L.A. Carver (biography)

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Taken from History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler

L.A. CARVER, farmer, P.O. Howard, was born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1842, but was raised in Kane County, Ill.  On September 18, 1961, he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, serving as Orderly Sergeant of Company I, and was in the service three years and eleven months.  He was wounded near Frederick City, Md., in July 1864 and while in the battlefield, was taken prisoner, but made his escape soon after.  After coming out of the army, he returned to his old home and remained there until 1870, when he emigrated West and engaged in the mercantile business in Missouri.  But in the end of six months, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Howard County.  He was sixty miles from a railroad point and located one of the first claims on the prairie in this township.  His claim is on Section 29, Township 29, Range 11. He has improved his place of 160 acres by fencing, putting eighty acres under cultivation and planting three acres of forest timber, a fine orchard and several miles of hedge, and for a number of years past has been engaged in the stock business.  He served as Justice of the Peace for two terms.  He is a thorough business man and one of the best posted men in the township. In 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie M. Fraizer, of Winnebago County, Ill.