Fred Afton Carter

Background

Carter, Fred Afton was born on October 14, 1870 in Sweetwater, Tennessee, United States. Son of Matthew and Mary (Brown) Carter.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Sweetwater College, 1886.

Career

Now deceased); married second, Belle Jones, June 14, 1905. Laborer in flour mill, 1886. Clerk retail dry goods store, 1887-1890.

Bookkeeper Sweetwater Woolen Mills, 1890-1892, secretary, treasurer, 1892-1906.

Secretary, treasurer, American Textile Woolen Company, 1906-1910, president and general manager since 1910. Director Burkhart Schier Chemical Company, Chattanooga, Signal Mountain Portland Cement Company, Chattanooga, Sweetwater Hosiery Mills.

Trustee Hiwasse College (Madisonville, Tennessee), Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, Tennessee, Bob Jones College (Cleveland, Tennessee). President emeritus board directors Holston Orphanage (Greenville, Tennessee).

Member Tennessee State Committee Young Men's Christian Association Methodist.

Superintendent of Sunday school 40 years.

Achievements

• Fred Afton Carter has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Tennessee State Committee Young Men's Christian Association Methodist. Mason (32°, Shriner), Independent Order of Odd fellows, Woodmen of World, Junior Order United American Mechanics. Club: Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Josephine King, November 14, 1895. Married second, Belle Jones, June 14, 1905. Children: Josephine Rankin (Mistress M. P. Kilpatrick), Mary Craig (Mistress Paul B. Carter.

Father:

Matthew Carter

Mother:

Mary (Brown) Carter

Spouse:

Belle Jones

Spouse:

Josephine King

child:

Josephine Rankin Carter (Mistress M. P. Kilpatrick)

child:

Mary Craig (Mistress Paul B. Carter