A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans, Volume 6
By Will Thomas Hale, Dixon Lanier Merritt
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York; 1913

Pages 1698-1699

F. P. Carter. The little town of Rives, in Obion county, Tennessee, has a substantial, enterprising citizen in F. P. Carter, proprietor of the large stave and heading plant at this place. Mr. Carter has been in the stave business all his life, and thoroughly understands every detail of the industry. His identity with Rives dates from 1904. Here he has a plant that covers three acres, at the junction of the Mobile & Ohio and the Illinois Central railroads. He has a hundred h. p. engine and five large drying sheds, and forty hands are regularly employed, while the output of the factory is forty thousand staves daily.

Mr. Carter is a native of Ohio, born in 1867, and is the son of P. G. and Sarah E. Carter, Virginians by birth. P. G. Carter came to Tennessee in 1893 and here for years he has successfully carried on agricultural pursuits. In his family were six sons, of whom F. P. of this review is the fourth in order of birth. F. P. Carter was reared and educated in Indiana, where his parents lived for a number of years, and where he had his first experience in the stave business. He came to Tennessee in 1893 and ten years later established himself in Rives, where he has since resided.

Mr. Carter was married in 1900 to Miss Mattie Kelsey, and they have one son, — F. P. Jr.

Mr. Carter has membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World, and he has served as a member of the board of aldermen of Rives.

1900 Census, Lawrence County, TN
Second District, ED: 50, Sheet 4B
Lines 68-75; Enum-Dwelling #68; Enum-Family #71
CARTER, George (head) W-M, born-Oct-1868, 31, mar-10yrs, WV-VA-VA, Factory operation, staves, Rents-home
“, Laura (wife) W-F, born-Mar-1870, 30, 3-children/3-living, IN-IN-IN
“, Ethel G. (dau) W-F, born-Nov-1890, 9, IN-VA-IN
“, Mabel V. (dau) W-F, born-Dec-1893, 6, MO-VA-IN
“, Elvie F. (dau) W-F, born-Feb-1896, 4, IL-VA-IN
“, Phillip G. (father) W-M, born-Mar-1829, 71, Wid’r, VA-VA-VA
“, Frank (brother) W-M, born-Nov-1867, 32, single, OH-VA-VA, Factory operation, staves
DUNAWAY, Wilber P. (boarder) W-M, born-Apr-1860, 40, single, TN-TN-TN, Stave-operative

1910 Census, Obion County, TN
Rives City, Fourth Civil District; ED:116, Sheet 1A, stamped page #73
Lines 36-39; Enum-Dwelling #10; Enum-Family #10
CARTER, F. P. (head), M-W, 42, married-9-yrs, OH-VA-VA, Manufacturer, Barrel Staves; owns-home, free-of-mortgage
“, Martha (wife), F-W, 30, 1-child/1-living, IN-IN-IN
“, F. P. Jr (son), M-W, 5, TN-OH-IN

1920 Census, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Blytheville City, Ward 2, Chickasawba, ED:149, Sheet 2B
606 Fifth Street, Lines 52-55; Enum-Dwelling #30; Enum-Family #38
CARTER, Frank P. (head) owns-home, free-of-mortgage, M-W, age-52, OH-VA-VA, Superintendent, Stave-Mill
“, Mattie (wife) F-W, age-38, IN-IN-IN
“, Russell (son) M-W, 5-7/12, AR-VA-IN
“, James W. (son) M-w, 2-8/12, AR-OH-IN

1930 Census, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Blytheville City, Ward 2, Chickasawba Township, ED: 47-13; Sheet 14B
606 Fifth Street, Lines 74-79; Enum-Dwelling #325; Enum-Family #333
CARTER, Frank P. (head), owns-home, $2000, M-W, 62, mar-at-age-33, OH-VA-VA, Manager, Stave-Mill
“, Martha (wife) age-50, mar-at-age-21, IN-IN-IN
“, Russell (son) age-15, AR-OH-IN
“, James W. (son) age-13, AR-OH-IN
“, Charles (son) age-9, AR-OH-IN
KELSEY, Mary (mother-in-law), age-88, widow, IN-IN-IN