Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Charles E. CARTER, editor and proprietor of the Crete Enterprise, Crete; was born in Waukesha 
Co., Wis., April 9, 1856, and is the son of Hyram and Amanda (ANNIS) CARTER; father, from 
New York; Mr. CARTER commenced to learn type-setting in Omro, Wis., in the Omro Journal 
office; here he remained about three years, then to Oshkosh, Wis., in the Independent office; 
then to Wausau, Wis., in the Wisconsin Central and Wisconsin River Pilot offices; was also 
engaged on the State Journal, of Madison, Wis.; this will show that Mr. CARTER has had a 
large experience in the newspaper world, and any one who has perused the columns of the Crete 
Enterprise can see that Mr. CARTER is thoroughly master of the pen; the first issue of the 
Crete Enterprise was Dec. 25, 1875, with a subscription-list of about one hundred and fifty; 
to-day it has 300 subscribers, and ranks among the leading papers of Will Co.; Independent 
in politics; to all who may want anything in the job-printing line, call in at the Crete 
Enterprise office.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.