Edward Carter was born in Virginia to two ex-slaves. The family moved to Iowa in 1882 as where Carter's father worked as a coal miner.
Carter graduated from the Iowa Medical College in 1907, the college's first Black graduate.
He returned to Buxton and worked as a physician to care for coal miners and their families.
Carter passed away in Detroit, Mich. in 1956.
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