The Newtown bee., 1904-04-29
LITCHFlELD COUNTY.
WARREN.

WARREN BOYS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
 Loren Russell Carter, prominent in the real eSta te business, fire insurance, loans, etc, Waterbury, is a native ot
 Connecticut, born October 1e, 1854, in Warren, Litchfield county. RuSsel
 Carter, his father, was of the same
 nativity, born in 1792, son of Buel
 Carter, who was born in 1766 in War 1 ren, Conn.,, son of Samuel (born in
 Hebron, Conn., a son of Thomas, (born
 in 1884, in Woburn, Mass), a son of Thomas, (born in England.) Ofthese, Samuel, (great-grandfather of Loren R. and his two brothers, Thomas and
 Joseph, all served in the Revolutionary
 war. This same Samuel Carter mar ried OF May 4, 1759, Martha Buel of Litchtield, Conn.,, and settled on a
 farm in Warren, where they reared a
 family of II children. He represented Warren in the State Legislature in
 1788 and 1797. Buel Carter, grand father of Loren R., was reared on the
 home farm in Warren and died there
 in 1856. He married Eunice Peck, and
 by her had three children: CD Martha,
 now deceased, married Burton Gilbert,
 a merchant who accumulated consider
 able means. (2) Lorraine married
 George Starr, son of Rev Peter Starr,
 who for fifty years was minister of
 the Congregational church in Warren.
 George Starr was farmer and died in
 Warren. (3) Russell was the youngest.
 Russell Carter, father of the subject,
 was farmer in Warren, moving to
 Waterbury in 1856, where he died in
 1870. He was twice married, first to
 Rebecca Stone, by whom he had two children, Buel and Harriet, of whom
 Buel died in May, 1900, in Warren, on
 the old homestead, the dwelling hav-
 ing been built about 100 years ago; and
 Harriet now deceasad, married Charles second, Laura Hills, daughter of John Hills (whO was born in Glaston- bury, and was farmer by occupation) ana his wife, Esther Hale, (also of Glastonbury, and collateral relative of Nathan Hale, of Revolutionary fame.) Three children were born. to this union: Rebecca who died at the age of Is years; Loren R., our subject; Eleanor, who died when five years old. The mother is still living, now aged 80 years, and makes here home in Water Carter was in politics democrat, and he represented the town of Warren in the state Legislature several times. He was also selectmaD, in fact held most of the town offices, being promi- nently identified with the place. Loren R. Carter, the subject proper of this memoir, was about Is months old l when his parents came to Waterbury, and here he attended the public | schools, Wesleyan academy and East l man Business College. Laying aside | his books, he was with F. L. Allen, hardware merchant, in Waterbury for l some time and then commenced build | ing houses in the western part of the | city, in 1892 taking up the business of | real estate, fire insurance, loans, etc. | He is owner of considerable improved | real estate in the town and city of 1 Waterbury: On September 20, 1879, Loren R. Carter married Irene E. Hendrick, of Waterbury, a daughter Of Joseph IIendrick, a native of New York city, whose father was born in England. Three children have been born to MT and Mrs Carter. L. Rus sell, who is graduate of Yale Uni versity, Class of '03, now attending the Harvard Law school; Earl Buel now a student at Suftield Academy and Ethel L. In religious faith our Sub- ject and his wife are Baptists, in politics he is republican and socially he is affiliated with Townsend lodge, No S9, l. o. o. F.