Hi All This page I got when I was collecting CARTER's. I had so little time when I was in Vienna to do all that I wanted that I just started copying things and read them when I got home. I hope this helps someone. I can't connect anywhere on it. Mara THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS CYPRESS, ILLINOIS Published by the Cypress Hist. Comm. Pg.? HARVEY AND ELLA CARTER FAMILY Harvey Carter was born October 15, 1892, in a log house one mile sourth of Cypress. He was the son of S. T. and Margaret Alice (Johnson) CARTER and grew up on a farm north of Cypress. He had nine brothers and sisters, three dying in infancy. He married Mary Ellen "Ella" Hartline on September 20, 1914, in Cairo, Illinois. Ella is the daughter of John and Martha (Peeler) Hartline and was born April 18, 1894, on a farm two miles sourth of Cypress. Ella celebrated her 100th birthday this year (1994) and now lives in Vienna, Illinois. Harvery owned and operated the Chevrolet garage in Cypress for many years and lived on his farm south of Cypress. He sold the garage in the late '50s and devoted his time to the farm, raising Hereford cattle. Havery died September 30, 1972. Harvey and Ella had one daughter, Euladene. Euladene married Morris Niblock, son of A. A. and Etta (Jones) Niblock. Morris and Euladene have one son, Jon Terrell of Eureka, Missouri. John married Rebecca Bierman of Chester, Illinois, and they have two children, Erin and Christopher. Submitted by Euladene Carter Niblock. JONAH AND ELIZABETH CARTER FAMILY Jonah Carter was born in Monroe County, Tennessee, March 6, 1833. He moved from Tennessee to Union County near Hickory Corner School in 1860. He married Elizabeth Buford October 1861. They had eight children, three living to be adults. Theywere J. C. "Cal", S. T. and Ethel. J. C. married Minnie Mowry. S. T. married Margaret Alice Johnson and Ethel married Ben Wilkinson. Jonah and Elizabeth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1911. This was almost unheard of at that time. Cal and Minnie Carter had three children, Faye, Ray and Guy. S. T. and Margaret had ten children, seven living to become adults. Velvie married Otto Groner and had four children, Don, Mary, Helen, and Robert. Velvie is now (October 1994) 105 years old and lives in a nursing home in Carbondale. Harvey married Ella Hartline and they had one daughter, Euladene. Arthur married Blanch Verble and they had one son, Hayward. Homer married Orpha Martine, a teacher in Cypress school system. Alsie married Realis Kiestler and tey had three children, James Helen and Rose Lee. Lois married Elmer Hudgins. Lark married Fern Olham, and they had two children, John L. and Joanne. Ethel and Ben Wilkinson had one son, Lynn Carter Wilkinson, who was a dentist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ben Wilkinson was killed in a logging accident in early life. Submitted by Euladene Carter Niblock, great-grandaughter of Jonah Carter.