DEATH: Believed to have died in Dayton, Webster County Iowa. As noted below
he was still in Chittenango in 1908 so the Dayton info could be
incorrect.
Excerpt: Madison County Times - July 10, 1908
Geo. W. has just received an old photo with which he is pleased. It is
a picture of Martello Tower, Tybee Island SC, the first fortification
in the U.S. The photo was taken in 1864 and was presented to Mr.
Carpenter by Capt. L.F. Briggs. Mr. C. was in Company I, 157th
Regiment & Briggs was Capt. At the time the photo was taken the
Regiment was in camp in the locality of the Island. It is at the
entrance of the Savannah River and is now a great summer resort. The
fortress was built of oyster shells and cement.
During 1864/65 Served with the 157th Infantry Company I New York State
Volunteers during the American Civil War. Fought in a number of battles
in Maryland, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
CIVIL WAR Vet!
RESIDENCE: Madison County Times - May 11, 1906 - Treasurer and Manager
of Central NY Pottery has rented the Perry house on Polytechnic
St and will move his family here from Auburn
April 24, 1914 - E.R. Carpenters moving from Presbyterian parsonage
where they have been living temporarily, to the house on Arch St.
bought from L.V. Evans Jr.
12796. Harriet Francelia Carpenter
DEATH: From the Madison County Times: Harriet Carpenter Dies in Canada.
Mrs George Olmstead, S.R. received word Monday of the death of her
sister Harriet Draper at Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ms Draper
was 85 years old on February 5. she was born and educated and married
at Chittenango Stn. and was the daughter of Reuben and Hannah
Carpenter of that place. Mrs George Olmstead S.R. is the last of nine
children. Mrs Draper died Mar 19 and was buried the 22 of March at her
home.
Charles Jerome Draper, born in 1849 in Syracuse, New
York and Harriet Francelia Carpenter, born February 5, 1852
in Chittenango, Madison County, New York were married in
Canastota, New York.
The Drapers resided first in Phillips, Wisconsin and moved
to Oconto, Nebraska in approximately 1892. They then
decided to move to the Battleford area and travelled by covered
wagon from Oconto, Nebraska in 1902. They brought three of
their four children with them - Ernest, born May 17, 1891
in Phillips, Wisconsin; Edna, born in 1886 and Cloyde, born
April 18, 1895. Bert, their oldest son born July 2, 1879,
had married before the family moved to Canada and then
Charles Jerome Draper, born in 1849 in Syracuse, New York. They
moved to California where he resided until his death at the age of
ninety-seven, November 28, 1974. The Drapers also had another
son, Elmer, born May 3, 1882, who died in infancy.
The Drapers first rented the Dick Laurie farm south-east of
the barracks in Battleford, Saskatchewan before
homesteading in the Cleveland
School District in 1908. Charles sowed wheat by hand right
into the prairie grass and then plowed it under. The crop
that year yielded forty bushels to the acre and as there were
no elevators at that time, they had to put the wheat in bags,
weighed and took it to Battleford by team and wagon and sold
it to Prince's for sixty cents a bushel. They plowed with
three horses and a walking plow and then walked behind harrows
in dust and heat to work the land. In about 1911, the
Drapers moved to a quarter section opposite the Cleveland
School. Ernest and Edna had attended school in Nebraska
but only Cloyde attended Cleveland School after it was built.
The family continued to reside at this location, Charles passing
away January 12, 1933 and Harriet, March 20, 1936.
SSN 569-78-9695
DEATH: Died in infancy.
BIRTH: Ernest Draper was born May 17, 1891 in Phillips, Wisconsin, U.S.A. His
family moved to Oconto, Nebraska in 1894. He then came to Canada to
the Battleford area with his parents, Charles and Harriet Draper, when
they moved from Oconto in 1902. He was ten years old at the time but
can vividly remember the trip by covered wagon. He claims to have
walked most of the way because the children used to run along the
railway tracks and pick up bits of coal and whatever they could find
to use for fuel in the cook stove in the covered wagon where his
mother used to cook the meals and bake bread.
They first lived near Battleford and then moved to a quarter section
in the Cleveland School District in 1904. The school was built in the
early 1900's but Ernest and Edna did not attend, however, their
younger brother, Cloyde, did attend Cleveland School. As he grew
older, he was able to assist his father in Farming the land and went
on a trip in search of land in Fort Fraser and Vanderhoof, B.C. area
in 1919. He didn't find land so returned to help his father on the
farm.
As time went on and social activities took place at the school, he was
able to get a glimpse of a young lady named Lillian Maud Liggins.
Lillian, although very shy, used to play the piano for some of the
school activities and he would always keep an eye on her. He then
began to court her and after about a year,,they were married on April
19-?9. The, first resided with his wife's parents (Robert Leonard
and Martha Annie Liggins) after which they moved into their own little
home not far from Cleveland School. By then, Ernest and Lillian had a
daughter, Elsie May, born May 5, 1930, and a son, Ernest James, born
January 7, 1932.
In 1933, Ernest's father passed away so he and his family moved in
with his mother to help with the farm work-. His mother passed away in
1936. The 1930's had been very bad years for everyone in the area
and, as a result, a mortgage had built up on the fathers's farm and
Ernest was left to pay this off. However, because of seven years
without crops, the mortgage continued to grow with interest piling up,
back taxes and seed grain liens were laid against the land. Things
looked hopeless The dust storms were so bad you would have to light
the coal oil lamp in the middle of the day because of it being so
dark. Horses were turned loose to try and find feed and Ernest had
stacked Russian thistle while green for the cows to eat as there was
absolutely no other feed to get. They would stand at the stack and
eat whatever they wanted. Ernest went and got dry wood off a road
allowance, took it home and sawed it into stove wood lengths. The
next day, he loaded it into a wagon box and took it to North
Battleford fifteen miles away to sell in order to buy groceries. After
traveling up and down the streets trying to sell it, He got the large
sum of $2.00 - that was the last straw!
Finally, in 1945, Ernest had a fairly good crop. However, a snowstorm
came in September and he was unable to harvest so had to sell the
cattle, pigs and turkeys as there was no feed. The nine head of
cattle sold for $264.00 and he had to pay have them hauled to, town.
That December, 1945, Ernest, with his wife and familv moved to North
Battleford because of the poor crop, their daughter was alreadv
attending High School in Battleford which was added expense, their son
would soon be attending High School, and they were expecting another
child. They also had Lillian's mother residing with them as she was
in poor health Then on March 30, 1946, another daughter was born
Eileen Muriel. This event brought a lot of happiness and joy, to the
whole family.
Ernest and Lillian both worked at whatever work they could get as well
as working the farm. Ernest obtained employment as a nightwatchman at
Sterling Millwork which he did for many,many, years, both Lillian and
Ernest cared for an apartment block for twenty-five years, and Lillian
did day work whenever she could. After movinq to town, thev had a
good crop on the farm so managed to pay off the mortgage, taxes, seed
grain and get everything clear.
He moved to New Westminster BC about 1940. He lived mainly with his
daughter Eliizabeth (Betty) and her husband Bill Betz for many years.
In the 1960's he lived with his son Bill's family.
He moved to Aggasiz BC in the late 1960's and subsequently moved to
Lone Butte BC on Watch Lake Rd a few years later. He was hospitalized
in 1985 and subsequently died in the Kamloops BC Hospital.
Religion and other issues fragmented his family and his children and
grandchildren who were alienated from either Cloyde or Rose for the
rest of their lives.
12797. William Elwin Carpenter
NOTE: His parents lived in Bolivar NY briefly when his father Reuben had
charge of the work of obtaining stone for the Bridges and Culverts for
the expansion of the Erie Canal.
NAME: Went by Carrie.
Leroy Carpenter, serving his second term as highway superintendent of
the town of Sullivan, was killed in the line of duty Monday afternoon
when the truck he was operating was struck by the east-bound fast mail
passenger train No. 38, at the car crossing on the New York canal, a
little over a mile west of Chittenango. The truck Mr. Carpenter was
operating was demolished and hurled many feet from the scene of the
crash and the body was thrown twenty-five feet from the wrecked truck.
Members of the town highway crew, under his supervision saw the
approaching train and shouted vain warnings. The had to stand
helplessly by and see their leader meet his death.
The work at the crossing had been undertaken by Mr. Carpenter as a
safety measure, to remove the earth banks from the approaches to the
crossing and make possible for those using the road to have a better
opportunity to see approaching trains. Two fatal accidents occurred
at the crossing recently. On July 28, Mr. Carpenter's son Harold,
driving a town truck, was struck and injured and later Henry King's
tractor was demolished when he drove onto the track in front of a
train. A short time ago Mr. Carpenter had obtained permission from
railroad officials to remove the obstructing banks.
During the work he repeatedly warned his men to use extra care, had
erected guard rails as an added safety measure and constantly
patrolled the work to protect his men and those using the road. Just
before the fatal accident he took special precautions to keep from
danger children living on near-by farms and who were watching the
work.
Leroy Carpenter was born in northern Sullivan October 16, 1886. His
parents were William and Carolyn Carpenter.
He married Miss Amelia Gibbs. She survives him, as do also five sons,
Carl, whose marriage to Muriel Tanner of Canastota took place Saturday
night, and who was on his wedding trip when the accident occurred, and
Donald, Harold, Robert and Arthur, all of Chittenango. There are also
two sister, Mrs. John Centner and Mrs. Howard Bender, both of
Chittenango Station, and four brothers, William and Fred of
Chittenango Station and Chester of Chittenango and Clifford of
Canastota. His mother, Mrs. Carrie Carpenter, also survives.
Mr. Carpenter was one of the best-known and highly esteemed men of the
town. He had twice been elected town superintendent of highways, the
second time by a record majority. His work was outstanding and won
him an increasing number of friends and supporters. Before being
elected to town office he spent several years in various branches of
work in the county highway department, holding a responsible
supervisory position there at the time he became a candidate for town
office. He was a member of the Grange and of the Chittenango Fire
Company, of which he had served both as company president and as fire
chief.
The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon. There was a private
family prayer service at the home at 1:30, followed by a public
funeral at the Methodist Church, with Rev. Harold Steer officiating.
Friends and business associates from all parts of the county attended
the church service. Burial was at Fyler.
Members of the Fire Co. attended the funeral in a body in uniform. The
Grange and County Highway Superintendent Association also attended as
did Town Officials and the County Highway Department.
The train which struck the truck causing Mr. Carpenter's death stopped
as soon as possible and the crew returned to the scene. Later the
train continued its run. Coroner Boyd was assisted in his preliminary
investigation by Troopers Harold Lutz, Robert Wyllie, Brannigan,
Brunkhurst, and Sargenti of Oneida.
Members of the road crew working on the job and who witnessed the
tragedy were: Merle Weeks, Thomas Austin, Clifford Moth, Judson
Wheeler and James Devine.
Submitted by Ken Warkentin.
warke@mountain-inter.net
The death of William R. Carpenter, who had been ill at his home at
North Chittenango for several months, took place at his home Monday of
this week. The funeral was Wednesday afternoon from the home, with
Rev. A. L. Bates of the Free Methodist Church at Chittenango Station
officiating. Burial was at Fyler.
Mr. Carpenter was born in this town May 28, 1887. He was the son of
William and Caroline Carpenter. He attended school at the Station and
thirty years ago married Oretta Keenly of the Station. The ceremony
took place at the Presbyterian parsonage in this village. Mr.
Carpenter was a member of the Free Methodist Church. He was an
esteemed citizen of the town and community where he live. He was a
brother of the late Leroy Carpenter, who was killed last summer in the
performance of his duty as town superintendent of highway, by a train
at the crossing at Bolivar, west of this village.
William Carpenter is survived by his wife, also by two daughters, Mrs.
Raymond Sawyer and Miss Noama Carpenter, and one son, Jerold
Carpenter; also by four brothers, Chester of this village, Fred and
Walter of the Station and Clifford of Canastota, and by two sisters,
Mrs. John Centner and Mrs. Howard Bender, both of the Station. His
mother, Mrs. Caroline Carpenter, also survives.
Resided in Vermillion, SD.
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AARON CARPENTER, who is associated with his sons under the firm
name of A. Carpenter & Sons, in the ownership and operation of the
Vermillion Nursery and Fruit Farm, which is located in the immediate
proximity of the city of Vermillion, is a native of the old Green
Mountain state and a scion of a family whose name has been identified
with American history from the colonial epoch, when the original
progenitors in the new world came hither from England and established a
home in New England. He was born in Concord, Vermont, on the 7th of
July, 1826, and thus will soon join the ranks of the octogenarians. He
is a son of Jedidiah and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Carpenter, both of whom
were born and reared in New Hampshire, whence they removed to Vermont,
where the father was engaged in farming until 1858, when he came to
,SD, being one of the earliest settlers in Clay , where
he passed the remainder of his life, his death here occurring September
21, 1886, at which time he was eighty-four years of age. His devoted
wife died in Vermont, in 1847, at the age of fifty-one years. They
became the parents of four children, namely: Lyman, who died in
Washington in 1900; Aaron, who is the immediate subject of this sketch;
Mary, who is the wife of Charles Stacey, of Vermillion; and John, who
died in Washington, in 1898.
In 1858 the subject's father located in ,NE, and two years
later first stepped foot on the soil of the territory of Dakota. From
Dubuque, Iowa, he made the trip overland with ox-teams, and he located
just across the Missouri river in Dixon , ,NE, where he
remained until 1861, in February of which year he took up his permanent
residence in Clay , ,SD, where he took up government
land, here passing the remainder of his life. The country was on the
very frontier of civilization, and Vermillion was then nothing more than
an isolated trading post. The subject was reared and educated in
Vermont, and was thirty years of age at the time when he came with his
father to the west. In 1861 he established his permanent home in Clay
, this state, taking up one hundred and sixty acres of government
land, and erecting a log house on the same, after which he turned his
attention to the reclamation of a farm from the virgin wilderness, and
here he has ever since maintained his home, the farm being one of the
best improved and most eligibly located in the , adjoining the
city of Vermillion. In 1873 Mr. Carpenter began the propagation of
fruits of various kinds, and he has since devoted special attention to
this line of enterprise, while his fruit farm and nursery are among the
best to be found in the state, the business ramifying into the most
diverse sections of ,SD, as well as into adjoining states,
while the firm of which he is at the head enjoys the highest reputation
for reliability and for the excellence of all products. The nursery
department of the enterprise offers the best of products in apples,
crab-apple, plum, pear, cherry and other trees, while special attention
is given to the raising of scions in the small fruit-line, as well as
roses, garden roots, flowering plants of varied kinds, ornamental shrubs
and forest-tree seedlings, evergreens and shade trees. From the
Vermillion farm in season are shipped large quantities of fruit, and the
same finds a ready market at the maximum prices. In the year 1903 more
than twenty thousand grafts were put out in the nursery.
In politics, Mr. Carpenter is a staunch adherent of the Republican
party, and he has ever taken an active interest in public affairs. He
was a member of the territorial legislature for two terms-in 1867 and
1868-9 and was a member of the first board of county commissioners of
Clay , whose organization was effected in 1862. He and his wife
are prominent and valued members of the United Brethren church, and have
long been active in church and social affairs.
On the 21st of June, 1849, in Concord, Vermont, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Carpenter to Miss Kezia Russell, who was born and reared
in Middlesex, that state, being a daughter of Rev. John M. and Sarah
(Foss) Russell, her father having been a clergymen of the Baptist
church. Of the four children of the subject and his wife, we offer the
following information: George L. who was born on the 9th of March, 1862,
is associated in business with his father, as a member of the firm of A.
Carpenter & Sons, and has the practical management of the enterprise at
the present time, being a careful and able business man and one who is
thoroughly informed in the practical and theoretical details of fruit
culture and general nursery work. He was married on the 12th of October,
1887, to Miss Mary Auther, a daughter of James Auther, of this ,
and they have five children, namely: Ellen K., Arthur A., Francis M.,
William A. and Joseph W. He is a Republican in politics and is a
progressive and loyal citizen of the state in which he has passed
practically his entire life. Alba, the oldest of birth, is a resident of
Fort Gamble, Washington, where he is engaged in farming; he married Emma
Ridell, of Yankton, May 22, 1872, and they have two children living,
Jennie May Hicks and Ethel K. Johnson. John, who was born on the 14th of
October, 1869, is still at the parental home and is an active member of
the firm of A. Carpenter & Sons, being an able coadjutor of his father
and brother; and Carrie M. is the wife of Edward Coles, a successful
farmer of this county; they have one child, George A.
Resided at Marlborough, NH
Of Gilsum, NH
Of Winchester, NH Resided in Winchester, NH
20458. Charles Edward Carpenter
Resided in Chicopee Falls, ,MA.
Of Marlboro.
Of Vermont.
Carpenter, Davis. Child: Walter R., d. Sept. 18, 1873, 1 m., 21 d.
12816. Curtis Charles Carpenter
Resided in Minnesota.2 SOUR S203
Sarah and her sister Susan married brothers (James and Curtis)
Sarah had six children
He was from Alstead Center, NH