Carter - Keziah Wheeland - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Source: New Richmond Record 3 Jan 1901 p 4

The Shawnee Mound community was greatly pained last Friday evening by the announcement of the death of Mrs. James Carter. She passed away at 4:15 o’clock at the family residence, one mile west of the Mound. She had lived in that locality nearly all her life, and there was no woman in Jackson Township who stood higher in the estimation of the public or who was closer in touch with the hearts of the people than Mrs. Carter. She had been troubled for years with an affection (sic) of the throat, but the immediate cause of death was paralysis. She was stricken on Monday but did not lose consciousness until the shadow of death had completely enveloped her.  She was deprived of the power of speech at the time she was prostrated and remained silent from that time on but the members of the family and her friends realized that she was conscious of their presence and that she appreciated the love that was manifested in their gentle ministrations to her wants. Mrs. Carter was a daughter of Peter Wheeland and was born in Ross County, Ohio on April 25, 1839. She was married there on Jan 6, 1858 to James Carter and immediately left her Ohio home and accompanied him to the Shawnee prairie. The husband and five children survive: viz: Mrs. Lulu Nuss of Terre Haute; Mrs. Lizzie Patton; Mrs. Lettie Foster; Edward and Nelson Carter. The deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church nearly all her life and was actively connected with the church at Newtown. Mrs. Carter was a woman who commanded the admiration and love of all who came in contact with her. She had the pleasure of presiding over a comfortable home and it was always the place of brightness and happiness. She had the good fortune of raising a family of children who were obedient and devoted and who were eer mindful of her instructions and example. It was one of the happiest families in that locality and it was a pleasure for the neighbors and friends to enter the home as guests. Mrs. Carter was not only hospitable but she was kind and charitable. She was the author of many benevolences and her words and gifts were the agencies through which much comfort and health were bestowed upon deserving people.  Her life in the community was productive of an influence that was for the best and will be remembered as a woman who approached the highest ideal of motherhood and who was worthy in every way of the esteem in which she was held. The funeral was conducted from the residence on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Henson, pastor of the Baptist Church at Newtown officiating. Interment was made in the Salem cemetery. Lafayette Morning Journal