| Memorial | George CARTER
Capt. George Carter died on Sunday, August 4, 1889, at the Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum at Pontiac, aged about 76 years. Deceased was a native of England and came to Saginaw about 1851. He was a mason by occupation, and assisted in the construction of the Bancroft House, and built many of the first brick buildings in the city. He also erected many of the brick mill chimneys on the river. He enlisted September 2, 1861, as first lieutenant in Company A. Second Michigan cavalry, of which John C. Godley, of Flint, was captain. The regiment left Michigan November 14, of that year, under command of Lieut. Col. William C. Davis. September 25, 1862, Lieut. Carter was promoted to a captaincy. He resigned his commission November 5, 1863, and was honorably discharged. He returned to Saginaw and engaged in his pursuit as mason and builder which he followed until about eleven years ago, when age incapacitated him for active business. He kept a restaurant on Franklin Street some time and subsequently kept a hotel at the corner of Genesee Avenue and Brewster Street. In June 1888, mental infirmity developed and he was sent to the asylum. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Hawley, who resides on Eaton Street. |