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John Carter was born in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., N.Y., January 26, 1821. Hisfather, Anthony Carter, was a native of Vermont, born Oct. 19, 1787;married Rachel Teter, --born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., with his parentsabout 1816. The family, on account of famine in Vermont, left that state,crossed Lake Champlain on the ice, and with a very small amount of money,as the result of the sale of their property, finally settled in their newhome in the far west, and were among the pioneers of Tompkins County. Her father, Peter Teter, came from New Jersey, was about the firstsettler of Lansing, that county, built the first mill, owned a largetract of land, became wealthy, and died where he first settled on comingto the county. Both grandfathers, Anthony Carter and Peter Teter, weresoldiers of the Revolutionary War. Anthony Carter was next youngest of five children of the Carter family,settled in the town of Greenwood, 1830, where the family resided nineyears, and came to Canisteo purchasing, on Bennett Creek, two miles southof the village, some one thousand and thirty-three acres of land, most ofwhich still remains in the family. He followed lumbering for many years of his life prior to and aftercoming to, Steuben County; was an active, enterprising and thriftybusiness man. He was a man characterized for his generosity, and did muchin the early days of the settlement of Greenwood to assist those more inneed of the comforts of life than his own family. He died Dec. 8, 1857.His wife died April 7, 1863. Their children are Peter, Mrs. Uriah Douglass, Mrs. William Langley, Mrs.George Brown, Daniel John, Mrs. Alvah Davis, Anthony, Calvin, Mrs. LewisCornell, Mrs. James Fuller, George W., and Mrs. Hamilton Bartlett. John Carter remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age, andworked on the farm and in the saw-mill. His opportunities for bookknowledge were very limited, but his subsequent life has fullydemonstrated the fact that education does not all come from books,necessary economy, privation, and self-reliance often laying thefoundation for opulence and a wide field of intelligence, reading, andknowledge. In 1844, October 19, he married Catherine, daughter of Erastus and MaryStephens of Canisteo. Her father was grandson of Uriah Stephens, thefirst settler of the Canisteo Valley. She was born May 22, 1826. Fortwenty-five years after his marriage, Mr. Carter carried on farming andlumbering on a part of the farm settled by his father in Canisteo, and in1870, removed to the village, where he has been engaged in erectingdwelling-houses, some of which are among the most substantial and elegantresidences in the village. His life has been one of constant activity,and to such enterprising and resolute men as he, Canisteo owes itsbusiness-like and thrifty appearance. His fine hotel bock, the most elegant building in the village, is shownon another page of this work. Mr. Carter has given his life strictly to business, never accepting thehonors of office or its emoluments. He is interested in the education ofthe rising generation, and a liberal supporter of that and kindredinterests. He is a member of the Republican party, and encourages allenterprises of reform and local improvement in the village and town.Their children are William T., Erastus A., Addie A., Eva and Mary L. *The above information was obtained from the History of Steuben County,New York, Clayton (1879). ------William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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