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 io4 l AKRINCTON. CARTER. order he also aided to organize the Ohio regiments until July i, 1861. He served under Buell and Thomas; was assigned by General Rosecrans to the com- mand of the regular brigade; but during the Kirby Smith invasion of 1862, was, at the urgent request of Governor O. P. Mor- ton, assigned to the protection of the Ohio border, and mustering service, with head- quarters at Indianapolis. He was promoted brigadier-general November 29, 1862. Dur- ing this period he exposed the treasonable order of the "Sons of Liberty;" received special acknowledgments from General Sherman for services in forwarding troops HENRY B CARRINGTON and maintaining communications with the front, and from Governor Bramlette, for aid in raising the siege of Frankfort in 1S64. In 1865 he rejoined the army of the Cumberland. At the end of the war he took command of the Rocky Mountain district, opened a wagon route to Montana, built forts on the line, in the midst of con- stant hostilities; and, on account of a severe wound, was retired from active service in 1870. He served as military professor at Wabash College, Ind., until 1879, while completing his historical works, and re- moved to Boston in 1882. He was for some years trustee of Mari- etta College, Ohio; received literary honors at home and abroad; the courtesies of the Athenaeum and other London clubs, of the British Association of Science; the Royal Geographical, the Royal Anthropological, and other British societies. He escorted the Prince of Wales from Cincinnati to Columbus in 1859, and was of the escort of President-elect Lincoln, as far as Colum- bus, in 1 86 1. His published works, other than histori- cal, scientific and educational pamphlets and addresses, are, " Scourge of the Alps," (1S47), "Russia among the Nations," (1849); " Crisis Thoughts," ( 1 861); "Hints to Soldiers taking the Field," (1S62); " Battles of the American Revolution " (4th thousand); "Absaraka, or Indian Opera- tions on the Plains" (6th ed.); "Ocean to Ocean; ""The Washington Obelisk and Its Voices," (18S8); "Patriotic Reader, or Human Liberty Developed," (1889). He has in preparation "Battles of the Bible." " Pre-Christine Assurances of Immortal- ity," "Patriotic Manual for Intermediate Schools," "History as a Patriotic Force," "The Rent Veil and other poems, light and grave," and "The Dream of Columbus Developed." General Carrington first married Marga- ret Irvin, eldest daughter of Joseph Sul- livant, Columbus, Ohio, grand-daughter of Col. Joseph McDowell, Danville, Ky. Two children survive: Henry Sullivant, (Illinois Central R. R. Co.) and James Beebee, associated with " Scribner's Maga- zine." His second wife was Fannie, widow of Lieut. Geo. W. Grummond, U. S. A. (a son, Wm. Wands surviving), third daugh- ter of Robert and Fliza Jane Courtney, Franklin, Tenn. Their children are : Rob- ert Chase, Henrietta and Jane Eliza. CARTER, Charles Ernest, son of Charles H. and Maria A. (Keenan) Carter, was born June 1, 1S50, at Lyndeborough, Hillsborough county, N. H. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city of Lawrence, Mass. He came to Lowell in 1865, and his first connection in business was in 1873, when he there started on his own account as a druggist, in which line he has continued ever since, building up a trade that has placed him among the successful merchants of the city of iiis adoption. He was married in Lowell, December 4, 1872, to Julia A., daughter of William and Mary A. (Butterfield) Tyler. Their chil- dren are : Juliet B., William T., Edward E., Joseph W, Edith A. and Ruth Carter. Mi'. Carter has devoted most of his time to the prosecution of his business, and has