Erastus Carter
Erastus Carter, (deceased) was born in 1775 in Litchfield County, Conn.; married Miss Lois Fuller, oE the same county. They moved to Johnson Township, Trumbull Co. , Ohio, in 1805, and settled in Ravenna Township (then a part of the same county) in 1806. Here he purchased 700 acres of wild land from the Connecticut Land Company. They then went to work to clear their domain and redeem it from the wilderness. They raised a family of seven children: Howard, now living in Ravenna Township, this county; Mrs. Tuthala Judd, who died November, 1878, aged seventy-seven; Mrs. Lois Judd. who died in May, 1884, aged eighty; Erastus; Miles, who died in 1861, aged fifty-three; Myron, who died in 1836, aged twenty-one, and Ira still living in Ravenna Township. Mrs. Carter died in 1854, aged seventy-six. Mr. Carter followed her in 1867, aged ninety-two. He was very energetic in opening this county and developing its resources. He was an active member of the Masonic fraternity. Being originally a Whig, he supported the Democratic party at Jackson's second election and ever afterward. He was one of the honored pioneers whose memory will be handed down to future generations in connection with the services they have rendered in reclaiming a vast wilderness and laying the foundation for a broader and more permanent civilization.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885