Carter, Margaret Hooper, 1896-1981.

Margaret Ellen Hooper Carter was born September 9, 1896, in Groton, Vermont, the daughter of Ellen Abbie (Millis) (1872-1951) and Amasa Livingston Hooper (1870-1965). According to her 1980 autobiography, the family lived on several different farms in North Ryegate when Margaret and her brother, Nelson, were growing up. Margaret Hooper graduated from Peacham Academy in 1914, taught in Groton several years, and attended Castleton (Vt.) Normal School. She later taught school in St. Johnsbury from 1946 to 1962. However, on her first teacher's contract she also lists a B. of Ed. Degree and eleven years prior teaching experience.

Margaret Hooper married William Henry Carter (1895-1973) of Groton on July 3, 1918. Their daughter, Isabelle (1919-1973), married Philip Anderson Stevens; the Carter's son, Donald, born in 1921, died during WWII in 1944 in Anzio, Italy; Dorothy, his twin, married Judson Bryce and died in 1973. Margaret retired to St. Petersburg, Florida, where she died in 1981.

Marion Farrington, a frequent correspondent with Margaret Hooper, was another 1914 graduate of Peacham Academy. She was born in Danville, Vermont on September 11, 1896, the daughter of Maggie (Peck) and George E. Farrington of Peacham, Vermont. Marion married Alfred W. Doenges in 1934 and they lived in Burlington, Vermont. Marion Doenges died in March, 1974 in Burlington.

From the description of Margaret Hooper Carter papers, 1833-1949 bulk: 1905-1918. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 771027848