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[[File:The Carter family store in the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.jpg|thumb|alt=A rural storehouse with a small windmill next to it|The Carter family store, part of [[Jimmy Carter National Historical Park|Carter's Boyhood Farm]], in [[Plains, Georgia]]]] | [[File:The Carter family store in the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.jpg|thumb|alt=A rural storehouse with a small windmill next to it|The Carter family store, part of [[Jimmy Carter National Historical Park|Carter's Boyhood Farm]], in [[Plains, Georgia]]]] | ||
James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in [[Plains, Georgia]], at the [[Wise Sanitarium]], where his mother worked as a registered nurse.{{sfn|Godbold|2010|p=9}} Carter thus became the first American president born in a hospital.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}} He is the eldest child of [[Bessie Lillian Gordy]] and [[James Earl Carter Sr.]], and a descendant of English immigrant Thomas Carter, who settled in the [[Colony of Virginia]] in 1635.{{sfn|Kaufman|Kaufman|2013|p=70}}{{sfn|Carter|2012|p=10}} In Georgia, numerous generations of Carters worked as cotton farmers.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|p=9}} Plains was a [[boomtown]] of 600 people at the time of Carter's birth. His father was a successful local businessman who ran a [[general store]] and was an investor in farmland.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|p=114}} Carter's father had previously served as a reserve second lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps]] during | James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in [[Plains, Georgia]], at the [[Wise Sanitarium]], where his mother worked as a registered nurse.{{sfn|Godbold|2010|p=9}} Carter thus became the first American president born in a hospital.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}} He is the eldest child of [[Bessie Lillian Gordy]] and [[James Earl Carter Sr.]], and a descendant of English immigrant Thomas Carter, who settled in the [[Colony of Virginia]] in 1635.{{sfn|Kaufman|Kaufman|2013|p=70}}{{sfn|Carter|2012|p=10}} In Georgia, numerous generations of Carters worked as cotton farmers.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|p=9}} Plains was a [[boomtown]] of 600 people at the time of Carter's birth. His father was a successful local businessman who ran a [[general store]] and was an investor in farmland.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|p=114}} Carter's father had previously served as a reserve second lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps]] during World War I.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|p=114}} | ||
During Carter's infancy, his family moved several times, settling on a dirt road in nearby [[Archery, Georgia|Archery]], which was almost entirely populated by impoverished [[African American]] families.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}}{{sfn|Biven|2002|p=57}} His family eventually had three more children: [[Gloria Carter Spann|Gloria]], [[Ruth Carter Stapleton|Ruth]], and [[Billy Carter|Billy]].{{sfn|Flippen|2011|p=25}} Carter got along well with his parents even though his mother was often absent during his childhood since she worked long hours, and although his father was staunchly [[Racial segregation in the United States|pro-segregation]], he allowed Jimmy to befriend the black farmhands' children.{{sfn|Newton|2016|p=172}} Carter was an enterprising teenager who was given his own acre of Earl's farmland, where he grew, packaged, and sold peanuts.{{sfn|Hamilton|2005|p=334}} Carter also rented out a section of tenant housing that he had purchased.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}} | During Carter's infancy, his family moved several times, settling on a dirt road in nearby [[Archery, Georgia|Archery]], which was almost entirely populated by impoverished [[African American]] families.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}}{{sfn|Biven|2002|p=57}} His family eventually had three more children: [[Gloria Carter Spann|Gloria]], [[Ruth Carter Stapleton|Ruth]], and [[Billy Carter|Billy]].{{sfn|Flippen|2011|p=25}} Carter got along well with his parents even though his mother was often absent during his childhood since she worked long hours, and although his father was staunchly [[Racial segregation in the United States|pro-segregation]], he allowed Jimmy to befriend the black farmhands' children.{{sfn|Newton|2016|p=172}} Carter was an enterprising teenager who was given his own acre of Earl's farmland, where he grew, packaged, and sold peanuts.{{sfn|Hamilton|2005|p=334}} Carter also rented out a section of tenant housing that he had purchased.{{sfn|Bourne|1997|pp=11–32}} | ||