Amos Scott Carter, proprietor of the Sunny-Side Farm, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 7, 1837, a son of Samuel Carter, who was born in Harford County, Maryland, in 1806, and died in Guernsey County, Ohio. He was a farmer all his life, and his political views were Republican. Religiously he was a Friend or Quaker, and his children were also reared to that faith. Our subject's mother was Susan (Benson) Carter, a native of Harford County, and daughter of Amos Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Benson were the parents of three children: John, Mary Jane and Doudney, one of whom died when seventeen years of age. The mother died when Mr. Carter was but four years old.

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was taught to chop wood and grub and clear land, which was the foundation of his subsequent prosperous life. In 1867 he bid farewell to his father and birth place, and went to Nodaway County, Missouri, near Maryville, where he remained two years and nine months.

December 24, 1870, he came to Pottawattamie County, where he was among the early settlers, and where he has since remained. He became interested in the settlement and improvement of the county, and for several years acted as land agent, and it was through his influence that many of Washington Township's best citizens were induced to locate here. Mr. Carter now owns a fine farm of 240 acres, on which he has erected a beautiful home, a house 24 x 40 1/2 feet, which is surrounded by shade and ornamental trees and a grove of eight acres. The house is situated near the public road which divides the farm east and west. Opposite the house is a bearing orchard of fine fruit, of about two acres, which yields good crops. Nearby is a five-ton wagon and stock scales; a barn 32 x 48 feet, twelve feet high to square, which is convenient for twenty head of horses, with corn and oats bin and good hay loft. There are also a cattle feed lot, a shed 16 x 112 feet, a windmill and tank, a hog house adjoining, 18 x 48 feet; a hog pasture enclosed of thirty acres, which takes in the creek for the use of watering the stock. No better stock farm exists in the township. His farm is watered by the Middle Silver Creek, which flows through it. He is also engaged in stock-raising, of which he has some very high grades, and the next year he intends to devote his whole time to this business.

Mr. Carter was married in Guernsey County, Ohio, September 29, 1860, to Miss Melinda Hartley, daughter of Noah Hartley, a pioneer of Guernsey County, and a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Malone Hartley of English ancestry. The mother of Mrs. Carter was Millicent (Hall) Hartley, daughter of Isaac Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hartley reared thirteen children, eight of whom are now living, namely: William H., Phoebe, Arnold, Melinda, Sarah E. Smith, Uriah, Caleb, Samuel and Noah P. The mother died August 5, 1866.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter the parents of ten children, viz.: Millie Jane, born October 25, 1861, now the wife of James Boileau, an architect of South Omaha, Nebraska; Noah Elmer, foreman of planing-mill at South Omaha, born March 13, 1863; James Thomas Albert, born March 08, 1865, a wagon-maker and blacksmith by trade; John William, born November 8, 1866, is now living on the old homestead; Phoebe Adaletta, born July 9, 1869, is the wife of Henry H. Crawmer, a railroad man of Kansas; Amos Edwin, born February 25, 1871, a mechanic, is at home; Arthur Elwood, born May 31, 1873, also at home; Charles Tilmon, born July 7, 1875; Ruth Minnie, November 18, 1878; and George Alfred, July 17, 1881.

Politically Mr. Carter is a Republican, and also a member of the Christian Science Church.