I (Harold C. Carter) was born December 24, 1902, in Medicine Lodge where I attended
  five years of school. My parents were Thomas C. and Mary E. (Wilfley) Carter. Mother
  died unexpectedly in 1910, and I went to Mulvane where I lived with my aunt Lucy Taylor
  for two years, returning to my father's home. I finished school and worked in the garden.
     In 1918 I went to Newton to work in the railroad shops, but in 1921 decided to join
  my brother, Clarence, and go to California. The Depression was beginning and jobs were
  hard to come by; we worked at a dairy farm where I hand milded 25 cows twice daily -
  4 AM and 4 PM - and began to think of Kansas. We caught a train, and as we came through
  a tunnel in Wyoming - riding behind the cinder car - our appearance to each other was 
  quite a shock as the soot hung from our faces. We experience an IWW camp just long
  enough to get a meal in Green River, Wyoming, then on to Omaha and back to Pratt, where
  I entered the wheat harvest.
     In 1928 I married Clara Jackson. We had one daughter, Amanda Evalee, and Clara died
  when she was born. My father and step-mother raised Amanda. While she was in high school,
  she met a young service man stationed at Pratt AFB who sang with a group in concert at 
  Amanda's church in Medicine Lodge. Following her graduation, Amanda Carter and Percy 
  Henry married in 1946 and established their home near Philadelphia, Penn.
     I worked at several jobs - for Pete Page and Bill Skinner in garage, and later hauled
  wheat in harvest in 1938. I also gardened, but in 1942 - at age 39 - I was inducted into
  the armed forces. While on leave, I married Mary Edwards in Sept., 1942, at Independence,
  Kansas.
     I served in Co. B. 356th Eng. Reg. and became motor pool Sergeant. I was stationed
  at Camp Shelby, Miss., and was introduced to a different way of life in the South. When
  I arrived at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Port of Embarkation, I was notified to report back
  for my discharge. Coming home, I had another experience - riding in a Jim Crow Car!
     I was happy to arrive home, where I farmed my father's place, which I bought in 1964.
  I have continued truck farming and delivered to Bucklin, Coldwater, Lake City, Kiowa, 
  and Hardtner. My specialties are rhubarb, sweet potatoes, beets, and onions.
     I raised hogs and milked cows, selling cream. We now milk only for our use. I've
  trimmed trees in many yards over town, but in 1965 I fell from a tree and was injured.
     I still work the "Plantation" and enjoy attending rural sales, my wife, Mary and I
  attend the Baptist Church regularly. My daughter Amanda, and Percy Henry and their
  three children live in Sharon Hill, Pa. Sister Evelyn Johnson lives in Wichita and
  Margaret Baskin lives in Robbins, Ill; brothers Clarence in Little Rock, Calif., and
  Arthur in Pratt.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 122 
     Submitted by: Harold C. Carter (Jack)