I have lost Carters as well who came to Iowa from who knows where, then moved to Missouri. Thanks to census posts, I have found Joseph in Cass County, MO, after 1850. There are several Josephs in the Iowa 1820-1840 census, but I can't tell for sure which one it is. James William CARTER, b. 2 Aug. 1853, MO, was the son of JOSEPH HENRY CARTER, B. in IOWA, he md. Julia LUCKETT, b. MO. James was born in MO, so evidently Joseph and Julia moved to near Kansas City, MO, where land grants can be found for James and his brother Richard. James was a colorful gentleman cattle buyer. He came from "a family of 6 sons-3 fought for the north and 3 fought for the south." James William CARTER, b. Aug 2, 1853, MO, d.25 July 1924, TX. md. Jennie Franklin, b.ca 1854, Houston, TX, d.1929, buried Tarrant Co., TX. There is a rumor that one of the parents of James or Jennie was NATIVE AMERICAN. (Luckett/Carter/Franklin/????). Family stories have him an early manager of the King Ranch that was hired away by the Fort Worth Stockyards to manage there. My father states, "He came to visit on the train. He had a handlebar mustache and a stiff white collar. He brought my brother and I exciting presents like a horsehair lariat and real arrows..." I found him listed in some early TX land grants for Tarrant County. I also discovered that Kiowa Kansas opened its first cattle market and train depot about 1884/5, when his daughter,Mary Eretta, was born in Kansas. Can anyone make a connection?? I understand the "War" drove his generation apart. Any help would be appreciated. Elise C. Hays Markham