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John Porter CARLETON

Male 1899 - 1977  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Porter CARLETON was born on 13 Sep 1899 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire (son of Dr. Elmer Howard CARLETON and Louise PORTER); died in Jan 1977 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

    Notes:

    Political Graveyard: Carleton, John P. of Bedford, Hillsborough, N.H. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1948. Still living as of 1948.

    U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum: John P. Carleton was a true skiing pioneer in the north eastern United States. He captained the Dartmouth Ski Team, and later the Oxford University Ski Team, where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. A lawyer he was also a veteran of both World Wars. He was on the first U.S. Olympic Ski Team, competing in Chamonix in 1924 in the cross country and nordic combined events. With Charles Proctor he was, in 1931, the first to climb and ski the Tuckerman headwall. In 1932 he competed in the Eastern Amateur Ski Association’s first downhill race on Mount Mooselauke. He also was successful in obtaining Civilian Conservation Corps funds for the development of 15 ski trails in New Hampshire.

    Register of Rhodes Scholars, 1903-1945 – p. 188
    from Rhodes Trust (Oxford, England), University of Oxford Rhodes Scholarships, C. K. Allen - 1950 - 290 pages
    Carleton, John Porter (New Hampshire)., b. 13 Sept. 1899. Hanover HSc. [...] Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., & Dartmouth Coll. AB Magdalen 1922-5. Jurispr. 3rd CI. B.A. 1925.. L.T. v. Camb. 1923–5 (Capt. 1925). 1925– : Practice of Law, Manchester, N.H. ; 1928–9: Asst. Attorney-Gen. for N.H. 1939–45; Capt. to Maj., U.S. Army Air Corps; European theater; Bronze Star Medal. m. Alicia Prescott Skinner. One s. Two d. 40 Stark St., Manchester, NH

    A Genealogical and Biographical Record Concerning Amos Reed and Annie (Webb) Reed and All Their Descendants to January 1, 1955.
    Worrall Dumont Prescott, 1956 (ISBN:1417300841)
    Children of Dr. Elmer Howard Carleton and Louise Porter Carleton.
    1. John Porter Carleton (only child).
    Born, Sept. 13, 1899, Hanover, New Hampshire.
    Married, Alice Prescott Skinner, July 1, 1931, Paris, France.
    Alice Prescott Skinner, daug. of Ord Prescott Skinner and Alice Van Loan Carrick Skinner.
    John graduated from Hanover High School; Phillips-Andover Academy; Dartmouth College, with a B.A. Degree, in 1922; Oxford University, England, with a B.A. and B.C.L. Degree. During his Junior year at Dartmouth he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a practicing attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire and a member of the Law Firm of “McLane, Carleton, Graf, Green & Brown.” In World War I he served as a Sergeant in the US Army and in World War II was a Major in the US Air Corps, 1942-1945. Alice attended Hanover High School; Northampton School for Girls; and Smith College. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa while at Smith. She also attended University of Grenoble and Sorbonne University in France.

    Children of John Porter Carleton and Alice Prescott Skinner Carleton. John a son of Dr. Elmer Howard Carleton and Louise Porter Carleton. Dr. Elmer a son of Amanda T. Perkins Carleton and Leonard Carleton.
    1. Anthony Wayne Carleton
    Born, Jan. 22, 1935, Manchester, New Hampshire.
    He is a Senior at Dartmouth College (Class of 1956)
    2. Janet Porter Carleton
    Born, Jan 20, 1933, Manchester, New Hampshire.
    Married, Dr. Jonathan Snow Lewis, Jr., Dec. 24, 1951, Manchester, New Hampshire. Dr. Jonathan Snow Lewis, Jr., son of Jonathan Snow and Pearl Woodward Lewis. Born Mar. 14, 1919, Concord, New Hampshire. They live in Bedford, New Hampshire. Their children: (1). Stephanie Lewis, born, May 13, 1953, Ayer, Massachusetts. (2). Jonathan Snow Lewis, III, born, Oct. 13, 1955, Ayer, Massachusetts. Janet attended Manchester High School, Manchester, New Hampshire; Saint Mary’s, Littleton, New Hampshire; Saint Mary’s, Littleton, New Hampshire; and the University of Colorado.
    Dr. Jonathan attended Concord High School, Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire University; and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Veterinary. He served two stretches in the U. S. Army. The last being in North Africa. He held the Rank of Major.
    3. Alice Prescott Carleton
    Born, Sept. 5, 1941, Manchester, New Hampshire.

    John married Alicia Prescott SKINNER on 1 Jul 1931 in Paris, Seine, France. Alicia (daughter of Prescott Orde SKINNER and Alice Van Leer CARRICK) was born on 10 Dec 1909 in New Hampshire; died in Dec 1981 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    From The American Oxonian, Association of American Rhodes Scholars, 1931
    J.P. Carleton, (New Hampshire and Magadalen) according to indirect but reliable news, was married in Paris, on July first, to Miss Alicia Prescott Skinner. He is a member of the law firm of McLane, Davis, & Carleton, Manchester,

    Children:
    1. Janet Porter CARLETON was born on 20 Jan 1933 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
    2. Anthony Wayne CARLETON was born on 22 Jan 1935 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
    3. Alice Prescott CARLETON was born on 5 Sep 1941 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. Elmer Howard CARLETON was born in Jul 1868 in Dresden, Lincoln, Maine; died on 1 Jun 1952 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire.

    Notes:

    He was a physician, specialist in diseases of eye, ear and throat. He came to Hanover in 1893.

    Elmer married Louise PORTERTroy, Rensselaer, New York. Louise (daughter of John Foster PORTER and Mary Blair) was born in Jul 1874 in New York; died after 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Louise PORTER was born in Jul 1874 in New York (daughter of John Foster PORTER and Mary Blair); died after 1952.
    Children:
    1. 1. John Porter CARLETON was born on 13 Sep 1899 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; died in Jan 1977 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Foster PORTER

    John married Mary Blair. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Blair
    Children:
    1. 3. Louise PORTER was born in Jul 1874 in New York; died after 1952.