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A woman "whose price was far above rubies" has gone out from among us. Mrs. Thomas Carter departed this life at Patriot, Ohio, July 20, 1894, full of years and of good works.
She was a daughter of Asa and Nancy Amos and was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia October 27, 1819, was married at the age of 16 to Thomas Carter of Gallia County, Ohio, and became the mother of thirteen children: H.C. Carter, Gallipolis; F.M. Carter, Patriot; C.W. Carter, Cadmus; Chas. W. Carter, Patriot; Mrs. Harvey Ripley, Patriot; Mrs. J.S. Roach, Waverly; Mrs. Ed Ecker, Gallipolis; Mrs. Joseph Wagner, Oakland, Maryland. A sorrowing husband who waits but till the short remnant of his earthly pilgrimage be accomplished that he may join her in the "Better Land" and eight children mourn her loss and will not be comforted.
Mrs. Carter was a kind and loving mother, devoted wife, and a sincere friend. In health she studied and practiced the teaching of God's word and in sickness she bore her suffering with meek and uncomplaining resignation, saying simply and mildly, "His Will be Done."

[Note: Reprinted from Descendants of John Carter-Mary Lehr and Alexander Waddell-Eleanor Roush, Frances Copeland Stover, 1968, Supplement, p. 5. She is buried in Salem CE. It appears to be a reprint of an obituary in the Gallipolis Journal, August 1, 1894. Her name is Sarah E. Carter on the tombstone.]

Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Carter, Mrs. Thomas

Mrs.Thomas Carter, of Patriot, died of paralysis on Friday of last week. Funeral services were held on Sunday, at Salem Church, near Waterloo. Burial by Hayward & Son. Mrs. Carter was the mother of Mr. Clay Carter and Mrs. Ed Ecker, of this city, F.M. Carter, of Patriot, and Mrs. Joseph Wagner,of Oakland, Md. She was an excellent lady, and her death in much regretted.

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 28, 1894
Transcribed by Nancy McMillan