James Earl Carter Sr. father William Archibald Carter
Early life
James Earl Carter Sr. was born in Arlington, Georgia on September 12, 1894. He was the fourth of five children born to William Archibald Carter and Nina Pratt. In 1904, after his father was murdered by a business partner - which the nine-year old James witnessed - the Carter family moved to Plains, Georgia. The relocation allowed a supportive uncle to provide guidance to James - who was enrolled into the Riverside Military Academy - where he stayed until the completion of 10th grade. Biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies speculated that the sudden death of his father left James with an approach to life that was both conservative and cautious. In a 1980 address to the Democratic National Committee, Jimmy Carter stated that his father had continued a trend set by previous generations of the Carter family by not finishing high school.
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