Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA

Notes


17162. Cass Carpenter

Information on this family supplied by John Wilfred DeMott of
Rives Junction, MI. 4/1996.

CENSUS:
1860 US Census, St. Charles Twp., Saginaw county, MI - Pg 513, 7 June 1850
Age 7 - Living in the household of Elanson Carpenter, mother Julia age 36,
Sarah age 10, Frank age 3 and an Emma Carpenter was living in the same area in
the household of Benjamin and Catherine Holiday.
1870 US Census, St. Charles Twp, Saginaw county, MI - Pg 461.  Julia 40, Emma
age 15, Frank age 12, but no record of Cass.
1880 US Census, St. Charles Twp., Saginaw county, MI - Pg 2, ED320, 1 June 1880
Cass is age 28, wife Czarina A. age 28, and son John age 8 months.
1900 US Census, Arcada Twp., Gratiot county, MI - Village of Alma, ED45, Pg 19
Cass born Nov 1855, wife Minnie C., daughter Vevia age 6 and stepdaughter Della
Sylvester.

MARRIAGE: Marriage Record for Saginaw county 1867-1882 (MI F572.S17 M377
1950): Czarina A. Buckland, 25, St. Charles, born in NY to Cass Carpenter, 25
St. Charles, born in St. Charles, married June 30, 1877 at Chesaning.  Minister
J.M. McIntosh, Wm P. Dredge, J.P., Witnesses M. M. McIntosh and Hanitt E.
Thompson of Chesaning.  Certificate of Marriage Record Number 3881.  See also
LDS Family History Center info for same marriage date and marriage #2 info.
Marriage #2 to Minnie C. Frost and Cass Carpenter dated March 31, 1898.

DEATH: Certificae of Death: Cass Carpenter died on 3 May 1925 at the
County Farm, Marengo Twp., Calhoun county, MI - cause of death, carcinoma of
the bladder - usual place of abode, 82 1/2 Division St., Battle Creek.
Widowed, last wife Minnie.  DOB 26 Nov. 1851 in MI.  Occupation: teamster,
employee Battle Creek lumber - parents unknown, Informant Walter Carpenter.
Funeral Notice: Battle Creek Inquirer - Evening News, Wed. May 6, 11925, page
10,Funeral services for Cass Carpenter will be held Thursday morning at 10
o'clock from Spaulding Undertaking Parlors.  Burial will be made in Oak Hill.
(Microfilm to discolored to copy)
Saginaw County Cemeteries (MICH F572.S17 S33z): Chesaning Wildwood Cemetery,
Czarena Carpenter died May 30, 1887, age 35 years, first wife of C. Carpenter.


24664. John Carpenter

*John Carpenter, b. 8-1880 in St. Charles Twp., Saginaw Co., MI; d.
10-9-1940 in Pacific B1 (or Smithers), British Columbia, Canada; m.
unknown (I have pictures of her visiting my grandfather after John's
death, but no one can remember her name!). They had a son who may have
been in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or some other Canadian law
enforcement. *I am very interested in finding descendants of John!
E-MAIL: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 from Mary Carpenter


17188. Sereno Tuttle Carpenter

Sereno Tuttle Carpenter, Anna Idell, Asa Ephriam, and Eli Roate appear in the
LDS 1880 US Census as a houshold at Plymouth, WI

FAMILY:  This family line submitted by Roger Deicher in Jan 2003.


17189. Sereno T. Carpenter

CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Sereno T. CARPENTER   Self M Male W  27 NY  Farmer NY NY
Anna Idell CARPENTER   Wife M Female W  22 NY  Keeping House NY NY
Asa E. CARPENTER   Son S Male W    5 NY NY NY
Eli CARPENTER   Son S Male W  3M WI NY NY
Source Information:
Census Place Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Family History Library Film 1255447
NA Film Number T9-1447
Page Number 133A


24675. Eli Carpenter

Age 3 months during 1880 US Census.


17193. Edward "Eddie" Delos Carpenter

CENSUS: 1880 US Census - no image
Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Edward CARPENTER Self M Male W  21 NY Laborer               NY NY
Flora A. CARPENTER Wife M Female W  17 NY Keeping House NY NY
Source Information:
Census Place Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York
Family History Library Film 1251915
NA Film Number T9-0915
Page Number 128B


24680. Alice J. Carpenter

Name on birth record is ALISE, not ALICE.


17229. George Bradford Carpenter

E-MAIL: JRobison2@aol.com Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Subject: George Bradford Carpenter Obit . Jan Robison Casselberry, FL
The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914
MR. CARPENTER FAILING
Doubtful if Ashaway Man Can Recover from Injuries. Little hope is being
entertained for the ultimate
recovery of George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, who was thrown from a carriage
which collapsed as one of the
wheels came off, and hurled him headlong with such force against a rock by the
roadside that he received an
ugly cut just above his left eye, a fracture of the skull, besides suffering
hemorrhages of the ears and nose.
The unfortunate man was taken to his home in an unconscious condition, from
which he has failed to rally,
and is being attended by Dr. A. B. Briggs, but as his left side is paralyzed
and his condition still grave, it is
quite doubtful if he recovers. Mr. Carpenter, who is moderator for the town of
Hopkinton, was on his way in
company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, to Hopkinton City
to attend the annual
financial town meeting. The accident happened near the Hopkinton town farm as
the two gentlemen were
driving along the highway ~ . and was without the least warning.
The Westerly Sun -- DIED
G.B. CARPENTER -- In Ashaway, May 23,1914, Hon. George B. Carpenter, in the
seventy-second year of his
age. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock to be followed by interment at the
First Hopkinton cemetery. No
flowers.
The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914.
G. B. CARPENTER PASSES AWAY
Prominent Ashaway Man Fails to Recover from Accident CIVIL WAR VETERAN Made
Brilliant Record
While Fighting in Defense of Country -Wounded in Battle - Served in Many Public
Offices -- Six Years in
State Legislature Hon. George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, a prominent citizen of
Hopkinton and well and
favorably known in this section, who received fatal injuries Thursday afternoon
when he was hurled from the
carriage in which he was riding as one of the wheels came off, died at his home
Saturday morning. Mr.
Carpenter, in company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, was
on his way to Hopkinton
Coty, where he was to act as moderator at the annual financial meeting, when
the carriage collapsed and the
unfortunate man was thrown so violently against a rock in the highway that he
failed to regain
consciousness after the accident. Although his decease came as a shock to the
community it was not entirely
unexpected as little hope was entertained for his ultimate recovery. George
Bradford Carpenter was born in
Westerly, November 8, 1842, and was taken into the Potter family at Potter
Hill, his father having been killed
in the winter of 1847 while engaged in taking down the frame of the Potter Hill
mill which had been burned. At
the age of nineteen years with 10 classmates he left the academy at his home
where he received his early
education, and responded to the call of Abraham Lincoln for volunteers,
enlisted in Company D, 4th
Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry, September 23, 1861, being promoted to corporal
June 20, 1862, and then
sergeant on Nov. 1, of the same year. Mr. Carpenter participated in many
skirmishes. He was wounded at the
battle of Petersburg at the explosion of the mines, July 30th, 1864, and sent
to the field hospital where his
right arm was amputated. Even though in a very weakened condition, he desired
to come back to his home, in
order to cast his first vote for Lincoln, which permission was granted, when he
returned for the election that
fall. On September 26, 1861, before departing for the front with his regiment
he was united in marriage with
Miss Elizabeth Covey in Ashaway. The winter after his return from the army Mr.
Carpenter engaged in the
general mercantile business in his home town until 1869. From 1866 until 1872
he was postmaster at Ashaway
and then went to Philadelphia where he represented some Rhode Island and
Connecticut woolen
manufacturers, and until 1880 was engaged in the woolen business. For
twenty-two years he was treasurer of
the Ashaway Line and Twine company, resigning in 1902, but still retaining a
financial interest in the concern.
For over thirty years he has been moderator of the town of Hopkinton and
overseer of the poor. Besides
having served on the town council and board of assessors, he was representative
of his town in the state
legislature from 1879 to 1884, refusing to accept a nomination as senator. He
belonged to the John A. Logan
post, G. A. R., was president of the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist
church, a member of the board of
managers of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary society and for several years
president of the Ashaway
Free Library and Reading Room association, besides having held other offices.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by
a widow, and four children, Mrs. Harriet Wells Van Horn of Dodge Center, Minn,,
Edwin G. Carpenter of
Georgetown, S. C., Mrs. Frances Adell Randolph of Alfred, N. Y., and Miss Ruth
Marion Carpenter, who
made her home with her parents, as immediate relatives. The funeral is to be
held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, and will be followed by interment at the First Hopkinton cemetery.

MORE:
E-MAIL: 9/12/00
From:   sdbhist@inwave.com (Seventh Day Baptist  )
To: JRobison2@aol.com ('JRobison2@aol.com')
Now to answer your more important question about George Bradford Carpenter. I
cannot find any positive confirmation about Harriet Carpenter Van Horn other
than what Kris Van Den Bossche wrote in his introduction to George Bradford
Carpenter's   "War and Other Reminiscences"  which was published in  Rhode
Island History.  Vol. 47 No. 4  November 1989.
   George Carpenter grew up in the rural -industrial village of Potter Hill
in Westerly, Rhode Island.  The Carpenter family was prominent very early in
Rhode Island history. Although a number of genealogies trace the family
history, none of them mention the forebears of George B, Carpenter. As he
states, his grandfather was Ebenezer Carpenter. Apparently  Ebenezer  was one
of the sons of Benjamin and Abigail Carpenter. Benjamin Carpenter resided in
Hopkinton in 1820,and the census of that year indicates that he had two sons
between the ages of ten and sixteen.
   Ebenezer Carpenter  first appeared in the census of 1830. In that year
Ebenezer (twenty to thirty years old) lived in the town of Richmond with his
wife , Ruth A. (Sheldon) Carpenter, and their three daughters (all under the
age of five years).  The census indicates they had no male children at this
time.  The 1840 census makes no mention at all of Ebenezer  and his family.
They may have been boarding in another household, as it was common that one
family would board with another.
   From all indications, it would seem that George B. Carpenter was the
illegitimate son of one of Ebenezer's daughters.  Although Carpenter never
admitted or even suggested this fact, his narrative tends to confirm it.  He
made no mention of his father; rather he discussed only his mother and
grandfather.  Additionally, his mother became pregnant at a very young age.
Although being fourteen and pregnant does not necessarily preclude the
possibility of  marriage, it does indicate that the circumstances were
probably atypical.  This evidence , together with some additional information
supports the  idea that Carpenter had no legitimate father. "
...... After his mother's death, there seems to have been no relative willing
or able to take Carpenter in.  No father came forward to care for him.  His
aunts probably lacked the means to support him, as they were all young women,
no more than twenty years old.  Francis Carpenter, undoubtedly  another
relative , did not take the boy either, though he himself lived in the Potter
hill area.   Consequently  George Carpenter found himself living in the home
of the Thomas W. Potter family.... "
   I do not  know whether this answers any of your questions or not, but
Kris had all of the resources that we might have plus on the ground resources
from the Hopkinton area.  Furthermore, as far as I am concerned his
legitimacy has no bearing on the ministry and the influence of  T.J. Van Horn
and his wife.
MORE:
After many years of looking, we have finally decided that the father of
George Bradford Carpenter is really an unknown.  Seems that GBC's mom was a
daughter of Ebenezer Carpenter, Frances.  Marriage records suggest that
someone named Ebenezer Carpenter married Frances, probably for convenience
and to "give the child a rightful name."
The father was mistaken for the grandfather in the obituary posted for GBC.
It was actually his grandfather.  I have also learned (by actually stumbling
over a box in storage and finding little "gems" in it...) that his mother
died March 10,1848 at which time he went to live with "the family of Thomas
W. Potter, father of Maria L. and Harriett W. Potter, on the 15th of March
1848, and continued living there for twelve years, or until I enlisted for
the Civil War."  Quote from a book written by GBC.
Does anyone have any connections???  The book, War and Other Reminiscences,
has been published in which was published in  Rhode Island History, Vol. 47
No. 4  November 1989.   It names names of soldiers with whom he had contact
and also has some excerpts of letters to and whom him.
Perhaps this will help another Carpenter researcher or will ring a bell
somewhere as to his real father.
Jan Robison Casselberry, FL.
MORE:
I have recently found a "xerox" copy of his book, "War and Other
Reminiscences" which he type-wrote in 1912.  In it is his autobiography, his
memories of the war, and some excerpts of letters written during the war.  It
has been published in  "Rhode Island History" Vol. 47 No. 4  November 1989.
If you would like to include this source, be my guest!
SEE Picture of him and his wife in Misc. Pictures.
SEE WEB PAGE:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/o/b/Janet-L-Robison/


17242. Shepard Carpenter

Number 6746 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 660.
Family on page 769 (#1617)


24689. Albert Alden Carpenter

Number 8151 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 769.


17246. Lewis Smith Carpenter

Walt Carpenter submitted this descendant line on 7 Mar 2009.


17250. Paul Dillingham Carpenter

Number 6828 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 666.
Family on page (# 1499).
See notes.


24691. Mary Agnes Carpenter

Number 7805 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 666.


17281. Maude Carpenter

Member DAR.,


Ira Platt Younglove

Son of I.S. Younglove of Chicago, IL