History of Washington
W.H. Carter was born October 15, 1836, in Athens County, Ohio, and is now one of the most successful farmers and fruit-growers in Chehalis County, Washington, also having large property interests in Montesano and Ocosta. His parents, Fred and Mary (Hill) Carter. were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and Athens County, Ohio, respectively; the father died many years ago in Indiana, but the mother still survives and resides with her daughter in Walla Walla, Washington. When our subject was a child of three years the family removed to Delaware County, Indiana, where the father owned an interest in a flour mill until 1849, when he died, and the mother returned with her children to Ohio. At the age of sixteen years W.H. Carter assumed the responsibility of his own support; he returned to Indiana and was employed as a farm laborer four years, going at the end of that time to Wapello County, Iowa; thence he removed to Benton County in the same state, and resided there until 1859. He then determined to cross the continent to the Pacific coast, and set upon a journey which ended at Portland, Oregon, October 1, 1859. He secured employment with an uncle residing in Oregon, and was sent by him with a herd of cattle to Umatilla. For three years he was engaged in herding cattle, mining and prospecting in Oregon, and finially returned to Portland.
Mr. Carter was married October 26, 1862, to Ann E. Bendall, and shortly after this event they went to Chelhalis County, Washington. There they rented a farm which is a portion of the present site of Montesano, and there tilled the soil for two years. He then purchased the farm on which he now lives, but did not settle there at the time. He returned to Portland and afterward began to work in a sawmill, where he soon met with a serious accident, resulting in the loss of the left hand. He subsequently conducted a vegetable garden and furnished supplies in the line for thecity of Portland, finally removing to eastern Oregon, where he had charge of Old's Ferry on the Snake River, near Huntington during the years 1869-70-71,being in the employ of the O.R.B. & F. Company. The next year he went back to his farm near Montesano, where he resides at the present time. He has 245 acres under cultivation, and carries on a general farming business. He was elected Treasurer of the county, but owing to the urgency of private business he obliged to employ a substitute to attend to the affairs of the office.
Mrs. Carter was born in the State of New York, at Albany, June 11, 1844, a daughter of Job and Isabella (Robinson) Bendall. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a family of seven children; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nutter, Charles F., William J., John B., Ada B., Albert and Thomas B.
W.H. Carter was born October 15, 1836, in Athens County, Ohio, and is now one of the most successful farmers and fruit-growers in Chehalis County, Washington, also having large property interests in Montesano and Ocosta. His parents, Fred and Mary (Hill) Carter. were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and Athens County, Ohio, respectively; the father died many years ago in Indiana, but the mother still survives and resides with her daughter in Walla Walla, Washington. When our subject was a child of three years the family removed to Delaware County, Indiana, where the father owned an interest in a flour mill until 1849, when he died, and the mother returned with her children to Ohio. At the age of sixteen years W.H. Carter assumed the responsibility of his own support; he returned to Indiana and was employed as a farm laborer four years, going at the end of that time to Wapello County, Iowa; thence he removed to Benton County in the same state, and resided there until 1859. He then determined to cross the continent to the Pacific coast, and set upon a journey which ended at Portland, Oregon, October 1, 1859. He secured employment with an uncle residing in Oregon, and was sent by him with a herd of cattle to Umatilla. For three years he was engaged in herding cattle, mining and prospecting in Oregon, and finially returned to Portland.
Mr. Carter was married October 26, 1862, to Ann E. Bendall, and shortly after this event they went to Chelhalis County, Washington. There they rented a farm which is a portion of the present site of Montesano, and there tilled the soil for two years. He then purchased the farm on which he now lives, but did not settle there at the time. He returned to Portland and afterward began to work in a sawmill, where he soon met with a serious accident, resulting in the loss of the left hand. He subsequently conducted a vegetable garden and furnished supplies in the line for thecity of Portland, finally removing to eastern Oregon, where he had charge of Old's Ferry on the Snake River, near Huntington during the years 1869-70-71,being in the employ of the O.R.B. & F. Company. The next year he went back to his farm near Montesano, where he resides at the present time. He has 245 acres under cultivation, and carries on a general farming business. He was elected Treasurer of the county, but owing to the urgency of private business he obliged to employ a substitute to attend to the affairs of the office.
Mrs. Carter was born in the State of New York, at Albany, June 11, 1844, a daughter of Job and Isabella (Robinson) Bendall. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a family of seven children; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nutter, Charles F., William J., John B., Ada B., Albert and Thomas B.
History of Washington
W.H. Carter was born October 15, 1836, in Athens County, Ohio, and is now one of the most successful farmers and fruit-growers in Chehalis County, Washington, also having large property interests in Montesano and Ocosta. His parents, Fred and Mary (Hill) Carter. were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and Athens County, Ohio, respectively; the father died many years ago in Indiana, but the mother still survives and resides with her daughter in Walla Walla, Washington. When our subject was a child of three years the family removed to Delaware County, Indiana, where the father owned an interest in a flour mill until 1849, when he died, and the mother returned with her children to Ohio. At the age of sixteen years W.H. Carter assumed the responsibility of his own support; he returned to Indiana and was employed as a farm laborer four years, going at the end of that time to Wapello County, Iowa; thence he removed to Benton County in the same state, and resided there until 1859. He then determined to cross the continent to the Pacific coast, and set upon a journey which ended at Portland, Oregon, October 1, 1859. He secured employment with an uncle residing in Oregon, and was sent by him with a herd of cattle to Umatilla. For three years he was engaged in herding cattle, mining and prospecting in Oregon, and finially returned to Portland.
Mr. Carter was married October 26, 1862, to Ann E. Bendall, and shortly after this event they went to Chelhalis County, Washington. There they rented a farm which is a portion of the present site of Montesano, and there tilled the soil for two years. He then purchased the farm on which he now lives, but did not settle there at the time. He returned to Portland and afterward began to work in a sawmill, where he soon met with a serious accident, resulting in the loss of the left hand. He subsequently conducted a vegetable garden and furnished supplies in the line for thecity of Portland, finally removing to eastern Oregon, where he had charge of Old's Ferry on the Snake River, near Huntington during the years 1869-70-71,being in the employ of the O.R.B. & F. Company. The next year he went back to his farm near Montesano, where he resides at the present time. He has 245 acres under cultivation, and carries on a general farming business. He was elected Treasurer of the county, but owing to the urgency of private business he obliged to employ a substitute to attend to the affairs of the office.
Mrs. Carter was born in the State of New York, at Albany, June 11, 1844, a daughter of Job and Isabella (Robinson) Bendall. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a family of seven children; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nutter, Charles F., William J., John B., Ada B., Albert and Thomas B.
W.H. Carter was born October 15, 1836, in Athens County, Ohio, and is now one of the most successful farmers and fruit-growers in Chehalis County, Washington, also having large property interests in Montesano and Ocosta. His parents, Fred and Mary (Hill) Carter. were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and Athens County, Ohio, respectively; the father died many years ago in Indiana, but the mother still survives and resides with her daughter in Walla Walla, Washington. When our subject was a child of three years the family removed to Delaware County, Indiana, where the father owned an interest in a flour mill until 1849, when he died, and the mother returned with her children to Ohio. At the age of sixteen years W.H. Carter assumed the responsibility of his own support; he returned to Indiana and was employed as a farm laborer four years, going at the end of that time to Wapello County, Iowa; thence he removed to Benton County in the same state, and resided there until 1859. He then determined to cross the continent to the Pacific coast, and set upon a journey which ended at Portland, Oregon, October 1, 1859. He secured employment with an uncle residing in Oregon, and was sent by him with a herd of cattle to Umatilla. For three years he was engaged in herding cattle, mining and prospecting in Oregon, and finially returned to Portland.
Mr. Carter was married October 26, 1862, to Ann E. Bendall, and shortly after this event they went to Chelhalis County, Washington. There they rented a farm which is a portion of the present site of Montesano, and there tilled the soil for two years. He then purchased the farm on which he now lives, but did not settle there at the time. He returned to Portland and afterward began to work in a sawmill, where he soon met with a serious accident, resulting in the loss of the left hand. He subsequently conducted a vegetable garden and furnished supplies in the line for thecity of Portland, finally removing to eastern Oregon, where he had charge of Old's Ferry on the Snake River, near Huntington during the years 1869-70-71,being in the employ of the O.R.B. & F. Company. The next year he went back to his farm near Montesano, where he resides at the present time. He has 245 acres under cultivation, and carries on a general farming business. He was elected Treasurer of the county, but owing to the urgency of private business he obliged to employ a substitute to attend to the affairs of the office.
Mrs. Carter was born in the State of New York, at Albany, June 11, 1844, a daughter of Job and Isabella (Robinson) Bendall. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a family of seven children; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nutter, Charles F., William J., John B., Ada B., Albert and Thomas B.
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