Person

James Garland Carter (Louisville Dry Goods Merchant)

b. 1825 d. 1889

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant. Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Melvilla Brown Carter in LaRue County, Kentucky, on June 5, 1855. Father of Edwin L. Carter, Allen R. Carter, and James G. Carter, Jr. Merchant in Louisville in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 45.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 53.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, LaRue County Marriages, Film 000409559.

"Merchant and Christian," The Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), December 18, 1889, p. 6.

"James Garland Carter, Sr. (1825-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 83020668, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83020668 (accessed May 11, 2017).

Citation

Carter, James Garland. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199334 (November 12, 2026).

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