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

Notes


25811. Mary S. Carpenter

Moved to Tacoma, WA in 1891.

DEATH: See image: RIN 141581 Mary S Carpenter Worden OBIT.jpg
This provides death date and names of 3 daughter and similar.

SEE: 1885 image:  RIN 141581 Mary S Carpenter.jpg


25821. Albert Carpenter

Albert had eight children of which only three are named. Number one born 1852
named Charles, Number five born 1861 named Ida May.  Number eight born 1869
named Herbert.   Information from John L. Carpenter of Walpole, NH in letter
2/98.

CENSUS:
1880 United States Census
Household:
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
George T BIXBY   Self   M   Male   W   43   CT   Farmer   CT   NH
Harritta BIXBY   Wife   M   Female   W   25   NY   Keeping House   CT   NY
Halsy G BIXBY   Son   S   Male   W   2   CT      CT   NY
Halsy BIXBY   Father   M   Male   W   79   CT   Farmer   CT   CT
Thiba BIXBY   Mother   M   Female   W   75   CT   Keeping House   CT   CT
Albert CARPENTER   Other   M   Male   W   51   CT   Labourer   CT   CT
Jonas DANIELSEN   Other   S   Male   W   25   SWE   Labourer   SWE   SWE
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Source Information:
 Census Place Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
 Family History Library Film   1254110
 NA Film Number   T9-0110
 Page Number   527B

Where is the rest of his family.  Unable to find as of Sept 2007. jrc


5.  ALBERT30 CARPENTER (JAMES29, DANIEL28, ELIJAH27, JOEL26, DANIEL25,
BENJAMIN24, BENJAMIN23, JOSEPH22, WILLIAM21, WILLIAM20, ROBERT19, WILLIAM18,
ROBERT17, RICHARD16, WILLIAM15, JOHN THE YOUNGER14, JOHN THE ELDER13,
RICHARD12, JOHN OR JEAN11 CARPENTIER, MAURICE10, JEAN LE9, SIGER LE8, ELGAN7
CARPENTER, AILRIC6, RALPH5, GODWIN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM "THE CARPENTER" DE2
MELUN, HERVE DE1) was born Abt. 1825 in Thompson, CT, and died Aft. June 05,
1887.  He married SARAH WHITMAN June 01, 1851 in Thompson, CT, daughter of
ELIJAH WHITMAN and SALLY.
Children of ALBERT CARPENTER and SARAH WHITMAN are:
i.
CHARLES E.31 CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1852, Thompson, CT; d. April 04, 1883,
Thompson, CT; m. HATTIE CHAPMAN, August 11, 1879, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
8.
ii.
IDA MAY CARPENTER, b. June 09, 1861, Thompson, CT; d. July 04, 1943,
Burrillville, Providence,RI.
iii.
HERBERT CARPENTER, b. August 18, 1869, Thompson,Windham, CT.
9.
iv.
ANDREW S. CARPENTER, b. 1857, Oxford ,MA.; d. July 11, 1937.
v.                                            see below!
GRACE MAY CARPENTER, b. April 18, 1876, Burrillville, Providence,RI.

9.  ANDREW S.31 CARPENTER (ALBERT30, JAMES29, DANIEL28, ELIJAH27, JOEL26,
DANIEL25, BENJAMIN24, BENJAMIN23, JOSEPH22, WILLIAM21, WILLIAM20, ROBERT19,
WILLIAM18, ROBERT17, RICHARD16, WILLIAM15, JOHN THE YOUNGER14, JOHN THE
ELDER13, RICHARD12, JOHN OR JEAN11 CARPENTIER, MAURICE10, JEAN LE9, SIGER LE8,
ELGAN7 CARPENTER, AILRIC6, RALPH5, GODWIN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM "THE CARPENTER"
DE2 MELUN, HERVE DE1) was born 1857 in Oxford ,MA., and died July 11, 1937.  He
married ANNIE LEONA HOPKINS May 30, 1878 in Burrillville, Providence,RI.
Children of ANDREW CARPENTER and ANNIE HOPKINS are:
11.
i.
FERNADO L.32 CARPENTER, b. March 14, 1879, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
ii.
LUCY ELLEN CARPENTER, b. September 05, 1881, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
iii.
IZOLA E. CARPENTER, b. June 30, 1885, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. FRANK
LEROY PAINE, December 23, 1901, Burrillville, Providence,RI.

Generation No. 5

11.  FERNADO L.32 CARPENTER (ANDREW S.31, ALBERT30, JAMES29, DANIEL28,
ELIJAH27, JOEL26, DANIEL25, BENJAMIN24, BENJAMIN23, JOSEPH22, WILLIAM21,
WILLIAM20, ROBERT19, WILLIAM18, ROBERT17, RICHARD16, WILLIAM15, JOHN THE
YOUNGER14, JOHN THE ELDER13, RICHARD12, JOHN OR JEAN11 CARPENTIER, MAURICE10,
JEAN LE9, SIGER LE8, ELGAN7 CARPENTER, AILRIC6, RALPH5, GODWIN4, WILLIAM3,
WILLIAM "THE CARPENTER" DE2 MELUN, HERVE DE1) was born March 14, 1879 in
Burrillville, Providence,RI.  He married BERTHA A. LEE September 14, 1897 in
Burrillville, Providence,RI.
Children of FERNADO CARPENTER and BERTHA LEE are:
i.
FERNANDO L.33 CARPENTER, b. January 01, 1899, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d.
September 14, 1944, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. LILLIAN LAFLAM, Abt. 1928,
? Burrillville, Providence,RI.
ii.
GLADYS E CARPENTER, b. March 14, 1899, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d. August
29, 1899, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
iii.
VESTA IZOTA CARPENTER, b. May 06, 1901, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d. October
30, 1992, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. GEORGE Z. DUNN, October 29, 1919,
Burrillville, Providence,RI.
iv.
HOSEA W. CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1904, ?Burrilville,Providence,R I; m. (1) MILDRED
I. BATES, April 27, 1923, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. (2) FLORENCE ALLEN,
Abt. 1932.
v.
HOWARD A. CARPENTER, b. August 14, 1906, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d.
Katherine Pyers; m. KATHERINE PYERS, November 02, 1928, Burrillville,
Providence,RI.
vi.
CLARENCE L. CARPENTER, b. July 10, 1908, Glocester,Providence,R I .; m. ELEANOR
G. AUSTIN, September 03, 1928, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
vii.
ALETA G CARPENTER, b. November 03, 1910, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d.
Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. WILLIAM H. MAGUIRE, February 22, 1930,
Burrillville, Providence,RI.
viii.
THELMA MAY CARPENTER, b. May 18, 1913, Burrillville, Providence,RI; d. August
30, 1924, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
ix.
WILLIAM L. CARPENTER, b. July 21, 1915, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. PAULINE
PRATT, January 24, 1942, Burrillville, Providence,RI.
x.
CHARLES E. CARPENTER, b. May 14, 1918, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. (1)
OLIVE K. HOLLIS; m. (2) VIOLA BISHOP, August 06, 1946, Burrillville,
Providence,RI.
xi.
AMELIA E. CARPENTER, b. May 27, 1922, Burrillville, Providence,RI; m. PERRY S.
WILSON, May 22, 1948, Burrillville, Providence,RI.


31254. Charles E. Carpenter

CENSUS:  Living with father-in-law in 1880 US Census.
1880 United States Census
Household:
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John J. CHAPMAN   Self   M   Male   W   51   CT   Farmer   CT   CT
Catharine A. CHAPMAN   Wife   M   Female   W   45   MA   Keeping House   MA   MA
Nettie A. CHAPMAN   Dau   S   Female   W   17   CT   Works In Woolen Mill   CT   MA
Nellie A. CHAPMAN   Dau   S   Female   W   17   CT   Works In Woolen Mill   CT   MA
Mary C. CHAPMAN   Dau   S   Female   W   16   CT   Works In Woolen Mill   CT   MA
Minnie E. CHAPMAN   Dau   S   Female   W   12   CT      CT   MA
Herbert L. CHAPMAN   Son   S   Male   W   9   CT      CT   MA
John M. CHAPMAN   Son   S   Male   W   3   CT      CT   MA
Hattie A. CARPENTER   Dau   M   Female   W   21   CT   Works In Woolen Mill   CT   MA
Charles E. CARPENTER   SonL   M   Male   W   27   CT   Works In Woolen Mill   CT   CT
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Source Information:
 Census Place Griswold, New London, Connecticut
 Family History Library Film   1254108
 NA Film Number   T9-0108
 Page Number   513B


25824. Lewis Cass Carpenter

He is noted for waging a campaign against the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina.
He served a term in the US Congress as a Representative from SC.
He was a lawyer in Denver, CO in 1880.

CENSUS:
1880 United States Census
Household:
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
L. Cays CARPENTER   Self   M   Male   W   44   CT   Lawyer   MA   CT
M. Mary CARPENTER   Wife   M   Female   W   37   IRELAND   Keeping House   IRELAND   IRELAND
E. Marion CARPENTER   Son   S   Male   W   10   D. C.   At School   CT   IRELAND
B. Claude CARPENTER   Son   S   Male   W   6   SC      CT   IRELAND
L. Adrian CARPENTER   Son   S   Male   W   5   SC      CT   IRELAND
M. Bridget HARRINGTON   Other      Female   W   45   IRELAND   Servant   IRELAND   IRELAND
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Source Information:
 Census Place Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado
 Family History Library Film   1254088
 NA Film Number   T9-0088
 Page Number   329B


6.  LEWIS CASS30 CARPENTER (LUCIEN29, DANIEL28, ELIJAH27, JOEL26, DANIEL25,
BENJAMIN24, BENJAMIN23, JOSEPH22, WILLIAM21, WILLIAM20, ROBERT19, WILLIAM18,
ROBERT17, RICHARD16, WILLIAM15, JOHN THE YOUNGER14, JOHN THE ELDER13,
RICHARD12, JOHN OR JEAN11 CARPENTIER, MAURICE10, JEAN LE9, SIGER LE8, ELGAN7
CARPENTER, AILRIC6, RALPH5, GODWIN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM "THE CARPENTER" DE2
MELUN, HERVE DE1) was born February 20, 1836 in Thompson, CT.  He married MARY
MORRISON December 1864.
Children of LEWIS CARPENTER and MARY MORRISON are:
10.
i.
MARION ERNEST31 CARPENTER, b. February 20, 1870, Washington, District of,
Columbia.
ii.
CLAUDE BUCKINGHAM CARPENTER, b. March 11, 1874, Columbia, SC.
iii.
ABRAHAM LEWIS CARPENTER, b. February 22, 1875, Columbia, SC.
iv.
MARY LOUISE ANTOINETTE CARPENTER, b. July 23, 1880, Denver, CO.

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
                                               Pages 950-951
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000170
Carpenter, Lewis Cass, a Representative from South Carolina; born in
Putnam, Conn., February 20, 1836; attended the public schools; moved to
New Jersey, where he taught school; appointed State inspector of public
schools in New Jersey in 1863; at an early age began writing for the
press, and was connected with the New York papers for several years; went
to Washington, D.C., in 1864 and was employed in the Treasury Department;
studied law at Columbian (now George Washington) University; was admitted
to the bar and practiced; Washington newspaper correspondent; moved to
Charleston, S.C., in 1867 and became editor of the Charleston Courier;
assisted in establishing the Charleston Republican in 1868; secretary to
United States Senator William H. Buckingham, of Connecticut, 1868-1873;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Robert B. Elliott and served from November
3, 1874, to March 3, 1875; unsuccessful candidate for election to the
Forty-fifth Congress; moved to Denver, Colo., in 1878, and thence, in
1879, to Leadville, where he edited a newspaper; appointed supervisor of
the census for Colorado in 1880; appointed United States post-office
inspector in 1881 and resigned in 1883; engaged in the insurance business
1883-1890; resumed the practice of law; died in Denver, Colo., March 6,
1908; interment in Fairmount Cemetery.


Mary Morrison

NAME: Listed as "M. Mary" in the 1880 US Census.


31259. Adrian Lewis Carpenter

NAME: Listed as "L. Adrian" in the 1880 US Census.  The first name of Abraham is incorrect.


31260. May Louie Antoinette Carpenter

NAME: Mary Louise Antoinette corrected to: May Louie Antoinette.


25828. Cassius M. Carpenter

Married and the person's last name was "Carpenter" but no first name or
children listed.

CENSUS:
1880 United States Census
Household:
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
C. M. CARPENTER   Self   M   Male   W   30   CT   Revenue Officer   CT   CT
Alice CARPENTER   Wife   M   Female   W   29   PA   Keeps House   PA   PA
Clarence CARPENTER   Son   S   Male   W   4   SC      CT   PA
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Source Information:
 Census Place Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
 Family History Library Film   1255222
 NA Film Number   T9-1222
 Page Number   405C

NOTE: There is another Cassius M. Carpenter in the 1880 US Census, but it is for a another person with different parents.


25829. William H. Carpenter

CENSUS:
United States Census
Household:
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Wm H. CARPENTER   Self   M   Male   W   45   CT   Farm Laborer   CT   CT
Ann M. CARPENTER   Other   M   Female   W   41   CT   Keeping House   RI   RI
Mary Ann CARPENTER   Other   S   Female   W   14   CT   At Home   CT   CT
Wille R. WHITNEY   Other   S   Male   W   5   CT   Boarder   CT   CT
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Source Information:
 Census Place Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
 Family History Library Film   1254110
 NA Film Number   T9-0110
 Page Number   569A


25830. Jerome William Carpenter

NAME: Jerome William /Carpenter/ SOUR @S09620@ Book 2, page 20.
Jerome William /Carpenter/ SOUR DATA TEXT Warren Agustus Carpenter born 1/18/1871 to Jerome W. Carpenter of Thompson CT and Mary Dunkersley of Dudley MA.  Both age 29 and residing in Putnam. Warren's father is a Teamster. Warren is the 2nd child.  Certified by H. W. Hough.  Warren never married.
NAME: Jerome William /Carpenter/ SOUR @S09643@ Page 302, Vol. 3.
Jerome William /Carpenter/ SOUR DATA TEXT Jerome William Carpenter of 116 Jenckes St, died Feb. 10, 1909.
1850 Census: Jerome age 8 lives with his grandparents Ezra and Polly Wakefield in Thompson, CT.
1864 ...Thompson Town hall vol.3 page 44A: Jerome W. Carpenter, of Thompson CT, age 23, married Mary Donkersly, of Dudley MA, age 23, Sept. 22, 1864.  By Clergy A. Dunning.  Both residing in Putnam, CT.
1866...Putnam CT birth records: George Ernest born 1/13/1866 to Jerome and Mary Carpenter.
1870 Census: Jerome Carpenter a woodworker age 28 lives in CT with wife Mary age 28, born in MA and son George age 4, born in CT.
1871...Putnam CT birth records book 2 page 20.
1871...Thompson CT birth records book 2 page 44.: Warren Agustus born
1/18/1871 to Jerome and Mary Carpenter.
1873 Putnam CT birth records book 2 page 44.: Newton S. born in Thompson CT to Jerome and Mary Carpenter.
1878...Thompson land records book 25 page 165.  Jerome W. Carpenter, Augustus Wakefield and George Wakefield sold 2 parcels of land to Joseph Snow for $900.  One parcel was 10.5 acres the other is 2.75 acres.
1882...Webster MA birth book page c171.: Adaline born 1/6/1882 in Webster MA to Jerome and Frances Carpenter.
1882...Webster MA death book page f30.: Adaline died 1882 in Webster MA (first born of Jerome and Prances)
1900 Census: Jerome age 59 lives at 257 Pleasant St, Woonsocket RI with Francis age 58, born 1842 in RI, Warren A. age 29 born 1871 in CT and Edna age 12 born Jul. 11, 1888 in CT.
1905 Census: Myron Vernon and Warren Agustus also living with Jerome in Woonsocket.
1909 Woonsocket City Hall death book 3 page 302. Jerome William Carpenter age 67 years, 5 months, and 29 days, a driver, residing at 116 Jenkes St. died on February 10, 1909 in Woonsocket of Bronchial Pneumonia.  He
leaves a wife, Frances.  Parents are William and Adaline Carpenter.
Precious Blood Cemetery also called Old Slatersville Cemetery...information from Woonsocket City hall records. Jerome's grave site may have been washed out in a hurricane.
When in the army Jerome also answered to the name of James Carpenter. Jerome's occupation is listed as a "teamster".
Record of Connecticut Men, War of Rebellion, 1861-1865:
Carpenter, Jerome W., Putnam, Enlistment: Aug. 21, 1861, Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 3, 1861; Remarks: Must. Priv. Pro. May 1, 1863, Disc. Sep. 11, 1864
In 1860 the town of Putnam was small and everybody knew everybody else.  Jerome was living in a tenement across the river on a street that had no name.  Later it would be called Bullock Street.  There were five families
living in the same house, there were five tenements, and a Mrs. Donkersley kept a boarding house in the same building.  Jerome was boarding with Mrs. Donkersley and after returning from the war, married her daughter Mary.
On August 21, 1861 at age 20, Jerome enlisted in the Civil War, with 6 friends, 5 from the same tenement house where he lived.  He went to Killingly, CT and signed up for a 3 year hitch in the army.  His physical description is 5 foot 5 inches tall, light complexion, gray eyes, brown hair, and occupation is farmer.  Jerome was assigned to Company A, 6th regiment, Conn. Vol. Infantry.  He appears on the muster in rolls of New Haven CT on September 3, 1861 as a private.  In May of 1863 Jerome went on leave to Hilton Head South Carolina.  In December of 1863 Jerome was promoted to Corporal and went on detached service as a recruiter in Jolly
Isle South Carolina.  Jerome was relieved of recruiting service and reported to duty on March 8, 1864.  he was mustered out on September 11, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia, with an honorable discharge.  Jerome collected an undrawn clothing allowance of $16.21 and a bounty of $100. He last appears on muster out rolls of New Haven, CT on August 8, 1865.
Jerome mustered out with David H. Chaffee, one of the friends he enlisted with.  They both headed back to Putnam and on September 22, 1864, and just 10 days after mustering out, Jerome married his sweetheart Mary
Donkersley.  The service was officiated by the Reverend A. Dunning.  They were both 23 years old.
Jerome W. and Mary set up housekeeping at Mary's mother's boarding house on Bullock St. in Putnam, CT. and on January 13, 1866 George earnest was born, followed by Warren Agustus on January 18, 1871, and Newton Leroy on July 15, 1873.  Mary's sister had married a Thomas Paine and they lived across the street from them.  During this time, Jerome is working as a wood cutter, most likely clearing farm land and selling the wood.  On September 15, 1874, Jerome's wife Mary dies at the age of 33.  Jerome and Mary were good friends with the Ferdinand L. Winslow family, who also lived across the street.  They visited each other frequently and Mrs. Winslow was very helpful to the family in their time of crises.
On November 15, 1874 in Putnam, CT, Jerome is married to Frances Melissa Briggs by the Reverend Elder Boss.  This is the same Frances M. Briggs that was listed as a housekeeper for Ezra Wakefield in the 1870 federal
Census.  It is very likely that Jerome knew Frances while living at Grandfather Ezra's farm, and that they were well acquainted with each other.  With a one year old child at home it didn't seem prudent to wait too long before finding another wife.  Jerome brought his new wife home to Bullock St. but he didn't stay there very long.  Within a month, they moved to a tenement at Pierce's house next door to 80 Walnut St. in Putnam.  Some time in late 1885 or early 1886 Jerome moved again, this time over to School St. where Jerome rented a tenement from Mr. Charles Bradway who was a merchant in Putnam.  Jerome helped dig the foundation to the house and store of Mr. Bradway at 197 School St., right next door to where he was living.
It's evident that Jerome kept close ties with his uncles, having at least in one incident, pooled their money and bought some land.  Thompson land records indicate that in 1878, Jerome Carpenter, and Augustus and George
Wakefield sold 2 parcels of land to Joseph Snow for $900.  One parcel being 10 1/2 acres the other 2 3/4 acres.  Shortly after the sale, in 1878 or early 1879, Jerome W. and Francis M. moved from Putnam and took up housekeeping on 5th Ave in Webster, MA at a tenement owned by George Rein.
Jerome worked for Slater's Woolen Mill in East Webster as a teamster now.  His wife Francis is described at this time as a sickly woman and Jerome was having problems finding and keeping work, so about 1880 or '81 they moved to another location, leaving the landlord an unpaid sum of rent.  Their first daughter, Adaline Francis Carpenter is born on January 6, 1882 and she dies 3 months later on April 1, 1882, in Webster, of the Croup.  She is buried in Dudley MA.  Myron Vernon, is born 2 years later in Webster on march 11, 1884.
When Myron V. was about 3 years old, Jerome decided to move his family to Woonsocket, RI.  The 1887 Woonsocket street directory lists Jerome W. Carpenter as a Teamster, boarding at a house on 4 Center St. with his son George E. age 21, an operative.  One July 11, 1888, Jerome and Francis had a daughter Edna Maria Carpenter.
From 1889 to 1909, Jerome W. moved a number of times, in 1889 he's at 110 S. Main St. listed as a rubber worker. In 1891 his son Warren A. Carpenter, age 20, is employed as a spinner.
In 1892, Newton L. age 19, secures a job as a rubber worker.
In 1893 the whole family moves to 13 Clark's Court.
On April 19, 1899, Newton dies at age 25 years and 8 months, of a heart problem, and in 1900, Jerome and his remaining family move once again, this time to 257 Pleasant St. Woonsocket.
In 1902, they move to 124 Willow St.   Myron V. now age 17, takes a job as a clerk, Warren A. is still a spinner.  In 1903, they move to 68 High St. then in 1904, Jerome secures a new job as a driver, and moves to 72 High St.  In 1906, the family moves to 119 Arnold St.  His son Myron is now a driver and Warren is an operative.
On June 18, 1907, Jerome applied for his army pension, invalid class, and started collecting $12 a month.  In 1908, Jerome makes his last move, to 116 Jenkes St.  Myron V. is still a driver and Warren A. is now a clerk.
On February 10, 1909, at the age of 67, Jerome W. Carpenter dies of Bronchial Pneumonia, at 116 Jenkes St.  One year later on August 5, 1910, his wife Francis Melissa Briggs dies at 116 Jenkes St. of Oedema of the
lungs and Acute Dilation of the heart.
This marks a milestone in the Carpenter history.  Warren age 39, and Myron, age 25, both disappear from Woonsocket at this time.  I believe they both went back to Putnam where relatives were still living.  Most
probably rooming together and getting on with their lives.  It is here that Myron V. meets and marries Florence Mae (Cotton) Racine in 1912.
Shortly after Myron's marriage in 1912, Warren, alone, returns to 48 Thomas St. in Woonsocket.  He stays there until 1916 when he moves to Vose St.
In 1919 Warren A. is a clerk at Market Sq.   Warren moves to 29 Arnold St. in 1921 and becomes a waiter at Market Sq.  In 1922 Warren becomes a clerk at Young Sq. restaurant.  At this point, Warren A. age 51, disappears from Woonsocket and there is no further trace of him.
The early and middle life of Jerome appeared to be normal for that time and economic climate, work was generally scarce but he made out. However, his later life in Woonsocket with the may moves and job changes he made seemed to indicate he had a hard time holding a job and making ends meet.  He appears to have been poor and in ill health.
JWC Obituary - Woonsocket Call 2/11/1909:
Jerome W. Carpenter, a veteran of the Civil War, answered to the last trumpet yesterday afternoon and passed to his reward.  He had been a sufferer from rheumatism for a long time.  He died at XXXX o'clock yesterday at his home at 116 Jenckes St.   Deceased was born in Putnam CT, Aug. 13, 1841.  On Sept. 3, 1861, he
enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers.  He served as Corporal before the conclusion of the war. Twenty four years ago, he came to this city and made his home and since that time he has been a resident of Woonsocket.  He leaves a wife, Frances (Briggs) Carpenter; three sons, a daughter and three grandchildren.  The daughter is Mrs. Augustus Keach of this city and the  sons are George of Quinnebaug, Ct. and Myron and Warren Carpenter of this city. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at the late home, 116 Jenckes Street, at 2 o'clock, Rev. George F. Beecher, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.  Interment will be in Union Cemetery.
This descendancy line was submitted by Ken Roy on 1 August 1999 via E-MAIL.  "safesci" .
THE CIVIL WAR STORY OF JEROME W. Carpenter
From a composite of many articles
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The muster rolls on which the name and oath were written
were pledges of honor, redeemable at the gates of death.
And they who went up to the gates knowing this, are on the lists of heroes.
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In April of 1861, President Lincoln issued a call to arms, from the loyal States and territories, to suppress the rebellion in the Southern States. They met this call through activating the militia, voluntary enlistments, and the draft. The existing volunteer militias responded en masse, and new units were formed overnight.
For the most part the Civil War was not fought by professional soldiers, there was only 16,000 of them available in 1861, but by men recruited in their hometowns into regiments or smaller local units. These volunteers were the bedrock of the Civil War armies. They offered their  services not to the central governments but to their states, which had always been the focus of their patriotism. The enlistment period was as little as three months and up to 3 years. The volunteers were organized into regiments consisting of 10 companies of about 100 men each, usually grouped according to region. The regiment was then transferred to the central government.
In Connecticut, as in other parts of the country, local recruitment of complete military units had an overwhelming impact on the farm communities, towns, and cities from which the men came. Locally formed units contained relatives, friends and neighbors depleting an area of working men. Besides providing guns and other military equipment, banks lent money, women made uniforms at home or at volunteer sewing bees, and businesses donated everything from camp beds to underwear for the local regiment. Thus all citizens, even those who did not go to war, were assisting in the effort.
Many of the volunteers harbored the idea that the principal occupation of a soldier should be actual conflict with the enemy. They had been charged by emotional oratory to expect a rush to battle, a few days of hard fighting and a triumphant return home. Instead, the war dragged on for years, and for every day they spent in battle, the soldiers spent weeks, even months, fighting such enemies as heat, cold, mud, dust, loneliness and tedium.
The recruits of 1861 who answered the romantic call of flag and country were no better prepared for these everyday realities of war than they were for the shock of combat. Few of them had ever before gathered by the thousands in camps, slept under canvas or the stars for months at a time, marched in step, followed obscure orders or lived constrained by rigid discipline. They knew nothing of the mysteries of army food, the realities of the medical treatment awaiting the sick and wounded and the grim prisons that would hold the captured.
Men by the hundreds walked soberly and deliberately to the enlistment halls and signed the enlistment rolls. Most of them saw themselves simply as civilians temporarily in service to their country. With deeply ingrained traits of independence, loyalty, humor and fear of God. Their main concern being to reach the battlefield before the fighting ended. Jerome W. Carpenter, like many other young men of his time had read the papers, and attended the flag-raisings, and heard orators exclaim of Sundying devotion to the Union.T The promised chances for Stravel and promotionT seemed good, and maybe war wasn't so serious, after all.
We can only guess at the feelings Jerome had as he came out of the enlistment hall. Flooded with conflicting emotions, as one of the orators stood at the door, glowing with enthusiasm and patriotism, and shaking hands vigorously with those who enlisted. Perhaps he was feeling as though he had to go finally or forfeit his birthright as an American citizen, or was it the lack of a skill or a job in his hometown that prompted him on.
Jerome was young, but not unobserving, and did not believe, from the first, in a short war; nor did he consider twelve dollars a month, and the promised glory, large pay for the services of an able-bodied young man. Enlistment scenes are usually pictured as entirely heroic, but truth compels me to acknowledge that my feelings are mixed as I write this. For you see I was at an enlistment hall one point in my life and I cannot repress a smile of amusement and pity for that young recruit, my great grandfather.
Did Jerome and his friends have a sleepless night before they resolved to enlist, or was it in the heroic pathos of a group that pushed them on. I can picture Jerome standing before the door of the recruiting-office with his friends, each one egging the other on, reading  and then re-reading the advertisement for recruits posted by the door. Perhaps he was in no hurry to open the door. Though determined to enlist, he may have been half inclined to put it off awhile. His desires fluctuating. Finally with the courage of their convictions Jerome and his friends signed the rolls, a surgeon came to strip, and examine them. And so it was, Jerome, at the tender age of  twenty years became a member of our armed services.
The Sixth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized August, 1861, under the leadership of Colonel John L. Chatfield, and was the third regiment furnished by the State of Connecticut under the first call of the President for volunteers for three years. Company A, to which Jerome belonged was organized in Putnam. They encamped at Oyster Point, New Haven, and were mustered into the State service September 3, 1861, and into the United States service September 12th.
There was great excitement on the 16th of September at the report that they were going to be sent to the front. Most of the men obtained a limited pass and went to see their friends and relatives for the last time. Jerome paid one last visit to Ezra and Polly Wakefield, the grandparents who raised and cared for him, George and Augustus Wakefield, the uncles that were like brothers to him, his dad, William, and a pretty young lady by the name of Mary Donkersley. They said their good-byes with heavy hearts and Jerome returned to his camp the same night. It was no light thing for a boy of twenty to start out for three years into the unknown dangers of a civil war.
On September 17, 1861, the regiment, numbering one thousand and eight officers and men, left New Haven for the seat of war. Were there tearsR?  There must have been. Jeromeus dress consisted of pants that were slightly long, a blouse too loose, and a soldiers cap on his head. The Union jacket was a better fit as it had a belt about the body, which held a cartridge-box and bayonet, a cross-belt, also a haversack and tin drinking-cup, a canteen, and, last but not least, a knapsack strapped to the back. Their buttons were polished, and their muskets were as bright as emery-paper could make them. How those buttons and muskets did shine! The boys were brilliant there, if nowhere else. The straps ran over, around, and about one, in confusion most perplexing to their tender shoulders; the knapsack giving one constantly the feeling that he was being pulled over backward. They marched along the streets, their canteens banging against their bayonets, both the tin cup and bayonet badly interfering with the butt of their muskets, while their cartridge-box and haversack were constantly flopping up and down-the whole jangling like loose harness and chains on a runaway horse. They all laughed, and they cried. Everybody had said his last words to those that came to see them off, handkerchiefs were waved from all the houses they passed, and the boys cheered till they were hoarse, and then they were gone.
The regiment arrived two days later, on September 19th  at Washington, D.C., where it encamped on Meridian Hill, and was brigaded with the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers and Third and Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, under command of Brigadier-General H. G. Wright. On their arrival in Washington, the boys were marched to barracks, dignified by the name of SSoldiersu Retreat.T For breakfast they were issued a half loaf of Ssoft-tack,T as they had already begun to call wheat bread, together with a piece of Ssalt junk,T about as big and tough as the heel of a government shoe, and a quart of coffee. Their first day in Washington was spent in shaving, washing, polishing their brasses and buttons, and cleaning-up for inspection.
Washington was much like an overgrown country village of that period. There were wide streets stretching out from a common center like a spiderus web. The Capitol, with its unfinished dome; the Patent Office, the Treasury, and the other public buildings, were in marked and classic contrast with the dilapidated, tumble-down, shabby look of the average homes, stores, groceries, and groggeries, which increased in shabbiness and dirty dilapidation as they receded from the center. Around the muddy streets wandered the long-faced, solemn-visaged hog, uttering sage grunts.
The climate of  Washington was genial, but the mud was fearful. In the lower quarter of the city there was not a piece of sidewalk. Even Pennsylvania Avenue, with its sidewalks, was extremely dirty; the cavalcade of teams, artillery caissons, and baggage-wagons, with their heavy wheels stirred the mud into a stiff batter. Officers were so thick on Pennsylvania Avenue that it was a severe trial for a private to walk there. Occasionally a regiment passed through the streets, on the way to camp; all surged up and down the wide Pennsylvania Avenue.
The twenty days of camp life here was a period of unceasing drill and discipline, only broken by a visit to the camp of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, upon a tour of inspection. Here Jerome was taught his facings, shouldering, ordering, and presenting arms. The musket, after an hourus drill, seemed heavier and less ornamental than it had looked to be. Drilling looks easy to a spectator, but it isnut. Old soldiers who read this will remember their green recruithood and smile assent. After a time the uniform was fixed to fit better and Jerome had conquered the drill sufficiently. Then the word came: "We're moving on to Annapolis!
On October 8, 1861, the regiment left Washington for Annapolis, Maryland., where it joined an expedition then being organized under Gen. W. T. Sherman of the army, and Admiral Dupont of the navy, for an attack on Port Royal, South Carolina. At the beginning of the war only Hampton Roads VA and Key West FL were still in Federal hands and On October 29, 1861 the expedition left Hampton Rhodes Virginia. This fleet of 77 vessels carried one of the largest forces yet assembled by the U.S., consisting of about 12,000 men. The ships soon encountered storms off Cape Hatteras North Carolina. It seemed for a time that the expedition might be heading straight into disaster. The easterly wind swung around to the southeast and blew up into a furious gale, and, on the afternoon of November 1, Dupont signaled that each ship should look after itself; if the convoy was scattered captains could open their sealed orders and find out where they should reassemble. The next morning Dupont, in his flagship, could see only one vessel besides his own,
The gale at last subsided and on November 4, 1861 most of the fleet got together off the sand bar at the entrance to Port Royal Sound. The storms caused the lost of a transport full of army stores, a transport carrying 600 marines which escaped loosing only 7 lives, and 1 warship had to dump her broadside guns to stay afloat. The damage was surprisingly minor considering.
The fleet was about 10 miles offshore as they collected together and as they entered Port Royal sound on November 5, 1861, they had a few minor skirmishes with confederate warships. They buoyed the channel and waited for orders to fight.
The confederates had two good forts, protecting Port Royal Sound, Fort Beauregard, on Bay Point at the northern side of the entrance, and Fort Walker, on Hilton Head Island on the southern side. They were solidly built, armed with heavy guns and plenty of them. A two-mile channel completely open to cannon fire lay between the forts.
The battle between the Union and Confederated naval forces, being the first naval engagement of the war, took place in full view of Jerome and the 6th Connecticut as they were in the advance group, preparing to land as soon as the forts had surrendered.
On November 7th Dupont sailed straight down the middle, sprinkling each fort with long range fire. Then, just past the entrance, he led his ships in a swing to the south and came back close inshore, six hundred yards from Fort Walker, steaming slowly, throwing heavy duty shells as fast as his gun crews could service their pieces.
Fort Walker replied stoutly. Many ships were hit, rigging was cut and spars came down. Men were killed, and splinters flew from the wooden sides of ships; but Fort Walker was plastered with a barrage heavier than the Confederate gunners had dreamed of, with the swift unhurried precision of professionals at target practice. Explosive bursts of sand shot up in the air as the big shells exploded in the sand revetments; guns were dismounted, the flagstaff was knocked down and men were dismembered. The jarring detonations of the big guns coming, as a Federal officer wrote, Sas fast as a horseus feet beat the ground in a full gallop.T The noise was terrific, while the bursting of the shells was as terrible as it was destructive. At times no less than forty shells would explode at one time, and that into the battery and the woods nearby. The noise was in fact so loud that it was heard in Fernandina, Florida, seventy miles to the south.
The Federal fleet swung past Fort Walker three times, pounding hard. By noon only three guns at Fort Walker were still operable and ammunition was running short. Fort Walkerus fire slackened and by 2 PM the battle was over, the firing stopped. From the ships, men could see soldiers running out of the works and heading for safety in the rear. Du Pont pulled up and sent a boatus crew ashore; the officer in charge found the fort empty, everything smashed, nobody on hand to offer surrender. Disabled guns, the dead, the wounded, and the dying lay everywhere. He hoisted the U.S. flag on what remained of the flagstaff. The warships anchored and sounded off with their whistles, the crews cheered, and on the transports the bands broke out their instruments and played SThe Star Spangled Banner.T
The engagement lasted about five hours, and at its close, More than 500 surfboats were lowered and 12,653 soldiers in blue were rowed ashore. Jerome, with the Connecticut 6th and the Connecticut 7th  Volunteers, took possession of fort Walker. Immediately they pushed forward after the fleeing enemy, and drove them from the island, capturing a number of prisoners and securing hundreds of muskets and bayonets, fifteen wagons of commissary, and all the fort guns either captured or out of commission. Hundreds of canteens, haversacks, knapsacks and cartridge boxes had been abandoned in the Confederates haste to get off the island. As Shermanus troops did their work ashore the Navyus gunboats went ranging far into the sound to see how the victory might be exploited. The Union  forces suffered negligible damage: 8 men killed and 23 wounded. Fort Beauregard, whose people had been front row spectators of the whole affair, was abandoned when Fort Walker fell and early next morning a landing party took possession. It found everything in good order, tents full of soldiersu gear and personal effects. A flock of turkeys strutting around in a pen were summarily eaten.
On November 8, 1861, Jerome and his companions of the Connecticut 6th volunteer infantry did Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island, setting up camp at Fort Walker. On November 10th and 11th they made an expedition to Braddock's Point. For some time after they were occupied in building fortifications, and in making raids upon the surrounding country, in which a large quantity of supplies were captured. The growing Union garrison at Hilton Head posed such a threat to the confederates at Rockville that the southerners left the vicinity sometime in December.
Hilton Head Island became the base of our eastern coast operations. Here they had a fine General Hospital where the wounded men got excellent attention. The weather was balmy even in November. The Island supported a lush growth of orange and fig trees, palmettos and live oaks draped with Spanish moss. The troops feasted on peanuts and yams and helped themselves to the chickens, geese, pigs and cattle they found wandering on the island's abandoned plantations. Soldiers slept on beds of soft, raw cotton. Jerome would spend much time between battles here. No mistake, there was much work to be done. This was the main Naval Base for the Union. The men built fortifications and a wharf. Mountains of supplies had to be unloaded and their rest was broken by new orders to do battle before returning for rest and recuperation.
On January 20, 1862, the regiment took part in an expedition to capture Savannah, Ga. by the way of Warsaw Sound. The attempt was a failure, and in consequence of the regiment being kept on a small, over crowded vessel sixteen days with out cooked food, with no vegetables, with hard tack full of vermin, and water that was stored in kerosene-oil barrels, and without sufficient room on the vessel for all of the men to lie down at once, spotted fever broke out in the regiment, and many lives were unnecessarily lost. They returned to duty at Hilton Head on February 27th where they had guard and picket duty till March 20, 1862.
On March 20, Jerome and the regiment was a part of the force engaged in the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski, on Savannah River, Ga. Its more particular operations in the siege being the construction and maintenance of a battery upon Jones Island, which was between the fort and the city of Savannah, for the double purpose of preventing reinforcements reaching the fort, and to prevent the rebel iron-clad "Atlanta" from passing down the river. As the island was covered with water at high tide, the duty was laborious as well as dangerous, and many of the men suffered from disease and hardship. The bombardment of Fort Pulaski began on April 10th  the fort surrendering on April 11th.
Jerome and his regiment then returned to pleasanter quarters on Dawfuski Island. In the spring of 1862, Charleston Harbor was in the grips of the Union Navy's blockade, they were trying to find a way to land troops to assault Charleston by land. A slave, Robert Smalls, who was a pilot aboard an inland steamer, the PLANTER, stole the ship on May 12th and ran it past the Union forts out to the Union fleet blockading Charleston harbor. With the ship, he also brought news that the Confederates had abandoned Cole's and Battery Islands. This opened the way for Union troops to be landed on the southeastern end of James Island, and the path to attempt an assault on Charleston.
In June Jerome, in Wrights Brigade and with the Connecticut 6th  became part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, under Major General David Hunter. Hunter had planned to advance toward Charleston along the Stono River. Placed in charge of the Union forces was Brig. Gen. Henry W. Benham; his left flank division commander was Brig. Gen. Wright, commanding three brigades (3100 men); His main assault force was commanded by Brig. Gen. Stevens having two brigades totaling 3200 men.
On June 2, 1862, supported by federal gunboats, Maj. Gen. David Hunter transported some of  Horatio G. Wright's and Isaac I. Stevens's Union divisions, to James Island where they entrenched at Grimball's Landing on the southeastern end of the island, near the southern flank of the Confederate defenses. Jerome and the 6th regiment left Dawfuski Island and marched over Jones Island, and suffered many hardships, being three days without food, as the wagon trains were cut off. Finally arriving at James Island they immediately were involved in a skirmish at Grimball's Plantation on June 10, 1862.
His armies meeting light resistance through several skirmishes between June 2 and June 12, Hunter was convinced that he was outnumbered and needed more men before making any further assaults. Benham was left with the instruction from Hunter, "You will make no attempt to advance on Charleston or to attack Fort Johnson until you are largely reinforced or until you receive specific instructions from these headquarters."
Meanwhile, the commander of the Confederate forces defending Charleston, seeing that the Federal preparations for advancement onto James Island was underway, redeployed three batteries to the island and ordered the additional building of earthworks to defend the approaches to the island. One of the new earthwork defenses ordered to be built was a fort at Secessionville. The fort was built in a rough shape of an "M", bordered on each side by marsh. The nine cannon defending the fort consisted of: an 8-inch Columbiad in the center, flanked on either side with a 24-pounder rifled gun; a 24-pound smoothbore; and an 18-pounder. The fort was manned with 750 men.
At another battery to his northern flank, Lamar had an additional two 24-pounders; these two guns had not received their gun crews. Within a two-hour march, Gen. Evans had placed in reserve three regiments of infantry (2000 men), to be used if necessary to support any action on the island.
On the 15th of June Gen. Benham laid plans for the Union forces to make an early morning surprise attack on the Secessionville fort, a "reconnaissance in force" as he so called it. He would use approximately 3500 of his troops to make a frontal assault before daybreak, attacking in two structured waves. By 4:00 am, the Union forces were on the move, supposedly at the double-quick, advancing on the fort. I don't know exactly where Jerome was at this time but he was here with his fellow infantrymen, joining in the Secessionville battle.
Advancing through the darkness, the troops had to negotiate through two hedgerows and open cotton fields now knee-deep in weeds. This resulted in breaking up the initial Union lines and slowing the advance. As the field narrowed approaching the fort the left side of the union front was pushed into the marsh and got bogged down in the mud. It also compressed the Union center, slowing the advance such that the second wave ran into the first complicating the advance even more.
Confederate Col. Lamar's advanced pickets were overrun about 5:00 am, this activity alerted the defenders. The confederates mounted the parapet to observe the Union front about 700 yards out and closing. Lamar immediately dispatched couriers to Gen. Evans, who was five miles away at Fort Johnson with the reserves. As the defenders rushed to their stations, Col. Lamar took personal command of the 8 inch-Columbiad. The Union lines were within two hundred yards of the fort, Lamar order the Columbiad to fire; grapeshot, nails, iron chain and glass blasted from the cannon directly at the Union center, tearing a great hole through the Federal lines. The Battle of Secessionville had commenced. Col. Lamar sharply ordered all gun commanders into action and moved the infantry into place firing volleys as they came onto the line. Union troops on the right were now clambering up the face of the fort.
The Confederate defense was on the verge of collapse due to casualties on the critical gun crews. However the arrival of Confederate reinforcements drove the Union assault force back from the parapet. The Union forces came under severe fire from three sides as they advanced up the fort walls, only to be ordered to fall back to regroup after suffering heavy casualties. Meanwhile the 79th NY on the Union left actually mounted the fort's parapet and were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Rebs, when the Union artillery, located at the River's house, opened fire on that fort breaking up there own attack and forcing the 79th to withdraw. As the first Union assault wave collapsed and retreated they hampered the second wave from attacking.
The Union forces fell back to the protection of the hedgerows and reformed their lines. They were to make two more unsuccessful assaults before a general withdrawal was ordered. While the main assault was taking place another regiment was attempting a flanking maneuver from the Union left. Their assault brought them to within several yards of the flank of the fort, but they could not make a full assault due to the water and pluff mud that proved to be impassable. They proceeded to assault the fort from across the marsh driving the confederates from the parapets.
By 9:00am on June 16th the Battle was over. The Union forces had sustained 689 casualties, of which 107 dead. Whereas the Confederates realized 207 casualties with 52 killed. Because Benham had ignored Hunter's orders to wait for reinforcements, and his ultimate poor planning and the timely arrival of reinforcements, the Union forces handed a victory to the outnumbered Confederates. General Hunter relieved him of command.
After the battle of Secessionville Jerome was involved with the evacuation of James Island and the movement of troops to Beaufort from June 28 to July 7. He was then stationed there doing picket and guard duty until October 21, 1862. Jerome's outfit then became part of the expedition to Pocotaligo, South Carolina. October 21-23, 1862 where he saw action on October 22, 1862, at Framptonus Plantation. The Pocotaligo area was a wide open marshy plain crisscrossed with brooks and springs. The going was particularly tough for foot soldiers, the mosquitoes being especially bad. At Pocotaligo, the regiment suffered its first large loss in battle, the casualties being thirty-eight killed and wounded. Among the severely wounded were Colonel Chatfield, who was then commanding the brigade, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Speidel commanding the regiment.
The Connecticut 6th returned to Beaufort after this engagement, remaining there till March 18, 1863. It was here that Jerome was hospitalized with Chronic Diarrhea and Malarial Fever.  In March they were transferred to Jacksonville, Florida. Here they fortified the town, and defended it against the attacks of the enemy, performing duties that were dangerous and harassing in the extreme.
About April 1 1863, the regiment left Jacksonville, and after a short tour of duty at Hilton Head, Beaufort, and some scouting upon the islands along the coast, Jerome went on leave to Hilton Head S. Carolina in May of 1863. On December 4, 1863 he was promoted Corporal and went on detached service as a recruiter in Jolly Isle S. Carolina. Jerome was relieved of recruiting service and reported to duty on March 8, 1864. Jerome spent the remainder of his term serving his country at Hilton Head, where he was hospitalized twice. Once on July 10th and 11th and then again on August 13th and 14th for Malarial Fever.
Jerome was mustered out on September 11, 1864 in the vicinity of   Petersburg Virginia, by reason of expiration of term of service.. He collected a recruiting bounty of $100 and a clothing allowance of $16.21. He last appears on muster out roll of New Haven August 8, 1865.
Jerome apparently had only one idea in mind as he headed home. He went straight back to Putnam CT. and the waiting arms of Miss Mary Donkersly. One week after discharge, Jerome and Mary were married. They set up housekeeping in Mary's mothers rooming house.


31264. Warren Augustes Carpenter

NAME: Warren Augustes /Carpenter/ SOUR @S09643@ Page 456, Vol. 7.
DEATH: Warren Carpenter died January 02, 1937 in State Hospital, Howard, RI. Died of: Glioma of the brain.
OCCUPATION: Undertaker.
EVEN PLAC??? Curtis Holts.
BURIAL: Old Aldrich Burial Grounds, N. Smithfield, RI (NS031).
Warren never married. He ran for governor of RI twice, on the Socialist ticket and left no progeny.
On January 18, 1871, Jerome W. and Mary Donkersley had their second child, Warren Augustes Carpenter, in Putnam CT.  The next few years were probably trying on young Warren as his brother Newton was born, then
loosing his mother a year later, and acquiring a new mother, then moving to Webster where his new sister dies of the Croup at age 3 months.  In Webster MA, in 1884, Warren gets another brother Myron Vernon, and then
the family moves to Woonsocket RI.  Not much is know of Warren during these traumatic times.
From 1889 to 1909, Warren's father moved his family a number of times.
In 1891, Warren A. is employed as a Spinner and living with his parents at 110 S. Main St. in Woonsocket.  In 1893, the family moves to 13 Clark's Court.
On April 19, 1899, Warren's brother Newton dies at age 25 years and 8 months, of a heart problem.  A year later, in 1900, the family moves to 257 Pleasant St. in Woonsocket.
In 1902, he moves to 124 Willow St. Warren is apparently a good worker as he is still employed as a spinner.
In 1903 Warren moves with his family to 68 High St. and again in 1904 to 72 High St.
Warren moves constantly staying with his family, and in 1906 he changes jobs and becomes an operative.  In 1908, Warren changes jobs again and becomes a clerk.  The following year, on February 10, 1909, while living
at 116 Jenkes St. Warren loses his father to death, but he continues living on with his stepmother and brother Myron.  The following year, on August 5, 1910, his stepmother Frances Melissa dies.
From 1910 to 1912, both Warren age 40 and brother Myron age 26 cannot be found anywhere.  They might have gone to Putnam CT where relatives were still living.  Most probably rooming together and getting on with their
lives.  Myron shows up in 1912 getting married to Florence Cotton, and in the same year, Warren now age 42 reappears in Woonsocket.  Warren lives at 48 Thomas St. until 1916 when he moves to Vose St.  In 1919, Warren
moves to 29 Arnold St. and is working as a clerk at Market Sq.
In 1921, Warren becomes a waiter at Market Sq..  The following year in 1922, Warren takes a job as clerk at Young Sq. Restaurant.  At this point, Warren A. age 51 disappears with no further trace.
Warren died at State Hospital in Howard, RI.  His residence was 71 Cross St., Woonsocket, RI.


THE WARREN AUGUSTES CARPENTER STORY
On January 18, 1871, Jerome W. Carpenter and Mary Donkersley had their second child, Warren Augustus Carpenter, in Putnam Connecticut. The next few years were probably trying on young Warren as his brother Newton was born, then loosing his mother a year later, and acquiring a new mother, then moving to Webster where his new sister dies of the Croup at age 3 months. In Webster Massachusetts, in 1884, Warren gets another brother, Myron Vernon, and then the family moves to Woonsocket R.I. Not much is known of Warren during these traumatic times. I suppose he grew up and did what most youngster of his time did when they grew up living in tenements.

From 1889 to 1909 Warren's father moved his family a number of times. In 1891 we find Warren Augustus, a young man aged 20 years,  employed as a Spinner  and living with his parents at 110 S. Main St. in Woonsocket. In 1893 the family moves to 13 Clark's Court.

On April 19, 1899 Warrens brother Newton dies at age 25 years and 8 months, of a heart problem. A year later, in 1900 the family moves to 257 Pleasant St. in Woonsocket. In 1902 he moves to 124 Willow St. Warren is apparently a good worker as he is still employed as a spinner. In 1903 Warren moves with his family to 68 High St. and again in 1904 to 72 High St.

Warren moves constantly staying with his family, and in 1906 he changes jobs and becomes an operative. In 1908 Warren changes jobs again and becomes a clerk. (It's quite possible times were rough and jobs hard to come by) The following year, on February 10, 1909, while living at 116 Jenkes St. Warren loses his father to death, but he continues living on with  his stepmother and brother Myron. The following year, on August 5, 1910,  his stepmother, Frances Melissa, dies.

From 1910 to 1912 both Warren age 40 and brother Myron age 26, cannot be found anywhere. I would speculate at this point and say they most probably left together and went to Putnam CT. where relatives were still living. Most probably rooming together and getting on with their lives. My reasoning on this is that Putnam is where Myron shows up next, in 1912, getting married to Florence Cotton, and in the same year, 1912 Warren now age 42, reappears in Woonsocket. Warren lives at 48 Thomas Street until 1916 when he moves to Vose Street. In 1919 Warren moves to 29 Arnold Street and is working as a clerk at Market Sq. In 1921 Warren becomes a waiter at Market Sq. The following year, 1922 Warren takes a job as clerk at Young Sq. Restaurant. At this point, Warren A. age 51 disappears and I haven't found any further trace of him. Warren died at State Hospital in Howard, RI.  His residence was 71 Cross St., Woonsocket, RI. I understand from family conversations that Warren used to visit Myron's family in Wauregan. He would always walk. Myron's children remember seeing him.

"Warren, also would walk from Woonsocket to our house in Wauregan to see Dad and he would walk to Mass. to see George. Uncle Warren was tall but very thin, and he always had Dark cloths on. Dad would take Warren in the Dinning Room and they would talk for a short time. Uncle Warren used to talk to us and call us by our name. My Dad called Warren, Ice Water, because that's all he would drink. I never knew him to drink anything else, not at our house anyway. Every time he came to our house, Mom would fix him a dinner, and also a bag for the road, and make ice water for him. Uncle Warren ran for Governor of Rhode Island twice on the Socialist ticket, although he never won the Governors job. "


31265. Newton Leroy Carpenter

BIRTH: SOUR @S09620@ Book 2, page 44.
Newton Carpenter born 7/15/1873 to Jerome and Mary Carpenter.  Mary age 32. Jerome age 32. All living in Putnam. Father is a Teamster.
DEATH: SOUR @S08811@ Book 3, page 38.
Newton S. Carpenter, age 25 years and 8 months, living at 13 Clarks Court, died on April 19, 1899 of Phthisis Pulmonalis.  He was the son of Jerome W. and Mary Carpenter.  (Died of a heart problem)
Newton Leroy carpenter is the third child of Jerome W. Carpenter and Mary Donkersley, and was born July 15, 1873 in Putnam, CT.  At the age of 1 year and 2 months, Newton loses his mother Mary.  two months later his
father marries Frances Melissa Briggs.  It's quite possible Frances was already looking after Jerome's youngsters on the Wakefield farm, as they already know each other.  Existence for young Newton must have been fairly traumatic as between 1889 and 1909 his father moved the family from place to place.  Newton was only 9 years old when his sister Adaline died of the croup in Webster MA and he probably wondered if his new brother Myron born 2 years later would die also. Nothing further is known of Newton until 1892 when at age 19 he takes on a job as a rubber worker while living with his parents in Woonsocket RI.
In 1893, Newton moves with his parents to 13 Clark's Court in Woonsocket. Time is short lived for Newton.  He dies on April 19, 1899, age 25 years and 8 months, of a heart problem, while living at 13 Clark's Court in
Woonsocket RI.  Newton was never married and leaves no progeny.


Frances Melissa Briggs

NAME Frances Melissa /Briggs/ SOUR @S09643@ Page 348, Vol. 3,
Frances Melissa Briggs died  Aug 05, 1910.
Death caused by: Oedema of Lungs, Acute vilation of the heart.
1870 Census records of Thompson CT page 47: Frances M. Briggs age 24
residing at Ezra Wakefield farm as a housekeeper, born in RI.
1909 Military Records at National Archives in Waltham MA.: On February
24, 1909 Frances M. Briggs applied for a military pension of Jerome W.
Carpenter.
1910 Woonsocket City Hall death book 3 page 348.: Frances Melissa
Carpenter, widowed housewife, residing at 116 Jenkes St. died on August
5, 1910 in Woonsocket of Edema of Lungs and Acute Dialation of Heart.
She was born in E. Greenwich.  Parents were Briggs.
Funeral of Mrs. Carpenter - Woonsocket Call August 8, 1910
Rev. Nathan Bailey of Providence Conducts the Service
The funeral of Frances M., widow of Jerome W. carpenter, took place at
the late home, 116 Jenckes Street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Rev. Nathan Bailey, pastor of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church,
Providence, who occupied the pulpit at the First baptist Church in this
city yesterday, conducted the services.   Members of the family
officiated as bearers.  A number of floral tributes told of the esteem in
which the deceased was held.  Burial was at Union Cemetery.

DEPOSITION OF FRANCES MELISSA CARPENTER April 5, 1910
to obtain her husband Jerome's army pension.
I am 68 years of age; my post office address is 116 Jenckes St. Woonsocket, R.I. I am living with my son, Myron Carpenter, and my married daughter and her husband, Augustus Keach, at the number above mentioned. I have no home of my own. I have had two shocks of paralysis, one in Jan. last and another about six weeks later, involving my right side which affects my walking and my speech, but my mind is all right.

Question...You are the applicant in this case for pension as the widow of the late Jerome W. Carpenter, are you?
Answer...I am.

Question...When did he die?
Answer...On the 10 Nov. last.

Question...The record shows, and your daughter and step son here present say that he died on the 10 day of Feb. 1909, a year ago last Feb. are they correct and you mistaken.
Answer...I think they are mistaken.

.Question.. Do you know in what Co. and regiment your late husband served and in what war?
Answer...No, I don't know nothing about that.

Question...Was he a pensioner when he died?
Answer...He was.

Question...What does the W in his name stand for?
Answer...William. His full name was Jerome William Carpenter.

Question...Has he any relatives living?
Answer...He has no brother or sister living that I know of; he did have a sister, Adeline, who married a man of the name of Jack Knight, and lived at East Greenwich R.I., but I think they are both dead.

Question...What was your name before you were married?
Answer...Frances Melissa Briggs.

Question...Where were you born?
Answer...At East Greenwich, R.I.

Question...How often were you married?
Answer...Only once.

Question...Have you any sisters or brothers living?
Answer...I don't know that I have.

Question...Did you ever have any?
Answer...I suppose I did, but I don't know; I was left an orphan when 6 years old, and was bound out and never saw or heard of any of my family afterward.

Question...Do you know who your parents were?
Answer...Yes, my father was David and my mother Elmira Briggs; I do not remember them or anything about them. I was bound out to Edward Wakefield at North Grosvenordale, Conn. and lived with him and his family for 18 years, but was living with his brother, Ezra Wakefield, at same place when I married soldier.

Question...Is any member of the families of Edward and Ezra Wakefield now living who were living when you lived with them?
Answer...No, sir.

Question...When and where were you married to soldier?
Answer...I married him at the home of Ezra Wakefield at North Grosvenordale, Conn. I do not remember the date.

Question...On what day of the week was it?
Answer...It was on Wednesday.

Question...In what month?
Answer...I don't remember.

Question...How long ago was it?
Answer...I don't remember.

question...How many children did you have by him?
Answer...Three.

Question...Are they all living?
Answer...No, one is dead.

Question...How old is the oldest?
Answer...My first born was a girl and died when only a few months old,

Question...Where did she die?
Answer...At Webster, Mass. and buried there. She was also born in Webster./

Question...Do you now the date of her death?
Answer...I don't remember, but she was only three months old.

Question...When and where was your next child born?
Answer...In Webster, Mass.; that child was a boy and is my son, Myron, with whom I am living. He is now 26 years old and his birth day is March 11. My next child was my daughter, Edna M. Keach, with whom I am also living and who is now present. She was born here in Woonsocket on March 11, and is 22 or 23 years old.

Question...What was your first child's name?
Answer...Adeline Frances, named Adeline for soldier's mother.

Question...How soon after your marriage to soldier was she born?
Answer...Some five or six years.

Question... And you mean to say that you had no child, gave birth to no child at any time before the child Adeline was born?
Answer...Yes, sir.

Question...Were you married to soldier by a minister of the gospel or a justice of the peace?
Answer...the Methodist church.

Question...Was he the minister of the church at North Grosvenordale at that time?
Answer...No, he was the minister at Putnam.

Question...Did he come to Grovesnordale to marry you?
Answer...No. We went to Putnam.

Question...You have just said that you were married at the home of Ezra Wakefield at North Grosvenordale, which is correct?
Answer...You misunderstood me. I said I was living there at the time, and went from there to Putnam to be married.

Question...Who were present at the marriage?
Answer...The minister's wife and two daughters.

Question...Don't you remember the name of the minister?
Answer...I do not.

Question...Or of his wife and daughters?
Answer...No, sir.

Question...Is either now living?
Answer...I don't know anything about, I have never seen either of them since.

Question...Didn't the minister give you a certificate of the marriage?
Answer...I don't remember anything about it.

Question...Where were you married at Putnam?
Answer...On the piazza of the minister's home, but I don't remember where he lived.

Question...Why were you married out on the piazza and not in the house?
Answer...I don't know.

Question....Would you remember the minister's name if you should her it?
Answer...I don't think I could hear it, for I think he is dead.

Question...What makes you think he is dead?
Answer...I have heard so once or twice

Question...When did you last hear it?
Answer...I don't know, couldn't tell you.

Question...When you heard he was dead did you hear his name?
Answer...I heard his name, but don't remember it.

Question...If I should call his name would you remember it?
Answer...I don't know whether I would or not.

Question ...was his name Smith, Brown Wilson, Corbet, Cobb, Hobbs, Thompson or Barnes?
Answer...Well, you haven't called the name yet and I can't call it.

Question...You are sure it wasn't either name I have called?
Answer...I am.

Question...Had your husband been married before he married you?
Answer...He had.

Question...How often?
Answer...only once.

Question...What was that wife's name?
Answer...Mary Donkersley.

Question...What became of her?
Answer...She died.

Question...Where?
Answer...At Putnam, Conn.

Question...When?
Answer...I do not remember the date.

Question...Did she die before or after soldier married you?
Answer...Before.

Question...How long before?
Answer...Nine months and six days.

Question...How do you get at that?
Answer...Well, I just remember it.

Question...Then she had not been dead only one month when he married you?
Answer...No, for she had been dead nine months and six days.

Question...Had you lived with soldier as his wife before you married him?
Answer...I had not.

Question...And his former wife had not been dead as much s a year when he married you?
Answer...No, sir, just nine months and six days.

Question...Mrs. Carpenter you must have some recollection of some fact, which you have not disclosed to me, which enables you, in view of your otherwise faulty memory, to remember that she had been dead just nine months and six days when he married you, now, what is it that enables you to remember that so particularly and definitely?

Answer...Well, soldier's last child, a boy named Newton, who died some ten years ago here in Woonsocket, was scarcely two years old when I came into soldier's family and I took care of the child.

Question...Well, how old was that child when his mother died?
Answer...About six months.

Question...He had another young child, Warren, hadn't he when his first wife died?
Answer...Yes, but I don not remember how old Warren was when his mother died, nor the difference between his age and Newton's. Now that I reflect, I think Warren was about four years old.

Question...Have you any record of the birth of any of soldier's children?
Answer...We have a record here which was copied from soldier's father's bible, which is now in possession of.....I do not remember, but the copies were sent to me by my late husband's oldest son, George Carpenter who lives at Quinebaug, Conn. about four miles from Webster, Mass. According to the copy I have the child Newton Leroy Carpenter, the youngest child of soldier when I came into his family, was born July 15, 1873.

Question...According to the statement of your late husband (B.J.4) his first wife died September. 15, 1874, and he married you just two months later, Nov. 15, 1874; what do you say to that?
Answer...Well, I guess he is right.

Question...Soldier was living at Putnam when his first wife died, was he?
Answer...Yes, sir.

Question...From the date of said marriage where did you and soldier live?
Answer...We lived at Putnam for a short time and then went to North Grosvenordale, Conn. and lived a year, and from there we went to Webster, Mass. and lived there till we came here. I do not remember how long we lived at Webster, but my son Myron was born there and he was less than two years old when we moved here, and my last child, Edna, was born after we came her, but I was not carrying her when we came here.

Question...Have you and soldier, up to the time of his death lived here in Woonsocket ever since?
Answer...Yes, sir.

Question...In your declaration for pension you state that you were married to Jerome w. Carpenter in November, 1875; whereas soldier stated that you and he were married Nov. 15, 1874; a year before you claim you were married; which is correct, You or he?
Answer...He is correct, my head was not right when I made that statement.

Question...Can you tell me of anyone who knew you while you lived in Putnam with soldier?
Answer...Thomas L. Paine, (B.J.6) Mrs. Lizzie Shea wife of Tom Shea; I can't recall any others.
Question...From whom did soldier rent the house you lived in?
Answer...I don't remember.

Question...Where did you live in Putnam?
Answer...I can't tell you.

Question...With whom did you deal in provisions or groceries?
Answer...I can't remember, for we dealt with first one and then another.

Question...Who was your doctor?
Answer...We didn't have any.

Question...How as your husband employed there?
Answer...He was in the wood business.

Question...For whom did he work, by whom was he employed?
Answer...A man of the name of sales, who carried on a wood yard.

Question...Since your marriage to soldier have you and he lived anywhere else than at Putnam, Conn., North Grosvenordale, Conn., Webster, Mass. and Woonsocket, R.I.?
Answer...No, sir, nowhere else.

Question...While you and soldier were living at Putnam were you and he known by your neighbors as husband and wife?
Answer...We were, and I was known by his name and he would tell and introduce me to others as his wife, and so also in North Grosvenordale, Webster and Woonsocket.

Question...Who knew you at North Grosvenordale while you and he lived there?
Answer...Everybody.

Question...What was his employment?
Answer...Same business. I can't recall the name of the man he worked for. Everybody knew us there. We lived in three places there, but I can't describe them; we rented from the widow Rehan. I do not recall the name of the doctor we employed. We dealt at Slater's store in the north village.

The deposition is signed by Myron Carpenter and Edna M. Keach, in their own hand. Frances Carpenter, being illiterate signed with an X.


31266. Adaline Carpenter

BIRTH: (and DEATH:) SOUR @S08802@ page C171. baby born on 1/6/1882 to
Jerome and Francis Carpenter...no name.
DEATH: page F30 Adaline daughter of Jerome Carpenter of CT and Francis Carpenter of RI, died on 4/1/1882, age 3 months, in Webster, MA of the croup.  She is burried in Dudley MA.
The Webster MA birth records list Adaline Carpenter, born January 6, 1882 to Jerome W. Carpenter and Frances Melissa Briggs.  Adaline dies about 3 months later on April 1, 1882, in Webster and is buried in Dudley MA.