Solon Jehu Carter

Background

Carter, Solon Jehu was born on September 1, 1888 in Bloomingdale, Indiana, United States. Son of Daniel G. and Cora (Ferguson) Carter.

Education

Preparatory education, DePauw Preparatory School, Greencastle, Indiana. Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, O., 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1919.

Career

Admitted to Indiana bar, 1910, practice law, Indianapolis. Member Matson, Carter, Ross & McCord, 1923-1930, counsel for National Paper Board Association Advanced from private to Lieutenant, Indiana National Guard, 1910-1915. Captain, later major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, Field Artillery, United States Army, World War.

Judge, Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis, 1919-1923. Special master in chancery, United States District Court, Southern District Indiana. Candidate for the nomination for United States Senate, Republican ticket, Indiana, 1928.

Membership

Member American and Indiana State Bar Associations, Phi Delta Theta. Mason.; Clubs: Columbia, Players, Indianapolis Country.

Connections

Married Augusta Mitch, November 22, 1912. Children: John Solon, Eleanor Hadley, Jane Blair.

Father:

Daniel G. Carter

Mother:

Cora (Ferguson) Carter

Spouse:

Augusta Mitch

child:

Jane Blair Carter

child:

John Solon Carter

child:

Eleanor Hadley Carter