, Douglas, and seemed quite like himself. Shortly after supper he went to the bath room to wash his hands and turned the faucet on, which Mrs. Carter heard running too long and went in to see what was the matter. She found him lying on the floor, his heart having almost ceased to function, and death resulted at 12:40 o’clock. The body was brought here Monday evening and taken to the farm home, where the funeral was held at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Thos. J. Reese, pastor of the Herman Baptist church, officiating.
Mr. Carter was a member of this church and had served as trustee and deacon for many years. The music was furnished by Mrs. Floyd Loftis, Mrs. E.C. Johnson, L.V. Ackerman, with Mrs. L.V. Ackerman accompanying them. The pallbearers were F.W. Hult and George Lowe, H.C. Custer, G.O. Yowell and M.V. Wilson. Burial was in the Blair cemetery where his first wife and two children are buried.
Charles Marion Carter was born in Newport, Campbell county, Ky., January 6th, 1847, so was nearing his 77th birthday. In 1848 his parents moved to Scioto county, Ohio, and in 1852 to Adams county, coming to Washington county in September, 1856. He had thus been a continuous resident of the county for 67 years.
On July 16th, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth M. Stewart, of Cumming City township, and seven children were born to them, four of whom are living: Mrs. H.F. Fowler, of Omaha, Claude M. Carter, of Centralia, Wash., and Mrs. Lloyd Cramer, of Viborg, S.D., Ralph S. Carter, of Chicago, Ill.. Oscar and Elva died in childhood and Alfred E. died in New York City a few years ago. His wife died February 25, 1889, and in October 13th, 1892, he was married to Miss Minerva E. Lowe, of Herman. To this union four children were born: Chas. J. Carter, of Casper, Wyo., W. Douglas and W. Dudley, twin boys, and Miss Frances, who live at home. Besides the wife and eight children, he is survived by one brother, John B. Carter, of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Lippincott, of Red Cloud, Neb., and Miss Dora Carter, of this city, who was unable to attend the funeral service because of illness.
There are a host of relatives and friends who will mourn the sudden departure of this good man and pioneer citizen, whose life spanned the entire period this community has been settled. The unusually large attendance at the funeral service and the wealth of beautiful flowers sent in his memory bear ample testimony as to the high esteem in which he and the family was held in the community.
~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. News clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~
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