Ernest Victor Carter (Ashland, OR)
Ernest Victor Carter (October 13, 1860 – January 3, 1933)
Biography
- Name: Ernest Victor Carter
- Birth: Oct 13, 1860 Elkader, Clayton County, IA
- Death: Jan 3, 1933 Ashland, OR
- Spouse: Anna M. (Fox) Carter (m.1884)
- Son of banker Harry B. Carter
- Nephew of banker Elbert Victor Carter
Obituary Source: The Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon, Thursday Jan 5, 1933, p4.
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR E. V. CARTER, ASHLAND, FRIDAY
Ashland, Ore. Jan. 5 (AP) Funeral services for Ernest V. Carter. 72, long prominent in republican party circles in Oregon, and one time speaker of the house In the Oregon legislature, will be held here Friday at 2:30 pm. He died Tuesday night.
Carter was the oldest active banker in point service in Oregon and was the organizer of the Oregon State Bankers Association. He was one of Southern Oregon's most prominent citizens.
Mr. Carter was prominently identified with the Ashland lodge of Elks and was one of its charter members. He was affiliated with all branches of the Masonic lodge in Ashland. His widow, Mrs. Anna Fox Carter, survives.
Mr. Carter was one of the outstanding citizens of his city, county and state, and for many years had been conspicuous in civic, political and financial affairs. He had served Jackson county in the state legislature, both in the senate and the house. In the latter body, he was chosen speaker. He was for many years high in the councils of the Republican party in Oregon.
Ernest Victor Carter was born at Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa, October 13, 1860. He was educated in the public schools there and at the State Agricultural College at Ames. From 1880 to 1883 he was assistant and cashier of the First National Bank at Elkader.
In 1884 he came with his father, the late H. B. Carter, to Ashland, and they established the Bank of Ashland in 1884, in the building now occupied by the State Bank of Ashland. For years he served as cashier of the first bank in Ashland. Later the Bank of Ashland was nationalized and became United States National Bank of Ashland, with Mr. Carter as president.
Later still, the First National Bank of Ashland was merged with the U. S. National and Mr. Carter became president of the consolidated institution, the present First National Bank of Ashland, which position he held at the time of his death. Mr. Carter was recognized as the dean of the banking fraternity in Oregon by reason of his long service, and was active in the organization of the State Bankers' association, of which he was one of the early presidents.
He was well known in fraternal circles. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity for more than 50 years. A charter member of the Knights Templar Commandery, Malta No. 4, at Ashland, he was active in its institution in 1890. Mr. Carter was also active in the organization and institution of Hillah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Ashland in 1909, and served as potentate in its early history. He was past master of Ashland Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and for many years up to the time of his death was treasurer of the lodge. He was also affiliated with the Scottish Rite. He was also prominently identified with the establishment of the Elks lodge at Ashland and served it as exalted ruler, taking a great interest at all times up to the date of his death in the charitable activities of the lodge.
Mr. Carter was married on April 6, 1884. to Anna M. Fox of Elkader, at the home of the latter's sister in Colorado, and the bride and groom came to their new home in Oregon on their wedding trip. Mrs. Carter survives her husband, as do several nephews and nieces, grand nephews and nieces and great grand nephews and nieces.
The body lay in state at the Dodge funeral parlors in Ashland Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Funeral services will be conducted at the Elks temple in Ashland on Friday at 2:30 under the auspices of the Elks. The body will be taken to Portland for cremation with services at the crematorium on Saturday at 2 pm.
Bank Officer Summary
During his banking career, E. V. Carter was involved with the following bank(s):
- First National Bank, Elkader, IA (Charter 1815): Cashier 1882-1883
- United States National Bank, Ashland, OR (Charter 9431): President 1913; Cashier 1909-1910
- First National Bank, Ashland, OR (Charter 5747): President 1914-1932
References
- Ernest V. Carter Obituary in The Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon, Thursday Jan 5, 1933, p4.
- Ancestry.com and Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10857019/ernest-v.-carter
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com