James Gilbert Carter, son of W.W. & Nancy E. Carter. The subject of this sketch was born in Keokuk County,Iowa, October 11, 1884, met death under peculiar circumstances at Ottumwa, Iowa, Sunday night, November 8, 1914, age 30 years and 27 days.
The deceased was a young man in the prime of life and it was a great shock not only for his loved ones but to the whole community when they heard of his sudden death.
He had lived with his sister, Mrs. Ab Wiseman of Ollie, for the past seven years and made many dear friends in the community. He professed faith in Christ during the revival meeting which closed recently on the Ridge. Inside of two years death has entered this home and the mother, father, and now a son has been taken which leaves the loved ones crushed under this new blow which has come so unexpectedly upon them. He leaves to mourn his departure, two sisters, Mrs. Henry Northup of Packwood, Iowa and Mrs. Rebecca Wiseman of Ollie, Iowa and two brothers, W.A. Carter of Traer, Iowa and I.N. Carter of Linby, Iowa.
James was crushed by a train on the Milwaukee Railroad Tracks in Ottumwa. He worked for the Schipler Poultry House in Sigourney. The identification was made through his clothes which had Schipler name on it as the body was so badly cut and mangled, that identification was almost impossible.
The deceased was a young man in the prime of life and it was a great shock not only for his loved ones but to the whole community when they heard of his sudden death.
He had lived with his sister, Mrs. Ab Wiseman of Ollie, for the past seven years and made many dear friends in the community. He professed faith in Christ during the revival meeting which closed recently on the Ridge. Inside of two years death has entered this home and the mother, father, and now a son has been taken which leaves the loved ones crushed under this new blow which has come so unexpectedly upon them. He leaves to mourn his departure, two sisters, Mrs. Henry Northup of Packwood, Iowa and Mrs. Rebecca Wiseman of Ollie, Iowa and two brothers, W.A. Carter of Traer, Iowa and I.N. Carter of Linby, Iowa.
James was crushed by a train on the Milwaukee Railroad Tracks in Ottumwa. He worked for the Schipler Poultry House in Sigourney. The identification was made through his clothes which had Schipler name on it as the body was so badly cut and mangled, that identification was almost impossible.
James Gilbert Carter, son of W.W. & Nancy E. Carter. The subject of this sketch was born in Keokuk County,Iowa, October 11, 1884, met death under peculiar circumstances at Ottumwa, Iowa, Sunday night, November 8, 1914, age 30 years and 27 days.
The deceased was a young man in the prime of life and it was a great shock not only for his loved ones but to the whole community when they heard of his sudden death.
He had lived with his sister, Mrs. Ab Wiseman of Ollie, for the past seven years and made many dear friends in the community. He professed faith in Christ during the revival meeting which closed recently on the Ridge. Inside of two years death has entered this home and the mother, father, and now a son has been taken which leaves the loved ones crushed under this new blow which has come so unexpectedly upon them. He leaves to mourn his departure, two sisters, Mrs. Henry Northup of Packwood, Iowa and Mrs. Rebecca Wiseman of Ollie, Iowa and two brothers, W.A. Carter of Traer, Iowa and I.N. Carter of Linby, Iowa.
James was crushed by a train on the Milwaukee Railroad Tracks in Ottumwa. He worked for the Schipler Poultry House in Sigourney. The identification was made through his clothes which had Schipler name on it as the body was so badly cut and mangled, that identification was almost impossible.
The deceased was a young man in the prime of life and it was a great shock not only for his loved ones but to the whole community when they heard of his sudden death.
He had lived with his sister, Mrs. Ab Wiseman of Ollie, for the past seven years and made many dear friends in the community. He professed faith in Christ during the revival meeting which closed recently on the Ridge. Inside of two years death has entered this home and the mother, father, and now a son has been taken which leaves the loved ones crushed under this new blow which has come so unexpectedly upon them. He leaves to mourn his departure, two sisters, Mrs. Henry Northup of Packwood, Iowa and Mrs. Rebecca Wiseman of Ollie, Iowa and two brothers, W.A. Carter of Traer, Iowa and I.N. Carter of Linby, Iowa.
James was crushed by a train on the Milwaukee Railroad Tracks in Ottumwa. He worked for the Schipler Poultry House in Sigourney. The identification was made through his clothes which had Schipler name on it as the body was so badly cut and mangled, that identification was almost impossible.
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