Y'All - Found posted at rootsweb from ROANE COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Goodspeed Biographical Sketches L. W. Carter, farmer, was born in 1849, in Washington County, Tenn., and when twenty-four moved to Roane County, where he has since lived. He has acquired his education since maturity by reading and study, and began for himself when of age, as a day laborer. In 1876 he married Mary, a daughter of Alexander and Amanda (Hembree) Suddath. Their children are Cora L., Maggie A., Edgar, Maud, and an infant (deceased). She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Carter is a Republican, and first voted for Grant. He is a Mason. After his marriage he purchased a farm, and he now owns a fine farm of 175 acres in Blue Spring Valley, the most of which property is the result of his own efforts at adding to some property he received from his wife. He has had several positions of trust, such as the administration of estates, school commis- sionership, etc. He is the second of ten children of Abraham and Catherine (Clouse) Carter, the former of whom was born in North Carolina, and came with his parents to Greene County in his youth. It was in Washington County where the father married. He was a justice, and a worthy and able Baptist minister. In the Third North Carolina Infantry, under Col. Kirk, he was an orderly sergeant. The mother was a daughter of William and Lizzie (Laudermilk) Clouse, the former of whom was a soldier in the war of 1812, under Gen. Jackson, and one of the earliest pioneers in Washington County. Life goes on - Jim Christian - Chattanooga, Tennessee - jsxian@mindspring.com RESEARCHING: (Maternal)= Barnes - Beall - Burton - Cantrell - Dameron - Howard - Jeanes - Jenkins - Ladd - Nuthall - Odell - Perkins - Prather/Prater - Ridgely - Steele - Sprigg (Paternal)= Burton - Cargile - Christian - Clouse - Huddleston - Hunt - Leake - Mask - McMahan - Scott - Stockton "I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be." - Abraham Lincoln