son of Albert Carlton and Martha McEwen.
husband of Martha Ann "Mattie" Skipper
Father to Golda, Odell, Leland, Freida and Ara

brother to :
ELLA LOUISE Carlton, born September 15, 1869; died February 17, 1958; married on June 26, 1894 William A. Southerland.
THOMAS NEWTON CARLTON, born December 27, 1872; died December 8, 1948; married (1) February 28, 1895 Ada Altman, divorced; (2) Priscilla Sauls(?), divorced; (3) Mrs. Alice Mobley Thornhill.
ALBERT WILLIAM CARLTON(known as Ab. W.), born January 17, 1875; died December 10, 1925; married (1) April 30, 1896 Cornelia Catherine Strickland, divorced; (2) Mrs. Louise (Claire) Barkley.
ALTON HUDSON CARLTON, born February 9, 1877; died January 13, 1967; married on April 14, 1898 Mary Vashti Whidden.
Carl Simeon Carlton, born September 3, 1880; died December 21, 1932; married (1) October 19, 1904 Daisy Platt; (2) September 1920 Emma Edwards.
GETTIS STEPHEN CARLTON, born September 2, 1882; died February 18, 1971; married (1) June 28, 1905, Margaret Kate Rainey; (2) Mrs. Bertie M. Head.
DOYLE ELAM CARLTON, Governor of Florida, born July 6, 1885; died October 25, 1972; married on July 30, 1912 Nell Ray.
LELAND FRANCIS CARLTON, born January 23, 1888; died June 1950; married on November 23, 1921 Margaret Brown.
LEFFIE MAHON CARLTON, born February 9, 1897; died March 8, 1983; married on May 27, 1917 Odell Imogene Ratliff.

married on March 8, 1905 to Martha Ann Skipper

CJ and his father Albert Carlton, according to the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) of June 26, 1902, "have purchased the residence, store and merchandise of B. L. Mitchel and will conduct the business in future." They then opened the Wauchula Hardware Company at the corner of Main Street and Fifth Avenue. In the normal course of business credit terms and occasional loans were extended, and soon plans were laid for a bank.

On March 15, 1904, Wauchula and present-day Hardee County's first bank, Carlton & Carlton Bank, was established in the corner of the Wauchula Hardware Company. Albert Carlton was president; Charles J. Carlton was cashier and Charles A. Roe assistant cashier. In 1909 a proper building of sand block was constructed. In 1913 the bank relocated to the Carlton Building on the corner of 5th Avenue. On February 15, 1915, the bank was incorporated as Carlton National Bank, The bank failed during the Great Depression but had until then been the area's leading financial institution.

CJ Carlton and family were early advocates of county division of DeSoto County. On March 13, 1907, Albert Carlton, Charles J. Carlton and five others were selected in a mass meeting held in the opera house in Wauchula to push county division before the coming legislative session. Not until April 23, 1921 was DeSoto County divided to form the counties of DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Glades, and Charlotte. Wauchula, which had been named the temporary county seat, was in an election held on December 30, 1921 chosen as the permanent county seat of the newly created Hardee County.