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J. R. CARTER, farmer, P: 0. Fairfield, was born March 28, 1825, in Ohio County, Ky., son of Williarn Carter, born March..24, 1799,  in Virginia.  At the age of eight years, he was taken to Kentucky by his father, William Carter, who was a native of Virginia, but who idled in Kentucky.  William A. Carter came to, Wayne County in, November, 1828. He farmed, and died October 31, 1867. He was a fine old man.   The mother of our subject, Hannah (Haynes) Carter, was born May 7, 1797, in Virginia.   Her father, Josiah Haynes, was a farmer and a native of Virginia.  She is the mother of eight children, viz., John R. (our subject), Sallie (wife of George Felix), Judith Wright (deceased), Rolley (he died while in the United States Army), Polly Hustleton (deceased), William H., Margaret Foster (deceased) and Frank, the youngest (is also deceased).  Our subject was educated in this township, and here he has farmed all his life. He has 180 acres of land where he now resides, and 160 acres in Clay Connty, near Flora. He was married twice. His first wife, Rosannah Holt, was born in Ohio.  She died in Fairfield in 1865, on the 17th day on April, leaving three children, viz., Rosetta (deceased), Horace H. (deceased) and Charles L., born August 28, 1863. His second wife, Charlotta Darr, was born in Ohio. She died October 21, 1874, leaving three children, viz., William A. (born January  19, 1869), Frank W. (born March 27, 1871), John A (born January 29, 1878).  Mr. and Mrs. Carter are religiously connected with the Missionary Baptist Church.  He has filled both school and township offices.  He votes the Republican ticket. By dint of perseverance and hard work,  Mr. Carter, the subject of this sketch, has been mainly a self made man, and although at the present suffering from sickness, he is yet cheerful and good natures, looking back with pleasure on his past life and looking fearless into the future.