Oberlin Mathias Carter

11 July 1856–18 July 1944 (Age 88)
Patriot, Gallia, Ohio, United States

The Life of Oberlin Mathias

When Oberlin Mathias Carter was born on 11 July 1856, in Patriot, Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Thompson Carter, was 25 and his mother, Lucinda Miriam Williams, was 21. He married Marguerite Wescott on 29 October 1890, in Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States. He lived in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Florida, United States in 1935. He died on 18 July 1944, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Patriot Cemetery, Patriot, Gallia, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oberlin Mathias Carter
1856–1944
Marguerite Wescott
1860–1897
Marriage: 29 October 1890

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
29 October 1890
Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1857 · Oldest tobacco shop in the Country

Age 1

Iwan Ries and Company is one of the oldest family owned tobacco companies in North America and was originally owned by Edward Hoffman. Realizing that he could not run the company alone, Hoffman recruited his nephew, Iwan Ries to join him. The name of the Company changed from E. Hoffman and Co. when Edward Hoffman retired in 1898.
1863

Age 7

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 25

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

1 English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, Middle English cartere, from an agent derivative of Middle English cart(e) or from Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, a derivative of Old French caret ( see Cartier ). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably originally derived from Celtic.2 Northern Irish: reduced form of McCarter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Oberlin Carter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Oberlin M Carter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Oberlin M Carter in household of Kate Stimper, "United States Census, 1910"

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