This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CARTER, WRIGHT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1325 Message Board Post: John D. Carter, one of the oldest residents of this city, passed away Saturday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Christopher Wright, of East Carl Street. Had he lived until next March he would have reached his eighty-fifth year. He was born in Delaware County, but moved to this city when but nine years of age. At an early age he engaged in mercantile pursuits and for many years was identified with the business interests of this city. Some years ago he purchased the old woolen mill, which until recently stood on the old site on East Carl Street. The latter years of his active life he was engaged in the woolen industry. He was a man of strict integrity and stood high in the business circles of his day. He witnessed the advancement of Winchester as a city and did his full share in building it to what it is today. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o' clock at the first Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was an active member until overtaken b! y the infirmities of his declining years. The pastor Rev. Asher S. Preston paid fitting tribute to the deceased. The remains were laid to rest in Fountain Park cemetery. Two children; Mrs., Christopher Wright, with whom he spent the latter days of his life, and Alonzo Carter of Richmond Street survive him. Dec 11, 1913.