Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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ARTHUR F. CARTER, 

one of the proprietors of the Bellevue Nurseries, corner of Grand avenue and Jefferson streets, 
Los Angeles, was born in Connecticut, January 27, 1854. His parents, John R. and Delia (Stockwell) 
Carter, were both natives of New England.  His father was connected with the mills in Connecticut 
and Massachusetts, and upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Eighteenth Connecticut 
Volunteer Infantry, and near the close of the war was killed in the battle of Piedmont, West Virginia, 
leaving one son and daughter. Mrs. Carter and her daughter are living in Connecticut. The son, 
Arthur F., the subject of this sketch, received his education in New England. In 1875 he went to 
Colorado and spent one season in the Hahn's Peak mines. The following spring he took land on Box 
Elder Creek, twenty-five miles from Denver, and engaged in sheep and cattle raising, and continued 
in this business five years. Owing to the very severe winters, he suffered heavy losses of stock. He 
closed his interests, and in December, 1881, came to California. After visiting many parts of the State 
he located in Los Angeles in the spring of 1882, and entered the employ of Milton Thomas, one of the 
most prominent nurserymen in the State. In 1887 he became interested in the business with Mr. Thomas, 
and since then has had entire charge of their extensive nurseries. He has made a study of horticulture, 
and makes a practical application of the most intelligent methods in the adaptation of soils in different 
locations for fruit-raising and the growth of ornamental shade trees, and his efforts have been attended 
with marked success. Mr. Carter was united in marriage May 12, 1886, with Miss Laura Thomas, a 
native of this State, and daughter of Milton Thomas.

 

An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 
1889   Page 414

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler