If anyone is interested in this, please contact Teddy directly (not on List). --- Tdeford6@cs.com wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:44:26 -0700 > From: Tdeford6@cs.com > To: JONES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Jones in Bartholomew Co. > IN > > This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. > I bought it on Ebay; it > > just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana > biographies. I am not > > researching this family, just thought I would share. > I do not know anymore > > about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I > don���t know if there is any > > additional mention of this family in the book, it > has no index. I do not want > > to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from > it. > > > > Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > > > > > > Surnames in this biography are: Carter, Fishel, > Jones, , Cosby, > > Glasscock, Newby, > > > > > > Carl J. CARTER. Though he has made a successful > record in the practice of law > > and has served as prosecuting attorney of > Bartholomew County, Mr. Carter now > > gives much of his time and attention to the > management of an > > industrial-commercial business of which he is the > sole owner and which is > > conducted under the title of J. C. Fishel & Son, > Hatchery. This enterprise, > with the best of modern provisions and accessories, > has become one of no > minor importance as touching the industrial prestige > of the City of Columbus, > the judicial center of Bartholomew County, and under > the progressive > management of Mr. Carter it has expanded greatly in > scope and importance. Mr. > Carter was born on the parental home farm in > Bartholomew County, August 12, > 1883, and is a scion of one of the prominent and > influential families that > was founded in the county in the pioneer period of > its history. Mr. Carter is > a son of Elijah J. and Miranda J. (Jones) Carter, > both likewise natives of > Bartholomew County, where the father has been a > successful exponent of farm > industry and where he served as county clerk during > the period of 1909-1913. > He is a son of Jonathan W. Carter and is a grandson > of Elijah S. Carter, who > was born in Pennsylvania and who settled in Indiana > about the year 1820, he > having taken a tract of Government land in > Bartholomew County and his old > homestead being one of the valuable farm properties > of Columbus Township. The > family name has been one of prominence in the civic > and industrial history of > Bartholomew County, as one generation has followed > another on to the stage of > life. The subject of this sketch is the younger in a > family of two sons, and > the elder son, Ralph E., resides in Indianapolis, > Indiana. The public school > discipline of Carl J. Carter culminated in his > completion of a course in the > high school at Edinburg, Johnson County, and > thereafter he continued his > education along academic lines by availing himself > of the advantages of the > extension department of the University of Indiana. > In 1907 he was graduated > in the Indiana Law School, Indianapolis, and that > year marked not only his > reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws but also > his admission to the bar > of his native state. In that year also he engaged in > the practice of his > profession at Columbus, and he thus continued until > 1909, when he was > appointed deputy county clerk, a position that he > retained until 1913. He > thereafter gave his attention to the general > practice of his profession > until, on the 1st of January, 1915, he initiated his > service as prosecuting > attorney of his native county, he having been > elected to this office in the > fall of the preceding year, and his reelection in > 1916 having caused him to > retain the office two terms. He made a record of > success as a resourceful > public prosecutor, and upon retiring from the > office, in 1918; he resumed the > active practice of his profession. In 1920 Mr. > Carter virtually retired from > the practice of law, upon purchasing the chicken > hatchery and business of J. > C. Fishel & Son, at Columbus. He has since continued > the sole owner of this > well ordered and prosperous business, which was > founded in 1889 and which > controls a substantial and note worthy trade in the > operation of the hatchery > and in the fancy poultry business. Mr. Carter has > his modern hatchery at 315 > Franklin Street, Columbus, and his fine poultry > farm, of eighteen acres, is > equipped with a thousand chickens for breeding > purposes, with preference > given to the White Wyandottes. This well improved > poultry farm is located > near the vital little City of Hope, Bartholomew > County. The hatchery, with > modern electric equipment, has a capacity for the > handling of 75,000 eggs > every three weeks, and from it shipments of chicks > are made into every state > of the Union, so that the business constitutes an > important element in the > commercial activities of Bartholomew County. The > hatchery and office have a > floor space of 3,600 square feet, and the concern > retains a corps of six > employees. Mr. Carter is a member of the American > Poultry Association, the > International Baby Chick Association, and was for > three terms president of > International White Wyandotte Club. He is a valued > and loyal member of the > Columbus Chamber of Commerce, his political > allegiance is given to the > Republican party, he still retains membership in the > Bartholomew County Bar > Association and the Indiana State Bar Association, > and he is affiliated with > the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the > Modern Woodmen of > America, while as a descendant in the maternal line, > of Joseph Hart, who was > a patriot soldier in the War of the Revolution, he > is eligible for membership > in the Sons of the American Revolution. Mrs. Myra > (Cosby) Carter, the first > wife of Mr. Carter, passed her entire life in > Bartholomew County, where her > death occurred in 1918, she being survived by three > children: Ruth E., was > graduated in the training school for nurses > maintained in connection with > Robert Long Hospital, at Indianapolis, Indiana, and > is now engaged in the > practice of her profession, as a registered nurse; > Donald R., is a member of > the class of 1932 in Purdue University; and Mary > Louise is a student in the > Columbus public schools. The second marriage of Mr. > Carter was with Mrs. Lere > Newby Glasscock, of Chicago, Illinois, on June 26, > 1920, and on April 3, Mr. > Carter adopted the son of his second wife, under the > name of William Newby > Carter. Mrs. Carter is the popular chatelaine of > their attractive home on > Franklin Street in Columbus. > > > > > List Mom for the Grayson Co. 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