John Harrison Carter Jr. (1816 - 1896)

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• Note:  !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: John Carter Family Record; taken by William F. Carter in
  • 1853; in possession of Robert E. Givens
  • Town Records; Newry, ME; copy in posssession of Robert E. Givens
  • Carter Pioneers of Provo, UT; by Arthur D. Coleman; pub. 1966
  • NAME: Leslie Carter in a letter to Mrs. Nora Carter dated 19 Sep 1952 gives five sources that do not support John having Harrison for a middle name. He concluded that John added the Harrison later in life. The sources were - 1) 1850 census for Pottawatamie Co., IA - listed as John Carter. 2) Hancock Co., IL tax receipt of Jan. 13, 1843 names him John Carter Jr. 3) Family record compiled by Philip Carter dated Dec. 20, 1835 listing him as John Carter Jr. 4) a deed dated 1846 in possession of Mrs. Dora Bolt showing Jacob Dooley sold to his brother-in-law, William F. Carter, a piece of land that abutted that of John Carter Jr. 5) Finally, Dr. Clifford I Tripp has a certified family record obtained from the town clerk of Newry, Maine, dated March 12, 1939. This record shows his name only as John Carter.
  • NOTES: From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~marlaprice/carter/pafn01.htm#806
  • BIRTH RECORDS-Film No. 26,331 Provo 3rd Ward Records. Also Newry Town Records(FHL 001,589).BAPTISMAL RECORDS-Early Church Information File.ENDOWMENT RECORDS-Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p. 189 & TIB (NV BK. B.p.586 #1971)MARRIAGE RECORDS-#1 wife Elizabeth Sweat Newry Town Records,Film No. 3070 Book C pg. 275: Geauga County Marriage Records, Film No. 873,461.Marriage records of Sophia Eldora Sweat in Nauvoo Sealing, p. 705 (FHL183,374.)DEATH RECORDS-Film P 93 E April 22, 1896 Page 4 (City & County Jottings). Note Ihave a date of 22 of April 1896. check.Computer File Index info. Film No. 820,330. Batch 7032313, Ser.Sheet 91. Thishas the above Baptismal, Endowment, & Sealing to parents dates on. Also Batch #7212904 Ser Sheet 8 has the same baptismal & endowment dates. John, his wifes,and some of their children were baptized into the Reorganized Church in the1800's & 1890's. (FHL 1,013,821 Reorganized Church Records, p.23,24, & 80.)John's Death is recorded in the Reorganized Church Records, p 23 and in hisobituary in the Provo newspaper.
  • DEED: 17 Feb 1846 in Walker Twp., Hancock, Illinois to John Carter Sr. from his son, John Carter Jr. and wife Elizabeth, for $50 a piece of land in Walker Twp.
  • BIOGRAPHY: John Carter was born October 6, 1816 in Newry, Oxford County, Maine. He was the son of John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter. In 1834, John was baptized and became a member of the Latter-day Saint Church. In 1838, he married Elizabeth Runnels Sweat and in 1848, he took his second wife, Eldora Sweat. He suffered many of the hardships and trials of the Mormon people in the early days of the Church. He was of great help to the pioneers as he could do all kinds of blacksmithing and did the repair work on many wagons preparatory to the long journey to Utah. He was one of the blacksmiths in his company. At night, after the day's travel, he would repair a wagon, tighten a shoe on a horse or ox. Often he would get a few hours' work from another company or from people who passed along the way. This additional work brought a bag of flour or added a few dollars to help them on their way.John Carter arrived in Provo, October 3, 1850, and here he continued his trade. In a short time he was called by President Brigham Young to help settle Nephi. He continued to practice his trade until 1854 or 1855, when he returned to Provo where he built a blacksmith shop of logs between Third and Fourth North on Fifth West. He repaired all kinds of farm tools, made plows, harrows, picks, grub hoes and crow bars. The pioneers used chains when hauling wood from the canyons and also to bind the large logs on wagons. These he made and repaired. He, also, made many household items such as flat irons, and stands, fire shovels, pokers, fire dogs and hooks for the fireplace. In his spare time [p.421]he made ice skates for the young people from old files which the children brought to him for that purpose.About 1875, he traded his property in Provo for land in Carterville three miles north of Provo. He again built a log shop with a board roof. The shop faced the south with a window in the east and a forge on the north wall. His slack tub was a fifty gallon wooden barrel, cut in half, and set on a large post to make it the right height.As his children married he made each couple, for a wedding gift, flat irons and stands, fire shovels and pokers. Some of these are prized possessions of the Carter families. He died April 21, 1896 and was buried in Provo City.
  • Dora Emmons Hartley.

Burial

• Burial:
  • Date: 23 APR 1896
  • Place: Provo, Utah, Ut, Provo City Cem.

Ancestral File Number

• Ancestral File Number: 1B6S-SR

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