Since the death date was not given, the newspaper date was used.

Mrs. Ellen Foss received word yesterday of the death of her brother, George Carter, which occurred at a hospital in St. Paul at 1 a.m. He was operated upon last Friday for a ciatic tumor in the kidney, one kidney being removed. He seemed to be getting along all right Monday and his son, George, Jr., returned to his home in Omaha.

He was survived by his wife, one daughter, Ardis and one son, George, Jr. of Omaha. Also four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Foss, of this city, Mrs. Wm. Henkle, who lives on a farm near Blair, Mrs. R. H. Yoeman, Omaha and Mrs. W. A. Campbell of Helena, Mont.

He was born October 24th, 1866, on what is known as the E. Z. Russell place, just outside the city, limits southeast. Blair was not born at the time. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Carter, coming here in 1860.

He was a conductor on a passenger train on the M & O road for a good many years, finally retiring from that position to accept the position of Chairman of the Board of Railway Conductors at the headquarters of the road in St. Paul.

Burial will probably be made in Omaha where his son lives and where he lived for a number of years.

#2-Published in the Enterprise June 18, 1925.

George W. Carter, 58, general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway, who lived in Omaha practically all his life until three years ago, died Tuesday at his home in St. Paul, according to an Associated Press dispatch.

Mr. Carter was born in Blair, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Carter and grew to manhood here and will be remember by many old time residents of Blair. Mrs. Ellen Foss, a sister is now living in Blair. Another sister, Mrs. Wm. Hinkle lives on a farm near Blair, Mrs. R. H. Yeoman lives in Omaha and Mrs. Will Campbell in Helena, Montana.

He belonged to a family of pioneers who came here in 1860. He began work with the Omaha railway thirty-eight years ago and was soon promoted to conductor, a position he held until three years ago when he was elected general chairman of the adjustment committee of the conductor’s orders.

Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public library.