Charlie worked as a pumper (pumpman/ waterman) for Henry Flagler's East Coast Railroad. He operated/ managed tanks that supplied water for steam engines in Islamorada, Fort Pierce, then Miami, Florida. The railroad provided a "Pumper's Cottage" for the family to live in at each location.
Note that his death certificate has several inaccuracies about him and his family because the informant was a son-in-law (O.D. King, Betty's husband) who probably wasn't aware of certain details.
Newspaper item, 06 Jun 1930, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Page 17: Hialeah Man Dies Driving -- H. L. Carter [sic] Found Lifeless at Wheel After Car Hits House – Apparently stricken by an attack of heart disease, H. L. Carter, 53, for 14 years an employe [sic] of the F. E. C. railway and for four years a resident of Hialeah, slumped forward over the steering wheel of his car, while driving early today and died. The machine, out of control, bounded over a curb and struck a residence at 3613 N. W. 20th ave. || Carter was an employe [sic] of the water department of the railway property in Hialeah. He is survived by eight children. Ralph, 26, of Wauchula; John of the U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Mrs. Murray King, 21, of Miami, and Leone, Karlie May [sic], Lilly Bell [sic], Charles and Margaret, ranging from 19 to 9, all living at home. || The father, John Carter, and three sisters, all of St. Augustine, also survive. || Funeral arrangements are being made by King funeral home.
Newspaper item 07 Jun 1930, the Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Page 20: Dies at Wheel of Auto – Miami, June 6.—(A.P.) Charles L. Carter, 53, died at the wheel of his automobile as he was driving from his home to work today. His car crashed into a tree a moment later. He was an employe [sic] of the Florida East Coast railway and came here several years ago from St. Augustine.
Charlie worked as a pumper (pumpman/ waterman) for Henry Flagler's East Coast Railroad. He operated/ managed tanks that supplied water for steam engines in Islamorada, Fort Pierce, then Miami, Florida. The railroad provided a "Pumper's Cottage" for the family to live in at each location.
Note that his death certificate has several inaccuracies about him and his family because the informant was a son-in-law (O.D. King, Betty's husband) who probably wasn't aware of certain details.
Newspaper item, 06 Jun 1930, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Page 17: Hialeah Man Dies Driving -- H. L. Carter [sic] Found Lifeless at Wheel After Car Hits House – Apparently stricken by an attack of heart disease, H. L. Carter, 53, for 14 years an employe [sic] of the F. E. C. railway and for four years a resident of Hialeah, slumped forward over the steering wheel of his car, while driving early today and died. The machine, out of control, bounded over a curb and struck a residence at 3613 N. W. 20th ave. || Carter was an employe [sic] of the water department of the railway property in Hialeah. He is survived by eight children. Ralph, 26, of Wauchula; John of the U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Mrs. Murray King, 21, of Miami, and Leone, Karlie May [sic], Lilly Bell [sic], Charles and Margaret, ranging from 19 to 9, all living at home. || The father, John Carter, and three sisters, all of St. Augustine, also survive. || Funeral arrangements are being made by King funeral home.
Newspaper item 07 Jun 1930, the Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Page 20: Dies at Wheel of Auto – Miami, June 6.—(A.P.) Charles L. Carter, 53, died at the wheel of his automobile as he was driving from his home to work today. His car crashed into a tree a moment later. He was an employe [sic] of the Florida East Coast railway and came here several years ago from St. Augustine.
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Stone shared with wife, Karlie Murray Carter
Family Members
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Ralph Edward Carter
1903–1993
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Marjorie Christina Carter
1904–1908
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John Robert Carter
1905–1979
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Luetta Carter
1907–1907
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Elizabeth Murray "Betty" Carter Robinson
1908–1996
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Leone Carter Carey
1910–2006
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Karlie Mae Carter Wallace
1912–1980
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Lillie Belle Carter Thompson
1914–2006
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Charles Lawrence "Charlie" Carter
1915–2005
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Margaret Catherine Carter Aguillard
1920–2003
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