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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
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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.
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