Journals
St. Clair County Biographies
From the 1883
History of St. Clair County MO.
National Historical Co.
John T. Carver
Submitted by: David Tucker
JOHN T. CARVER was born in Carter County, Kentucky, on
November 4, 1830, his parents being Morgan and Harriet Carver, nee
Pierce. The former was born in Albermarle County, Virginia, in 1755,
and was a farmer by occupation. Shortly after his marriage he
emigrated to Kentucky in 1828, and in 1863 died in Carter County at
the advanced age of 108 years. John T. was the fourth child of a
family of fourteen. In 1860 he was united in marriage with Miss
Ameseta Peters, of Virginia birth. Just previous to the late civil war
he came to this county, and during that conflict, on account of his
party principles, which were Democratic, he was twice threatened with
lynch law. Mr. and Mrs. Carver have had sixteen children: Alice
Gertrude, Fannie Belle, George, Ella, John Morgan, Emma Dora, William
Worth, James T., Emma Sarah, Charles Edward, Laura Elizabeth, Harry,
Sylva, Thomas F., Joseph D. and Ameseta. Two of these died while
young. Mr. C. is a member of the United Brethren Church, of Mt.
Carmel. He owns 168 acres of land on King's Prairie, and is
extensively engaged in the raising of stock.