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Dr. Wallace A. Carter, physician and surgeon at Ozark, Ark., was born in Franklin County, Ala., August 13, 1829. His father, Judge John C. Cater, was born in Albemarle County, Va., his parents being early settlers of that State. After reaching manhood he married Mary M. Aldridge, a native of the same county. In 1820 he moved to Alabama, and there engaged in planting until 1836, after which he lived in Mississippi until 1857. He then settled in Sebastian County, Ark., where he died two years later. While in Mississippi he served as county judge, and held several local offices. Wallace Carter passed his youth in Mississippi, and after receiving a good English education he began to study medicine at the age of nineteen, under Dr. T. A. Carter, of Ozark [see sketch]. After attending a course of lectures at Louisville, Ky., in the winter of 1850-51, he practiced some in Mississippi, and in January, 1852, established himself in Ozark, where he has since lived. He soon became well known, and his practice extended over a radius of about forty miles. In 1874 he started a well-stocked drug store, and from 1858 until 1861 has been engaged in the mercantile business. During the war he held the position of assistant surgeon in the Confederate army until the close of the war, serving in hospitals in Arkansas the greater part of the time after which he resumed his medical profession in Ozark. While he was in the army service his family resided in Texas, but in June, 1865, rejoined him. April 5, 1859, Dr. Carter was married, at Clarksville, to Ann Marr, a native of Randolph County, Ark., and daughter of Thomas O. Marr, of the same county. This union has been blessed with seven children: Jean J. Champ, Emma B., Sallie B., Jessie W., Lela, Norma and an infant. Mrs. Carter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Carter is Past Master of Ozark Masonic Lodge No. 79, and is the first Mason initiated at this lodge. He is one of the highly respected citizens of Ozark, and is still enjoying a good practice.