William Withington Carter

1849 - 1906  (57 years)

• Name	William Withington Carter
  Born	29 Jan 1849	Leominster, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Aug 1906	Englewood, Cook Co, Illinois, USA
  Buried	Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA (Oakwood Cemetery)
  Person ID	I69858	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Solon Carter,   b. 4 Sep 1801, Massachusetts, USA
  Mother	Lucretia Joslin
  Family ID	F27578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Lewis,   b. 4 Feb 1859, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 1936, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1877
  Children	1. Alice Lewis Carter,   b. 22 Jan 1879, Englewood, Cook Co, Illinois, USA   2. Lillian Carter,   b. Apr 1882, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA   3. Ruth Dorothy Carter,   b. 2 Feb 1885, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1911, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F27576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4P1-J78 http://books.google.com/books?id=TjBYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=%22william+Withington+Carter%22&source=bl&ots=1X7N00_GpN&sig=5YOfVI92YcRC-xk9UzA3a6uBrC8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RUGCUonBKZGw4AOH5oHYAg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22william%20Withington%20Carter%22&f=false William Withington Carter b 29 Jan 1849 at Leominster d at Englewood Ill 26 Aug 1906 Obituary: William Withington Carter died suddenly of heart failure at his residence in Englewood 111 He was born at Leominster Mass Jan 29 1849 and received his education in the public schools of that town until he entered College Soon after graduation he became principal of the Englewood High School and held that position for about fifteen years taking a high rank as an educator In 1881 he was elected president of the Cook County Teachers Association In 1886 he retired from active school work on account of threatened ill health and from that time until his death was engaged in the real estate loan and insurance business For a number of years he was an efficient and capable member of the school board of the district comprising the town of Lake the largest and most populous school district in the State of 11linois The school building erected at the corner of 61st St and Wabash Ave Chicago was named after him and stands as a monument to the services which he rendered to the community in which he lived He was married June 28 1877 to Nellie T Lewis at Englewood who survives him together with their three daughters.