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Group 2 - Descendants of Richard Carpenter RIN 669-
The Providence (Pawtuxet section, now in Cranston), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, now part of Providence County, RI Carpenter line

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4922. Charles Carpenter

CENSUS: 1850 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - with parents

CENSUS: 1865 New York State Census
Name: Charles Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1865
Event Place: , Newport, Herkimer, New York, United States
Relationship to Head of Household:
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1839
Page: 37
Household ID: 289
Line Number: 7
GS Film Number: 000845900
Digital Folder Number: 004239215
Image Number: 00245
Household            Role Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Carpenter M 26
Emily Carpenter Wife F 27
Cora Carpenter Daughter F 3
Jennie Carpenter Daughter F 1
Clarissa Howe            Mother   F 51 <----- mother in law
Gertrude Howe Sister      F 17 <----- sister in law
Citing this Record:
"New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-7YHT : accessed 27 April 2016), Charles Carpenter,, Newport, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing source p. 37, line 7, household ID 289, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 845,900.

CENSUS: 1870 US Census
Name: Charles Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: New York, United States <------- Norway, Herkimer, NY
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837-1838
Birthplace: New York
Page Number: 1
Household ID: 5
Line Number: 26
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552442
Digital Folder Number: 004274979
Image Number: 00108
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Carpenter M 32 New York
Emily Carpenter F 31 New York
Cora Carpenter F 8 New York
Jennie Carpenter F 6 New York
Howard Carpenter M 4 New York
Charles Brown M 21 New York
Mary Brown            F 20 Canada
Clarisa Howe            F 65 New York
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8NQ-B96 : accessed 27 April 2016), Charles Carpenter, New York, United States; citing p. 1, family 5, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,442.

CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Name: Charles Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Russia, Herkimer, New York, United States
District: ED 36
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Laborer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 362
Sheet Number and Letter: 362D
Household ID: 10672686
Person Number: 0
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0838
GS Film Number: 1254838
Digital Folder Number: 005161475
Image Number: 00108
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Carpenter Self M 40 New York, United States
Emily E Carpenter Wife F 40 New York, United States
Cora Carpenter Daughter F 18 New York, United States
Jennie Carpenter Daughter F 16 New York, United States
Howard Carpenter Son M 14 New York, United States
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8Z-1MS : accessed 27 April 2016), Charles Carpenter, Russia, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 362D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0838; FHL microfilm 1,254,838.

CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned

CENSUS: 1892 New York State Census - I found his wife but not him, but he is on the census image with children Jennie & Howard.
Name: Emily E Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1892
Event Place: , Russia,, 02, Herkimer, New York
Age:
Gender: Female
Birthplace: United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Citizenship Status:
GS Film number: 0845905
Digital Folder Number: 004640307
Image Number: 00297
Citing this Record:
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X365-QYQ : accessed 27 April 2016), Emily E Carpenter, 1892; citing , Russia,, 02, Herkimer, New York, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 845,905.

GRAVE: obit image - drowned May 13 in Piseco Lake ...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117633900
Charles Carpenter
Birth: 1839
Death: 1894
Family links:
Spouse:
Emily E Howe Carpenter (____ - 1928)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Newport Cemetery
Newport
Herkimer County
New York, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 22

Created by: R0BIN
Record added: Sep 25, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 117633900

Emily E. Howe

CENSUS: 1900 US Census
Name: Emily E Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Russia Township Poland village, Herkimer, New York, United States
District: 63
Gender: Female
Age: 59
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children: 3
Years Married:
Birth Date: Feb 1841
Birthplace: New York
Marriage Year (Estimated):
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother of how many children: 4
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Household ID: 187
Line Number: 80
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1241040
Digital Folder Number: 004114523
Image Number: 00431
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emily E Carpenter Head F 59 New York
Jennie E Carpenter Daughter F 36 New York
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSFS-PH2 : accessed 27 April 2016), Emily E Carpenter, Russia Township Poland village, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,040.

CENSUS: 1905 New York State Census - with daughter on image
Name: Emily E Carpenter
Residence Place: Russia, Herkimer, New York
Age: 65
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Birthplace: United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Race: W
Gender:
Family Number:
Page: 933
Reference ID: 13
GS Film number: 0845906
Digital Folder Number: 4518285
Image Number: 00476
Citing this Record:
New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPDY-8GS : accessed 27 April 2016), Emily E Carpenter, Russia, Cold Brook Village, E.D. 03, Herkimer, New York; citing p. 933, line 13, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 845,906.

CENSUS: 1915 New York State Census
Name: Emily E Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1915
Event Place: Russia, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Herkimer, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 75
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Years in United States: 75
House Number: 8
Page: 02
Line Number: 40
Citing this Record:
"New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9J6-7RX : accessed 27 April 2016), Emily E Carpenter, Russia, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Herkimer, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 02, line 40, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

CENSUS: 1925 New York State Census
Name: Emly E Carpenter
Also Known As Name:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1925
Event Place: Russia, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Herkimer, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 85
Nationality: United States
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Widow
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Years in United States:
House Number:
Page: 4
Line Number: 41
Citing this Record:
"New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSSD-3F6 : accessed 27 April 2016), Emly E Carpenter, Russia, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Herkimer, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 4, line 41, New York State Archives, Albany.

GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117634170
Emily E Howe Carpenter
Birth: unknown
Death: Jun. 12, 1928
Cold Brook
Herkimer County
New York, USA
Aged 90
Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Carpenter (1839 - 1894)
Burial:
Newport Cemetery
Newport
Herkimer County
New York, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 2

Created by: R0BIN
Record added: Sep 25, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 117634170

4926. Amos L. Carpenter

NOTES: From Barbara Martin:
OK, I did say I had something else on Timothy's son, Amos L. I had forgotten that I had found a slight possibility of a connection. The last census and for that matter, the last record I found for him was the 1880 census. Here, from my database notes:
1880 census: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, HH#190
Amos Carpenter, age 30, Oil business, b. Ohio
Nellie, wife, age 24, keeping house, b. Ohio, both parents Scotland
Flora, 1, daughter, b. Illinois
Flora Frazer, age 50, mother, b. Scotland
Bridget Lacy, age 22, servant, b. Iowa, both parents Ireland
After that, no more Amos L. Carpenter b. in 1820. In 1900, I found his ex-wife, divorced and professing to having had only one child, and she and the daughter living with his wife's mother. Where was Amos?
1900 census: South Township, Chicgo, Cook, Illinois, p. 112, HH#3226
Flora Fraser, head, May 1829, age 71, wd., mother of 4, 1 living, b. in Scotland as were both parents, immigrated 1850
Nellie F. Carpenter, daughter, Mar 1856, 44, div. 1 child, b. Ohio, both parents Scotland
Flora M. Carpenter, G. daughter, Sept 1878, 21, b. Illinois, both parents Ohio
Here's where it gets tricky. I found the following Amos F. in 1900 and 1910. This person sports an F. middle initial, and is 10 years younger than our son of Timothy, but note his occupation and compare it to above. Also note he has male children. However, he says he has been married just 2 times, and this wife says she has had no babies. Nellie. divorced first wife, reported she had had only 1 child. So., this Amos would have had to marry 3 times. So that's 3 strikes against him being Timothy's Amos - the name, the age, the no. of marriages. For those reasons, I've not traced him further. Should I perhaps look more into this? [ ANSWER: NO. THIS AMOS IS FROM ANOTHER LINE. SEE: Amos F. Carpenter-132529 PER JRC]
1900 census: Ames twp., Athens Co., Ohio, HH#152
Amos F. Carpenter, b. Feb. 1860, age 40, b. Ohio as were both parents, Contrator of oil wells, could r&w, renting house, newly married
Lillian R., wife, b. Octo 1859, age 40, had not had any children, b. Ohio as werre both parents, could r&W
Bertha, daughter, May 1887, age 13, b. Ohio as were both parents, at school
Lena, daughter, Dec 1892, age 7, ditto
Thomas E., Feb 1890, age 10, ditto
Charles, Nov 1895, age 4, ditto
(These children were not born to Lillian, so this Amos had been previously married. Our Amos’s first wife was Nellie, and she is listed in 1900 in Chicago, divorced, living with her mother. If this is our Amos, he has married for the third time).
1910 census: Wesley twp., Washington Co., Ohio, HH# 96
Amos F. Carpenter, age 50, m. 2, presently 11 years, b. Ohio as were both parents, farmer, mortgage farm
Lilliam R., 50, m1, never gave birth
Edward T. age 19, teacher-common schools
Lenna, age 18, home
Chares, 16, farm laborer

4927. Van Rensselaer Carpenter

MARRIAGE: Married twice. First before 1910, but no information available.
NAME: Was his first name Van or Steven?

CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with parents - see father's notes.
Name: Van R. Carpenter
Residence: Piqua, Miami, Ohio
Birthdate: 1862
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Relationship to Head: Son
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: Stephen V.R. Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Name: Naomi J. Carpenter
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 18 years
Occupation: At Home
NARA Film Number: T9-1049
Page: 288
Page Character: A
Entry Number: 1823
Film number: 1255049
Collection: United States Census, 1880

CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
van R. CARPENTER Self S Male W 21 OH Mining OH OH
Charls H. MILLER Other M Male W 36 IN Mining IN IN
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Source Information:
Census Place Silver Cliff, Custer, Colorado
Family History Library Film 1254089
NA Film Number T9-0089
Page Number 311D

From: Barbara C. Martin mailto:barbaramn@embarqmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:51 PM
To: Barbara C. Martin mailto:barbaramn@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Carpenter history
Hey, Carpenter Family,
I've made a find concerning our Grandpa Van R. Carpenter that I'm excited about. It provides partial answers to at least two questions that I've had: We know that our grandfather was away from his family for about 20 years, from about early 1880 to about 1900. Where did he first go? Then, Aunt Hattie told us in one of her articles (I report it on p. 37 of my Carpenter book: "My father, who had been a very wealthy man, had been sick two or three years when he died and his affairs were in a dreadful state. In our attic we had a box of stock that wasn’t worth a cent. Mother said once we could paper our house with it."") That was late 1899. So, what kind of stock did he hold and then lose?
I had found Grandpa Van listed in the 1880 census, fresh out of high school, still living in the household with his parents, Stephen and Naomi. They were not in Columbus, Ohio where their home was, but Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio and G-Gp Stephen was "in silver mining". Later, they moved back to Columbus.
Well, here goes my newest discovery: Thanks to a new search engine, I have found Grandpa Van in another place also in 1880, perhaps a quick move from the family, in Silver Cliff, Colorado. When I looked for him on the census there, I was amazed that everybody listed were from other states, and 90% of them were engaged in prospecting or mining. Van was in the mining group and living on Main Street, perhaps a hotel. He also returned to Columbus for awhile after that.
It would appear, then, that great-gp Stephen had somehow lined up with the mining company in Silver Cliff, and had sent gp Van out there, perhaps to represent him? That's answer #1, and while Stephen had invested heavily in the company, in time it went bankrupt and his stock became worthless. That's answer #2
Of course, that find meant I had to learn about silver mining in Silver Cliff, Custer Co, Colorado. You can google those words and learn all you want to about the town, even the mysterious lights in the cemetery. This is a gist of it:
Silver Cliff was a famous silver-mining camp in central Custer County. The silver strike here was so rich that the population boomed and
Silver Cliff became the third largest town in Colorado Territory (after Denver and Leadville) for a while. Around the time of statehood, the
politicos even entertained the idea of making Silver Cliff the state capitol. Silver Cliff took the county seat from Rosita in 1886 but lost it to
Westcliffe in 1928.
This was a rough and rowdy town in those early days. The big mine was the Silver Cliff Mine, later known as the Geyser Mine. The mine
might have been profitable except for the actions of certain East Coast stock manipulators. Shares in the mine were first promoted and
sold by a James R. Keene of New York. Keene was reasonably famous as a scam operator and he took the company into bankruptcy
within a few years. Then the property was sold to the Julianna Mining Company, run by a Dr. Richard C. Flower of Boston. Flower was even
more unscrupulous in his stock promotions and sales and he also took the company into bankruptcy, in 1888. Shareholders then rescued
the company and renamed it the Geyser Mining Company, but the primary operators were more of Flower's cronies. In the end, the mine
never turned an official profit. At one time, though, it was the deepest mine in the state of Colorado.

Another source:
The Geyser Mine started the silver mining rush of Silver Cliff. Mining started in July of 1877 and continued for 23 years until July 1900. The Geyser Mine is located Northeast of the Silver Cliff Museum. (Note how that time period compares with Van's presence there and the death of his father in 1899).
If you are interested at all in this little town that was a part of our family history for awhile, and then a great part in our financial history, you might want to explore these sites:

www.sangre-de-cristo.com
www.custercountyco.com/index.htm
www.colorado.com/SilverCliff.aspx

E-MAIL:
From: Barbara C. Martin mailto:barbaramn@embarqmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 8:47 AM
To: John R Carpenter mailto:jrcrin001@cox.net>
Subject: Re: The New and Improved Carpenter Book - BCM only
John, I will have a PDF copy of the book in the mail by tomorrow. Yes, of course, you have my permission to use it in any form you wish.
Thanks,
Barbara
PS, I tried zipping it and other methods, but could not get it small enough to send by email.
On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:43 PM, John R Carpenter > wrote:
Barbara,
Do you did your new improved book could be emailed as an attachment?
And do I have your permission to use it in the Carpenter Cousins Project? I could put it with the other books and articles on Carpenters.
Please let me know.
John R. CarpenterLa Mesa, CA USACarpenter Cousins Project
BOOK:
Our Carpenter Family, privately published February 2016, by Barbara Carpenter Martin
of Baker, Florida. 235 Pages. Many pictures.
Note: This is similar to an ancestral report starting with RIN 34425. See the Book section of the CCE.

Page 14
The Carpenter Story, Generation II Isabel and Van R. Carpenter: Holt, Florida - Perry, Florida

UPDATE: May 2020
Grandpa Van Carpenter Before Meeting Grandma Bell The story of our Grandfather Van Carpenter poses some of the deepest mysteries of our near relatives, many of which remained unsolved until recently. Prior to my adventure into genealogy, we knew almost nothing of him. He had died when Daddy was a small child and Grandma remarried several years later. Grandma and her new husband, He nry Canﬁeld, took 20 her two young sons and moved to Mississippi. Daddy grew up knowing very little about his own father, and we knew even less. His parents and siblings did not even know where he was for a period of 20 years. Now, we know!! Very recently, Stringing together the various bits of information I picked up, this is what I learned. Van was born to Stephen Van Rensselear and Naomi Hankins Carpenter on July 22, 1861, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents had been married just the previous year. He was their ﬁrst child and he was born into luxury and wealth. The 1860 census showed his father in possession of $15,000 worth of real estate and $5,000 worth of personal property. I think you could multiply those numbers by at least 100 or more to get modern day values. His mother as a new bride already had a live-in servant, so it is apparent that she didn’t face the same life of drudgery as did our other great-grandmothers. Our Grandfather Van R. Carpenter showed up for the ﬁrst time in the 1870 census. He was listed as Fannie R., age 8. That census taker had difﬁculty spelling. Van was going to school, but his little sisters and brother, Grace, Dell N. and baby Ida were at home with their mother. (Ida would die of cholera infantum in September of that year). Their father, Stephen, had a wholesale notion store that year, and still had the same wealth as in 1860, in spite of the Civil War. Their mother, Naomi, was then in possession of $9000 worth of personal goods of her own. By June 7, 1880, the family had moved, temporarily perhaps, to Piqua, Ohio, and Van, 18, was there at home with all his sisters and one brother. Their father was engaged in silver mining that year. He also held stock in that company. However, three weeks later, I found Van living alone in Silver Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado. He was working as a miner. Silver Cliff was formed in the late 1870s to house the miners of its namesake, the Silver Cliff mine, and other silver mines in the neighborhood. In a very angry letter written to his sister, Hattie, in 1901, twenty years later, he said, “Every since I was bundled off to California with Nellie I have been the dog thrown out of the kennel without a bone”. (He had a cousin named Nellie, daughter of his school teacher half-aunt Ellen, who lived in California). Apparently that was the beginning of Van's troubles. The following is the ﬁrst of many newspaper reports posting our grandfather's experiences. (I found all the newspaper accounts through ancestry.com, in its newspapers.com link. January 9, 1881: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Piqua, Ohio, Jan 8.—This evening a young man named Van Carpenter presented a check to Spencer & Co. for $21, on the Piqua National Bank, purported to have been drawn by S. R. Ogden, proprietor of the Railroad Hotel at Bradford Junction, and had it cashed. He then went to A. Berting & Co., presented another like the ﬁrst, and obtained the money. In a short time both checks were discovered to be forgeries. Carpenter was found in a saloon and arrested, and a part
of the money recovered. He had a partner named Dan Gorman with whom he divided the cash, and who was also arrested. Both will have a hearing on Monday. A third check for $21 was put out by Carpenter, but no money obtained on it. It is signed by the young man’s father, and is believed to be a forgery. Although the operations were very bold, this is young Carpenter’s ﬁrst known offense. He is about twenty years old, and is well connected. The last account of Van in Ohio was a mention in the Columbus city directory of 1881. The family was back at home in Columbus, and Van was listed as a boarder with them. Could it be that he escaped having to serve jail time, and this was the event that sparked the "bundling off to California"? The next account I found in a California newspaper: June 17, 1884: Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, California) A Thief Promptly Caught Chief Caddy yesterday received a dispatch from Ventura stating that a man calling himself Henry Harris, alias V. R. Carpenter, had hired a span of sorrel mares and a buggy to take a drive around town, but failed to return that day or the next. The Sheriff telegraphed to Los Angeles to arrest such a man and take charge of the property. Soon after receiving the dispatch the Chief found the horses and buggy at Wickershams’ stable, where they had ben put in soak for $50, which Carpenter had spent in a free and go as you please manner. About eleven o’clock last night Ofﬁcer Botello captured Carpenter near the depot and placed him in the lockup. His career was very bold and appropriately brief. San Quentin yawns for such scoundrels as this man Carpenter. He was sentenced to a stay in prison. This entry gave us a physical description of our grandfather, and it sounds so much like our own father: July 11 1884: San Quentin State Prison, California Van R. Carpenter of Ohio, Crime: Vagrant, embezzlement, Term: 2 yrs., Ventura Co. Age 24 Occ: Piano Tuner, Height: 6ft 3/4in Complexion: Light, Eyes: Gray, Hair: Brown. Size of foot: 10”, Long spare features, eyes deepset, large ears stand out from head, high cheekbones, face thin, full ﬁnehead (or forehead), small scar left side of top of head, scar left foreﬁnger, birthmark inside right forearm, small slender hands, vaccine mark right upper arm, hairy back, square shouldered, slim built. 1 After 6 months, he was conditionally pardoned and restored by the governor on January 30, 1885. He was then released There was an intervening 8 years for which I found no reports. He is listed in the 1892 Copy of the Great Register of Santa Clara Co., California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 as a piano tuner and residing in Santa Clara Co. Perhaps he had remained a good citizen long enough to be eligible to vote!! However, alcohol brought an end to that. On August 16, 1892, he arrived at the Folsom State Prison Van R. Carpenter, b. in Ohio, crime: forgery, arrived Aug 16, 1892,   to serve 2
Source: California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950, Descriptive List of Convicts, 1884-1886, Descriptions 1 of Prisoners Received at the CA St Prison during July 1884
years, Contra Costa, age 33, piano tuner, 6’0”,   dark comp., dark gray eyes, black hair, discharged April 16, 1894. Same physical appearance, same occupation, same crime. 2 When he was released, he immediately moved to Sacramento, California, and began a new career with another new name: April 30, 1894: Los Angeles Times THE WESTERNERS. A Four-term convict Heads the Stockton Contingent-Portland’s Choice Lot. Associated Press Leased-wire Service Sacramento, April 29: The Industrial Army business has received a hard blow here. “Col.” Inman of the Stockton contingent, which came here two weeks and has since gathered in 250more idle men, is now under arrest in the City Jail charged with vagrancy. Last night Warden All of the Folsom Prison, telephoned Chief of Police Drew that an ofﬁcer of the prison had identiﬁed Inman as one Van R. Carpenter, a four-term convict, who was discharged from the penitentiary the day the Stockton army arrived and he told Chief Drew how this act could be veriﬁed by marks on the man’s body. Capt. Green went out to Sutter Fort and requested “Col.” Inman to come in and see Chief Drew, which he did. Very much to his surprise he was made to take off his coat and vest, and sure enough his arms bore the marks described by Warden All. Inman asked what it all meant and was told that he must be locked up for vagrancy. He had on his person a revolver and $70 in money. Being asked if he was not an ex-convict, he replied that he was and admitted having served three terms, two of them for stealing horses and buggies while drunk, and one for forgery. Warden All was called up today and he stated that Carpenter, alias Inman, was released from Folsom Prison on the 16th inst., and in less than twenty-four hours afterward was an ofﬁcer in the Industrial Army quartered at Agricultural Park in this city. He made his boast before he left that in a few days he would be at the head of one of these bands of Industrials. Warden All says Carpenter, or Inman, served two terms in San Quentin and two at Folsom. The ﬁrst term All could not tell about, but the second time Carpenter went to prison. I was for two years from Ventura County for robbery. He was pardoned by Gov. Stoneman on February 1, 1885, under the belief that he was about to die of consumption. His third term was also for robbery committed in Santa Clara county, and again he was thought to be dying when his term expired. His last conviction was for forgery committed in Contra Costa County. Carpenter, or Inman, as he is known here succeeded in having “Col.” Williams deposed a week ago from the command of the local army and himself elevated to that position. He is a rather bright man and his address is greatly in his favor. He had succeeded in impressing the city ofﬁcials and others with the idea that he is an honest toiler and who had been unfortunate enough to get out of work and desired to do something for the cause of the so-called Commonwealth by leading a host of men to Washington. Just who will succeed him in command is not now known, but the exposure of his criminal career will doubtless have a bad effect on his followers, by causing the public to lose conﬁdence in the men composing the band, few of whom are known to any citizen.
1892-1894: Folsom St Prison2
The San Francisco and Oakland Industrial armies, numbering about nine hundred men, arrived here at 6 o’clock this evening from Richland, ﬁfteen miles down the river, where they camped last night. They took up their quarters at the baseball grounds in the outskirts of the city. The grounds consist of two blocks, inclosed with a high fence, and with two stands roofed over. The accommodations are very poor, and many of the men are without blankets. They are pretty well supplied with food, however, one man on the road having given them three steers. Wagons were procured on the way for hauling their baggage to the city. Another account of the same event: April 30, 1894: The Record-Union (Sacramento, California) ANOTHER ARMY IS HERE The Oakland 900 Now in Camp at the Ball Grounds, After Their Long and Wearisom March From Walnut Grove. Colonel Inman of the Local Army Under Arrest in the City Jail for Vagrancy His Name Is Carpenter, and He Has Just Served His Fourth Term in the State Prison- His Men Refuse to Afﬁliate With The Others The local Industrial Army has received a severe shock in the arrest of its leader, Colonel Inman, for vagrancy. And the worst of it is, his name is not Inman at all, but Van R. Carpenter, a man who has but just completed his fourth term in the State Prison, two of them at San Quentin, and two at Folsom. The information on which Chief Drew acted was received Saturday night from Warden All, who informed him that an ofﬁcer of the prison had recognized in “Col. Inman” ex-convict Carpenter. The Warden told Chief Drew of certain bodymarks borne by Carpenter, and suggested that he examine Inman and see if the statement that he and Carpenter were one and the same person would not be veriﬁed. Captain Greene went out to the camp of the Industrials in Sutter’s Fort and told Col. Inman that Chief Drew desired to see him at his ofﬁce, and the Colonel went there at once. “I have an unpleasant duty to perform, Col. Inman,” said Chief Drew, when they were alone. “Please remove your coat and bare your arms.” Inman turned pale, then his face ﬂushed, and he looked at Chief Drew with an air of astonishment but he complied with the latter’s command. Sure enough, there was the tell-tale anchor tattooed on his arm, just as Warden All Had described it. “Aren’t you just out of the penitentiary” asked the Chief,” and haven’t you served four terms for various crimes?” Inman admitted that such was the case “What were you sent up for?” asked the Chief. “Well,” replied Inman, “while drunk I stole a horse and buggy, and I was asleep when they caught me and didn’t know what I had done.” Chief Drew - What were you sent up for the next time? Inman - Well, I stole another horse and buggy while drunk, and this time also I was asleep when arrested.
Chief Drew - And the next time? Inman- The last time I was arrested and sentenced for forgery. I served my time, and now would like to know what I am here for. Chief Drew - You are under arrest. Inman - What for? Chief Drew - For vagrancy. You have been in this city some two weeks, doing nothing for a livelihood, and I understand you joined this so-called army as soon as you got here form Folsom, assuming a different name from your right one. Inman then asked to be permitted to return to the fort and resign his command, but Chief Drew thought he had better remain at the Police Station. He was then searched, and on his person were found a revolver and $70 in money. He said the money belonged to the army fund contributed by citizens for the relief of the men. In conversation with a Record-Union reporter last evening Lt. Col Drummond said that but few of the men at the fort were aware of Inman’s arrest, but the matter will be fully explained to them this morning. The men will then be asked to voice their sentiments regarding the future of the regiment. We are very fortunate to have our grandfather's account in his own words. This was a part of the above article: INMAN’S STATEMENT (keep it in mind that Inman is our Van R. Rensselaer) Last evening Inman prepared the following statement for publication: “Now that the fact of my arrest is about to be known to the public, I feel it a duty I owe to those who were under my command to explain how I, an ex-convict, came to be chosen Colonel of the Industrial Army. First, no one knew who or what I was, as there is not an ex-convict in the ranks. I came here from Folsom on April 16th and joined the army on the 17th. "In order to get home and out of the State, I joined Major Williams’ army. The following day I was appointed Camp Correspondent, and did what I could to further the interests of the regiment. “On or about the 21st the men became dissatisﬁed with Major Williams and he resigned, and I was chosen Colonel. I fully realized the desperate chances I was taking in this matter, but I thought that I might be able to take them out of the city before I was recognized. At all events, I started an account system, so that neither I nor any of my men could handle any money, unless by consent of all. I did this to show that I had no intention of making money out of the movement. “I have conducted myself in a manner that was intended to prove that I had reformed. Never have I entered a saloon to drink since I was chosen commander. I have expected to be recognized every day, but I thought my conduct would entitle me to the mercy of all fair-minded citizens. I have worked hard and should in this matter and have worked day and night. “Now, in regard to my penal servitude: The statement is true that I have been sent to prison four times, but out of justice to myself and friends, I wish to explain how and why I was sent there. I came to this coast in 1884. Soon after I commenced to dissipate, and one day while drunk I drove off with a buggy belonging to a neighbor in Ventura. I was crazed by liquor. I drove some distance, and when I commenced to realize the enormity of my joke I stopped, unhitched the team, and went to sleep under the buggy, and was there found by the Sheriff, who
advised me to plead guilty, which I did, and for which I received two years, but was soon after pardoned. “I then left the coast for a few months, but owing to ill health came back. Soon after I was again arrested for grand larceny, in this manner: I was working for Miller & Lux at Gilroy. I went into town and drank too much whisky, and while drunk I hired a horse and buggy to go to the ranch, but instead I went in another direction, and was found under a tree, the horse unhitched and I was drunk. I was arrested, pleaded guilty on account of prior conviction, and was given one year. “After doing the year I went to Brazil, and stopped there for a long time, and then came back to California. I again went to work near San Jose, and one day I came into town after paint. The man whom I was with was drinking hard, and so was I. I bought the paint and put it in the wagon and then started out to see the city. Some time during the night I got back to the wagon, untied the horse, and started for home. I was found in another direction, lying on the side of the road, and the horse and wagon some two or three miles farther on. For this I received one year, as I dared not stand trial on account of the prior convictions. “The last and fourth time was in Contra Costa Co. I was working for a man at painting. I went to town, spent what money I had, and as it was a long distance to the ranch, I wrote an order on a storekeeper and signed my employer's name. For this I was arrested, and before my employer could visit me to ﬁnd out anything about the case, I had pleaded guilty, because I was afraid of the prior convictions. “After cashing this order I went back to the ranch to go to work, but being under the inﬂuence of liquor was sent away. Still I made no attempt to get away, and was found drunk near the ranch. “In speaking of these cases, I do so hoping the public will give me some little mercy in connection with justice. I have sworn never to drink nor gamble, and I have complied with my oath so far. When I was down to the city the other day, and everything had gone against me, I had $80 belonging to the regiment. If I had intended to be dishonest, I surely had an opportunity to be so. My accounts are open to the public. I have not received nor spent one cent belonging to the regiment that is not accounted for, and my conduct while here is to be judged by those with whom I have come in contact. Hoping I may be treated fairly in this matter, and again assuring the good people of Sacramento that my intentions were honorable, I will close with ill-feelings for none, but respect and admiration for all law-abiding citizens. “I have this day tendered my resignation, and again allow me to assure my comrades and friends that my arrest is simply made as a precaution against imposition, and not through any spite work of your kind and competent Chief of Police. Signed: L. Inman.” (Our Van R. Carpenter) THE MAN'S RECORD (Still a part of the above article) Warden All was called up by the Record-Union yesterday and he stated over the telephone wire that Carpenter, alias Inman, was released fro the Folsom Prison on the 16th instant, and in less than 24 hours afterward was an ofﬁcer in the Industrial Army then quartered at Agricultural Park in this city. Warden All says that Carpenter (or Inman) served two terms in San Quentin and two at Folsom. The ﬁrst term All could not tell much about, but he remembered that the second term
Carpenter passed in the prison was for two years, from Ventura for grand larceny. He was pardoned by Governor Stoneman on Feb. 1, 1885, under the belief that he was about to die of consumption. His third term was for grand larceny, committed in Santa Clara Co., and again he was thought to be dying when his term expired and he left the prison. His last conviction was for forgery committed in Congra Costa Co. This was even reported in an out-of-state paper: Apr. 30, 1894: The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah, p. 1) Carpenter, or Inman, as he is known here, succeeded in having Col. Williams deposed a week ago from the command of the local army, and himself elevated to that position. He is a rather bright man and his address is greatly in his favor. He had succeeded in impressing the city ofﬁcials and others with the idea that he is an honest toiler, and who had been unfortunate enough to get out of work and desired to do something for the cause of the so-called Commonwealth by leading a host of men to Washington. Just who will succeed him in command is not now known, but the exposure of his criminal career will doubtless have a bad effect on his followers by causing the public to lose conﬁdence in the men composing the band, few of whom are known to any citizen. Barbara’s note: Apparently he was not charged, and a week later, he was free and doing his work: May 5, 1894: Record-Union (Sacramento, California) Colonel Carpenter’s Minstrel Show On Monday Night The programs are out for the minstrel show to be given at the Metropolitan Theater next Monday evening by meant in Col. Van R. Carpenter’s Industrial Army, now at Sutter’ s Fort, assisted by some local talent. The announcement reads: TO THE PUBLIC: Whereas, We, the Industrial Army, under the command of Colonel Van R. Carpenter, now quartered at Sutter’s Fort, are about to start for Washington, and as we are not in condition, ﬁnancially speaking to pay fare and expenses, and being desirous of being self-supporting, we, the members of said command, respectfully announce to the public that we will give a minstrel entertainment at the Metropolitan Theater, Monday, May 7th. We possess good talent and plenty of it. Please notice our array of artists under the direction of Harry Carson: (The program continued to include the names of the artists and their performances. The acts included “knock-about” songs and dance, clog imitations, sketches, acrobatic specialties, jigs, songs and recitations.) The prices of admission have been placed at 50 cents; children, 25 cents; reserved seats, 25 cents extra. The money secured in this manner is to help us on our way to Washington. We will leave the day following our entertainment, even should we get only a short distance, where we will give another entertainment. Thanking the citizens for their many favors, we remain, respectfully, THE INDUSTRIAL ARMY,      Under command of Colonel V. R. Carpenter.
May 7, 1894, The Record-Union (Sacramento, California), p. 3 ……. Tonight Col. Van R. Carpenter’s men at Sutter’s Fort will give a variety performance at the Metropolitan Theater, from which they hope to obtain sufﬁcient funds to start them on their way toward the Missouri River. Most of the men have homes in the East, whence they came last winter in search of employment, and they are anxious to return. It is Col. Carpenter’s intention to start tomorrow if enough money can be raised to carry his men to some good-sized town where the public should liberally assist them by the purchase of tickets to their entertainment. They have arranged an excellent program, and those who attend tonight may reasonably count on receiving their money’s worth of fun. CARD FROM COLONEL CARPENTER Eds. Record-Union: As this will be my last opportunity expressing my feelings, I take the liberty of again asking for some of your valuable space that I may again thank your readers and the citizens of Sacramento for their kind treatment given to my men and myself. In no other city in the Union could a man “placed in my position,” have been treated with more mercy and with more justice. Handicapped as I was, with a past record so bad, I can hardly realize that so many people would, “with one accord,” as it were, give a man a chance to prove whether or not he intended to reform. This treatment has been my salvation, for I promise the citizens, one and all, that I will never in any way cause one to think their conﬁdence has been misplaced. I thank the church roll for their prayers: I thank the press for allowing me to explain; I thank all for their mercy. And, in behalf of my three companies of 150 men, I thank all for feeding and clothing us for the past 21 days. On Tuesday I will take my men out of Sacramento and travel as far as I can. I will then stop and give one or two entertainments, and start again, and should we be favored with good fortune and we reach our homes and present ourselves petition for better times at Washington, it will be with a lasting love for the big-hearted people of Sacramento. A statement of receipts, expenditures - in fact, everything connected with my command- will be given on Tuesday morning: for, although many heads sometimes complicate simple propositions, we feel that all should know just how we have handled their donations. On Monday our boys will eat a big dinner arranged by the ladies of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, at 3 pm, after which the three companies will escort the show people as far as the theater, and then return to camp and prepare to leave Tuesday morning. Sixty-eight of the boys under my command signed the pledge today (Sunday), and if they are to be believed they will keep it. So, again thanking you for your kind and merciful treatment, I remain yours, determined to do right. V. R. Carpenter Colonel of the Regiment May 8, 1894: The Record-Union (Sacramento, Calif., p. 6) The Industrials Last Night’s Show-Both Armies Expected to Move Today
Colonel Van R. Carpenter of the Sutter Fort Industrial regiment will start for the East with his men today. They gave a variety entertainment at the Metropolitan Theater last night for the purpose of raising funds with which to pay their fare for a portion of the distance. There were ﬁfteen performers on the stage in the overture, and they gave a very creditable show, a better one than many professional companies put up. The regiment contains many who have been on the stage before, and the people along the line of the railroad may depend on being well entertained while aiding the men in reaching their homes and families in the East. Unfortunately, Grandpa Van fell off the wagon. Two years later found him still in California and with yet-again a new name: June 13, 1896, the San Francisco Call (San Francisco), p. 9 An Unemployed Major-General Arrested for Stealing a Bicycle William Martin, also known as Van R. Carpenter, was arrested on Thursday night on 6th St by Sergeant David and Detective Harper, while trying to dispose of a bicycle that had evidently been stolen. Martin has had a decidedly checkered career. In 1884 he was sent from Ventura Co. to the State Prison for grand larceny and three years later from Contra Costa Co for a similar offense. Since then he has served several terms for thieving. Finally ﬁnding that thieving was not a proﬁtable business Martin started out to win military honors for himself, and the ﬁrst opening that presented itself was in the Industrial Army of unemployed that was camped in Sacramento. Martin with little effort reached the honors of major-general of the ﬁrst division to leave Sacramento. He was then known under the name of Carpenter. His military honors lasted only so long as the “army” continued on the road. When this body disbanded Martin drifted back into private life again and spent much of his time endeavoring to keep out of the clutches of the law. There was no followup to this article, so maybe it was dismissed. It may well have been that at this time, he joined the work on the Panama Canal. Thanks to the very same archaeologist who is conducting the dig into Indian remains in Miami at this very time (July, 2006), we have access to letters that Grandpa Van wrote to his mother between 1909 and his death in 1917. (The story of the archaeologist will be told in another chapter). One letter, though, preceded the letters to his mother. This letter was written to his nextto-the-youngest sister, Hattie. He still hadn’t seen any of the family for eighteen years, and Hattie was about ﬁve years old when he left home. She grew up and after her father’s death literally took charge of the family. Apparently, Van and Hattie had already exchanged a couple of letters, and he was furious at her for what she wrote in those letters. This is a long and angry letter, but I am copying it in its entirety because it may down the road provide us with more information and understanding than we may have at the moment. Once we take a closer look at Aunt Hattie and her personality in a later chapter, we will understand the anger.
I am retaining Grandpa Van’s punctuation and spelling just as he wrote it, but I am separating the text into paragraphs to make the reading easier. Our grandfather had a very good vocabulary, but he used phonetic spelling a great deal, as did most people of that day. He also inserted the underlines. 11:30 p.m. October 28th, 1901 I open my letter to suggest that perhaps it would be better for you “and everybody concerned in fact” to let some male friend do your corosponding. It dose not bcome any lady to write the kind of letters you seem to think necessary in writing to your brother. Although that brother “is 40 years old and entended to go home to let his poor old mother slave for him.” Shame Hattie I can’t believe you wrote those words. V. R. C. Jacksonville October 28, 1901, same letter Miss Hattie Carpenter Your letter of the 25th is at hand. And no surprise. every since I was bundeled off to California with Nellie I have been the dog thrown out of the kennel without a bone. at times when I through hard luck was hungry I would receive letters from home pleading poverty and in the same breath speak of the ﬁne times you were having, bikes, cameras, etc. All of which went a long ways toward making me think I was receiving truthfull accounts of affairs at Columbus. the letter I have just received from you was writen by yourself no doubt but dictated by some one else. either that or you are not the daughter of S. V. R. Carpenter. I could write things should I follow the dictates of my mind at the present time that would not look well to the eyes of he or she who aided you in composing the insulting tirade you sent me. since though you have taken the view of the matter that you have, it may be a good place for me to do likewise. You speak of Del spending all the money he can get ahold of or to be exact “He spends every cent for us”. Has he too turned our a spendthrift. and the ballance of the “Girls” they to are “dependent upon your charity it seems. Strange they to have lost the Boasted Pride of the Carpenters and sit quietly and allow you to support them. The whole thing looks to me like Van was to be kept away from Miami as he might ask questions. That would be hard to answer. When Papa died did he leave no message for me? Was there a will? Who handled the estate after Papa’s death? “Suppose”- I should come to Miami and demand my prorate of the money left by Father. Could an accounting be give that would be satisfactory. You no doubt have received my last letter. the ﬁrst was written the day I was exposed here by a fellow from California and worded I don’t know how. by the time you have received this others will have written you. You tell me to turn and try and be a man. Poor child you don’t know what you are talking or writing about. The surprise I entended when I wrote to Mr. Dearburne “Our friend” was this. the position I have just lost (I say lost because at present I am not working for the Co.) paid me a good sallery with the promise of an increase. I entended to send you or some of the rest a month’s salary along about the 15th of Nov. And do it without you knowing from who it had come. my ententions were honorable. as the friends I have in Eheru wil testify. I even asked
Mr. Cleavland the man who I worked for if he would send me to the East Coast next month. that was the surprise so help me God. You speak of me 40 years old wanting to come home to be cared for by my old mother. it’s a lie pure and simple. and the idea never originated in your head. You say that my request is simply abominable. perhaps. yet I know of ladies who would think twice before saying so. You blame me for Mama’s troubles and speak of the past 5 years. have I been any trouble during that time. Shame on you Hattie to lend yourself to any such scheme. I wont go to Port Lemon. I shant leave Florida but I tell you what I will do. This is Monday. if by next Monday, Nov 4th I do not receive a copy of Father’s will along with a statement of the administrator showing the whole business, I shall not only hire an attorney here to look the matter up but I will come in person to Miami to see for myself. I suppose you have me pictured as a drunken dilapidated old bum laying around bar rooms begging for drinks etc. You are mistaken. My appearance is that of a gentelman. My conduct is that of a gentelman and up to the time I was so rudely held up for public inspection was considerd a man amongst men. I was in Miami just a short time ago on the Steamer Anthea, the guest of Capt. Cantie and Family. I may have said things in this letter that look ungentlemanly but you may blame yourself and adviser. You can rest assured on one thing. I mean everything I say. And shall carry it out as nearly as I can. had you been a man instead of a woman I should have written a different letter or perhaps none at all but would have started for Miami. “Man 40 years old wanting his poor old mother to care for him”. Hattie that is the meanest most contemptable thing I ever had said to me. If a man told me that to my face I would kill him. I shall send your letter to people who know me better than you. Rather than eat a piece of bread that came from you I would starve. You say you are glad I am well. you lie again. You were in hopes I was dead. but you will ﬁnd me one of the livelyest dead men that you or your advisors have ever run across. If I had any love for you at all before it has by your own “despicable action in writing the letter” turned to a bitter hate that I did not know I was capable of fathering. A few words and I will close. (Your letter came just as I started to work on a set of scenery for a new hall. I have postponed commencing the work and feel more like getting drunk than anything else. If I don’t break the pledge I took 7 months ago it wont be your fault). I hope you enjoy being the cause. I suppose you will either return this letter or ignore it. don’t do either. it’s written in answer to yours. (and to do either will only make things more trublesome to straighten out). You will therefore comply with my requests. and do so before Nov 5th. Otherwise Mama and the balance will have to ﬁnd out that contrary to their wishes I am alive. Write me at No.11 South Hogan St. Jacksonville. not to Box 48. You say you have trouble in the past 5 years. “I haven’t”. Mine was all sunshine. I wish you was a man.                      Van R. C.
Remember by Nov. 5th untill that time I shall devote my sparetime in getting together such letters and testimony that will do the most good. V. R. C. Dont forget - No. 11 Sth Hogan St. on or before Nov. 5th 3 He made the promised trip to Miami the following summer. The city newspaper, The Miami Metropolis, carried this item on August 1, 1902: Mr. V. R. Carpenter, eldest son of Mrs. S. V. R. Carpenter, of Cocoanut Grove, after an absence of eighteen years met his mother and sisters in Miami during the jubilee. For ﬁve years his mother had believed him dead and the reunion was a very happy one for her. Since Mr. Carpenter left home he has traveled several times over the world, and his sisters have grown up so he has hardly yet been able to tell one from the other. For the past ﬁve months, Mr. Carpenter has been engaged in business in Titusville, but is making arrangements to come to Miami. 4 By October, Grandpa Van had moved to Miami. The paper reported on Oct. 10, 1902: Mr. Van Carpenter, oldest son of Mrs. S. V. R. Carpenter of Cocoanut Grove, who has been globe trotting for the last twenty years, has come home to stay to the delight of his mother and sisters. Mr. Carp. He is entertaining his family and their friends with scenes and incidents of his travels. Mr. V. R. Carpenter returned Sunday morning from Daytona and will engage in business near home. 5 Life in the big house in Cocoanut Grove must have become a bit crowded or strained, because we read two months later: Gracie, Louise and Hattie Carpenter have taken rooms in the Fogg residence on 14th. They found it inconvenient to come and go to Cocoanut Grove. 6 Did they grow weary of their brother’s presence? They did return home after Van left again. Grandpa’s brother Del also chose to come home about this time. At the end of December the paper reported: Mr. Del N. Carpenter returned last Saturday from Honduras for a couple of months stay with his mother, Mrs. SVR Carpenter of Cocoanut Grove. Mr. Carpenter is looking ﬁne and is still enthusiastic over the progress in Honduras. 7 Grandpa Van remained in Miami only a short while as indicated by another mention in the paper a few months later. He and his family must have reconciled, because his future letters were of a much happier tone. He and his mother deﬁnitely restored their loving relationship.
Letter written by Van Carpenter, now stored at South Florida Hist. Museum in the Hattie Carpenter Special Collections3 Miami Metropolis, Aug. 1, 19024 Metropolis, Oct. 10, 19025 Metropolis, Dec. 5, 19026 Metropolis, Dec. 26, 19027
September 4, 1903, The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, p. 1 Has Been To Panama Van R. Carpenter, a painter, is doing some work in West Durham. Mr. Carpenter has recently returned from the Isthmus of Panama, and talks interestingly of the work of constructing the canal between the Atlantic and Paciﬁc Oceans. He has promised the Sun an account of what he saw in that country, and we hope to be able to lay the same before our readers. September 19, 1903 (same paper) Up-to-date Road Signs In another column will be found an advertisement of Van R Carpenter and L D Rogers, calling attention to their road sign business. They are in ﬁne shape to turn out work of this kind, and guarantee perfect satisfaction. We have seen some of their work and it is ﬁrst class in every particular. Give them your orders. July 3, Sept. 19, 21, 22, 28, 30, of 1903: The Durham Sun, Durham, NC, p. 4 classiﬁed ad Van R. Carpenter and L. D. Rogers, Road Signs Up to-date boards. Eight inches wide, and there feet six inches long. In four, ﬁve or six colors - 12 ½ to 17 cents. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Corner Church and Parrish Streets September 22, 1903, The Durham Sun (Durham, North Carolina) V. R. Carpenter left over the Norfolk & Western road this morning for South Boston, Virginia, to look after some businesss matters in that town. April 8, 1905, The Miami News His tendency to be a showman may have evolved quite naturally from his family practices. It appears from social news reports in Miami, Florida that his unmarried sisters were constantly engaged in various musical entertainments. One such was April 7, 1905, when his sister Daisy Carpenter presented “The Polish I Received in Philadelphia”. Each of them was trained in either singing, playing an instrument, dancing or art. June 28, 1905, The Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Love Affair Causes Van R. Carpenter To Take Laudanum at Henderson. Henderson, KY, June 27. Van R. Carpenter, a traveling agent, attempted suicide here today by taking three ounces of laudanum. The attempt was made because of a love affair. Carpenter is still in a precarious condition. (Barbara's note: Whoops! That was a shocker!) June 26, July 3, 1906Lawrence Democrat, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, p. 4, classiﬁed ad Prof. Van R. Carpenter, The World’s Most Daring Aeronaut Has been secured to make a Sensational Balloon Assension and Parachute Leap, a most Dangerous and Difﬁcult Feat
October 18, 1908: Pensacola News Journal, p. 3. (at a county fair at Samson, Alabama). One of the leading features of the program was the daily slide for life by Van R. Carpenter and the daily balloon ascension proved another drawing card. Apparently, this act was a variation of the same one from 1906 for which he was called The World’s Most Daring Aeronaut September, 1909: Cape San Blas, across from the bay at Port St. Joe, Florida We next heard from him in 1909 when he was working on what is now know as Cape San Blas, across from the bay at Port St. Joe, Florida. I can’t ﬁgure what he was doing there, because there was just a lighthouse and the ﬁshermen’s camp in those days. Could he have been the lighthouse keeper? (I’m adding paragraphs just to make the reading easier). He wrote: St. Joe Bay September 17, 1909 Dear Mother and all Your Postal and letter reached me last night (But I had to make an 18 mile walk to get them along with other mail delayed at Panama). The ﬁshermen who have been camped with me have given it up in disgust and gone home. They won’t be back untill Oct 1st or later. It makes it mighty bad on me as its only just a chance that anybody comes to St. Joe that will think of bringing mail to me. If Cap Anderson is home and knows of anybody coming this way he always sends the mail to me. Yesterday I went to the “Point” on speculation and found a man who had come from Panama on Monday last. He had 21 letters besides bundles and packages. I am very sorry you are having trouble with your limbs Mother. have you ever tryd electricity. I know of several cases where electricity has caused some cures tht were little less than myricles. a Mrs. Chessier was so bad that she had to use both hands to lift a cup to her mouth. now her arms and hands are as strong and as stedy as ever. She had discarded her canes (she used two). Sallie writes me that she is imroving under Dr. Rileys treatment of electricity. You remember. She is the lady who lives at Coffee Springs who is parilized. I think a great deal of her. I wish Mother you wold consult with Dr. Skaggs or some good physician regarding the use of electricity. I am going to ask for a “furlow” for 3 days next week. I doubt if I get it however I am expecting my launch everyday. Then I can go and come as I see ﬁt. All the way I have now is my skiff with a small sail and that is very unsatisfactory. I would have given a quarter if you could have seen some biscuits I made this morning. Yesterday I upset a box of soda and in picking it up I put it in a coffee cup intending to put it back into the B P can. but forgot it. So this morning I picked up the cup thinking it was ﬂower and dipped into the barrell of ﬂower untill I had enough ﬂower. I then added my lard and water and stired it up, mixed and needed it, molded it into “biscuits” putt em in the oven. I thought I could see the stove growing bigger and bigger. pretty soon a hinge broke off and the door
ﬂew open. the biscuits commencd to ﬁll the air it seemed. in fact it was a raising time in biscuits. Of course I have enlarged some. But those biscuis did rise some and yellow as yellow as a $20.00 gold piece. Bitter - My dog hasn’t spoken to me even with his tail since I gve him a piece to eat. but it surely has taught me a lesson always empty soda or bking powder now. Either that or throw out all ﬂour left over. anyway I had to eat ﬂap jacks. Well there is nothing new to write about. Price and Lewis write very nice letters and say nothing about when my job is to end. No news is good news. I see the boat coming down the Bay so will ring off. lots of love. be sure and try the electricity. Write when you can to the same address. Lovingly Van R He was still at the same job the following January: Apalachicola Fla. Jan 19th 1910 Dear Mother and all Just a short letter this morning Mother but what I m going to say I hope will make you feel as good as it does me. My health has been real bad every since I got Mr. Hughes to write you. So fearing I would grow worse and maybe helpess at St. Joe I concluded to ask for a successor in hopes that I will get instant relieff from further duties at St. Joe Bay. I will then start south perhaps by easy stages and perhaps I will go straight through to Miami and Mother. If I ﬁnd my health gets worse I will stop someplace and build up a little for I want to reach home able and strong enough to go right to work for you and the girls. so if I am a little longer than you think it necessary to make the trip just lay it to that and say. He is trying to get strong enough to be of some use to his Mother rather than be a burden to them. Well as it is near train time I will close and get this letter into the noon mail. With lots of love & hopes mountains high that we may soon see each other. I am as ever Lovingly Van I will write everyday or so & keep you posted as to where I am & how I am. I have lots to tell you Mother Dear when we meet that will make you happy I know. Van 8 1910: Florida census Did Grandpa Van make it all the way to Miami? Perhaps, but by April when the 1910 census was taken, he was living at Freeport, Florida, just a few miles south of DeFuniak Springs in north Florida. He was staying in Mr. Rutan’s boarding house in Freeport and his occupation was sign painter.
Van’s letter from the Carpenter special collections at the Miami Museum8
He was also listed as a widower. I can ﬁnd no other marriage record and have no idea 9 where or when this marriage took place. The next series of letters came from Theodore, Alabama in 1912: Theodore Ala. February 5, 1912 Dear Mother As I am just about ready to leave here for a week or ten days, I thought it best to spend the few moments before train time in writing you. I have a small contract of inside and ouside painting at St. Elmo, a coloney of northern people 6 miles south of Theodore. Just as soon as I get it ﬁnished I will return and look after the small acrage I have plowed and fertilized. last year off of the same piece of land the owner raised nearly $400.00 worth of mellons to say nothing of beans, squash and cucumbers. If I have good luck with my spring crop I will in all likelyhood buy a small tract near her and putt me up a “camp” and then work the fall crop of sweet potatoes. I have not herd from you this week. hope you are not unwell again. Our blizardy weather has at last broken and instead of ice eveywhere we are getting a little sunshine along with the cold winds from the North. Well, I must try and get this letter into the ofﬁce so that it will leave on the same train that I go on. Write me at St. Elmo, Al. c/o Author Bouchard. (He is the party who owns the house I am going to work on.) I weighed yesterday 143 when. I came here I weighed I think 117 or 123. I am not sure I think the former. If it wasn’t for the violent pains in my head at times I would be feeling fairly ﬁt. Write when you can. Lovingly, Van Theodore Ala March 3, 1912 Dear Mother, I just this moment woke up after a long nap. I got back from St. Elmo last night tired out. had to walk 6 miles after pulling in a hard day’s work. Gee but I was tired. Mrs. Gollotte got a nice supper for me and by nine oclock I was in bed. I received an offer yesterday to go to another place not far from here but there is nothing deﬁnite yet. I have been with these folks so long I hate to move. There is not a thing to write about so I might as well ring off. I weighed 2 1/2 lbs. more than I have in two years. Lovingly Van Theodore Ala. March 17, 1912 I was some what disipointed in not ﬁnding a letter waiting for me when I got back home last night but I comforted myself in thinking that instead of you being too unwell to write that you had written me at St Elmo where I was working when I wrote you last. This coming week and for the next three I will be at the new town of Daws (no post ofﬁce yet). It is a coloney of Ohio & Ind. folks who have bought tracts from 10 to 160 acres. The Co. (The Mobile Farm Lands Co.) have erected a
1910 Walton Co., FL census9
20 room hotel and are building bungelows and cottages as fast as carpenters can put them up. I am on the inside. Have the hotel to paint and paper and the promise on all the Co. houses. I am doing all the work myself at present but will soon be in shape to hire help. Owing to rains and freezes I have not been able to plant a thing. this time last year the people around Theodore were -----ing on their crops while this year many are just planting beans. Replanting cabbage and potatoes. Turnip greens and cabbage greens are selling at $1.75 per crate. Cabbage “Old” $65.00 per ton and potatoes $1.50 per bushel, but few of the farmers have anything to sell. Well I want to get this letter off on this a.m. train so will ring off. Hope this will ﬁnd you well and happy. Lovingly, Van Write in care Mobile Farm Lands Co., Battle House, Mobile “Highland Inn”
Theodore Ala. March 31, 1912 Dear Mother Sunday Eve. and everybody at prayer meeting or in bed, a ﬁting close for one of the grandest days Alabama has seen for months. Everything in bloom the air heavy with the fragrance of blossoms and more birds than ever before. It makes a fellow feel that he is indeed lucky to be alive to enjoy the free blessings God has prepared for us. Mother, Del is not the only farmer (?) that gets it where the chicken did. Out of a row of 142 plants “of cabbage” I counted only 17 that will head. the ballance going to seed. Cabage Greens (the unheaded plant) have been selling for $1.25 per crate now they are 60. But I am not in bad. the man with whom I contracted to do my plowing fooled me and instead of putting $46.00 into fertilizer I don’t owe a penny and my seed & etc. plants and labour is all paid for. so let it rain! My health has again taken a turn for good and I am feeling ﬁne. Have enough work along to keep square with the world. and in all just lotts to be gratefull for. No I never wrote P-op mother. just kept putting it off. am so sorry now that I didn’t. Have you herd from Mutt lately. where is he Mother and what is he doing (Everybody?) Mrs. Gollotte (the lady with whom I board) & her husband left the two boys with me while they went to prayer meeting. I must go in and see if they are covered up. by by. write as often as you can. Lovingly Van
Theodore Ala. April 28, 1912 Dear Mother What in the world is the matter. this makes six weeks since I have herd a word from you. Are you sick in this year of such terrible mishaps. I can’t but worry. I was going to wire last night but concluded to try one more letter. then if I didn’t hear from you I would wire someone who would answer it for me.
Every since I rec. Hattie’s letter telling me I must not come to Miami, I have had a dread that if you ever got sick enough that you couldn’t write (and I know you would indeed be bad off when you couldn’t drop me a line) I knew I would never hear of your condition through the girls. Hence my uneasiness at the present time. If you are well enough Mother please drop me a card or something. If not tell someone you can depend upon to wire me and I will start for Miami at once. The weather is somewhat settled now & the truckers are harvesting their crop of cabbage. prices are high (cabbage selling at the RR for $3.00 per hundred stawberries $2.65 to $3.25 per crate. I am just getting ready to open a place like I had at Titusville Fla. I have to build a shelter and hope to be running by next Saturday. its something entirely new here & I can’t tell just how its going to pan out. Health fairly good. Write soon. Your anxious and Loving son Van Theodore Ala. May 14, 1912 Dear Mother Pardon me for not answering your nice letter sooner but I have been one of the busyest men in this county. Building my shed or shack or whatever one would call my little store, getting stock, looking up credit & a thousand other things besides being sick three days caused by poison. For nearly a year I have been taking one 1/30 gr. of strychnine every night at bed time. but a day or two ago I became billious and the Dr. gave me some small tablets I think of calomele. However I closed up Thursday night at 10 o’clock & went home tired out but I hapened to think of the doctors tablets so I picked up the box and poured out 5 tablets and took them & went to bed. at 2 a.m. the circus began. Friday I was as blind as a bat. My mouth as dry as gun powder & as wild as a mad dog. They called the Saw Bones & he gave me something that putt me on my feet all OK “but not untill Sunday Evening” “No more for Willie” My Business is very encouraging. The Supt. of the devission of the L & N R.R. has given me the ﬁrst & only permitt ever issued for the privilage of errecting a refreshment stand on this road. Showing I am rather popular with Mr. Marshall anyway. Well its train time & must close. Oceans of love. Van Theodore Ala May 22, 1912 Dear Mother I hve tried since Sunday to get a chance to drop you a line & this is but half of one. I open up at 7 a.m. & close at 10:30 p.m. with sales amounting to about 8 or 10 dollars think what that means in 5 cent trade. if a man waited on as many customers in a shoe store in a day as I do he would do $500.00 per day or more. Even now thy are wraping for me to come. will write soon & send you a picture of the place.
Lots of Love. Van
Theodore Ala June 5 ,1912 Dear Mother Your card of last week was rec. on Saturday my busy day but with going to Mobile on business Monday and suffering so with my back yesterday I have not had an opertunity of writing untill now. One thing I have learned in the last day or two if I should be taken sick so that I would have to go to bed my business would go to pieces in little or no time. It seems that it is just as impossible to get anyone here who I can trust as its imposible to live under water. I tried our preacher’s son. He eat the proﬁts on 3 Gals. of cream the ﬁrst morning he worked & in the afternoon cleaned up the proﬁts on a case of CocoCola. & still his apetite for “sweets” as he calls it has never been cultivated. I would hate to see what he could do if that apetite was well fertilized and eregated. Mrs. Gollotte came to the stand while I was sick to (just look after things a little). That night one of her children had cholera morbis. I asked him if he had drank any soda water. He said “a little me & Ed had only four bottles apiece while ma & Sadie had ﬁve”. I told him that small amount couldn’t hurt him much, especialy when he had taken nearly an hour to drink it. On being asked if he had eaten any cream he said “not much It was too cold.He had only got two dishes but Ma eat ﬁve”. Such is life in Theodore. Lovingly Van The following New Year found him once again in Freeport, Florida, near DeFuniak Springs. It was during that year that he met Grandma Isabel who was living about forty miles away at Holt. By now, we can see from the letters that he moved from town to town as he was given painting contracts. Occasionally he added another small business to his work. Holt at this time - 1913 - was a small but thriving railroad town. This is the last of his letters to his mother before he married Grandma. (There were certainly more letters, but these are the ones the archaeologist was able to save). He is sending New Year’s greetings to her. Freeport, Florida New Year's 2013 Ofﬁce of F. D. Raborn, M. D. Freeport, Fla Dear Mother Should those wounderfull elvs that dispense Aladians lights befriend me, it would be nothing like the enclosed. I would send you ships after ships loaded with the best and richest of gifts. would drop anchor in Biscan bay untill they would crowd its roomy anchorage. Besides I would rub the lamp and putt myself back forty years retaining of course my experiances. May this year be Our year Mother Dear. May the Giver of all good things smile upon us and answer our prayers and when 1913 fades away may we feel lke it has surley treated us kindly. With oceans of love. I am as ever Your Affectionate son Van
December 1913: DeFuniak Springs, FL The year 1913 surely did treat Van Carpenter kindly, for in December he married Grandma Bell and they began their few short years together. At last, he had love, companionship, children and joy in his life. The Giver of all good things did indeed smile upon him, and I’m convinced that his mother must have, as well. By 1915:    Perry, Florida Before 1915, Van and Isabel moved to Perry, Florida, where he opened another sign painting shop. Our father, Stephen was born in 1915 and his brother Raymond in1916. Return to the previous chapter for much more information about this period. Perry, July 17, 1917 He wrote his mother the beautiful and loving letter that I included in the previous chapter, page 13, describing life with his little sons and loving wife. Sept 3, 1917: He died and was buried in Perry, Florida. Barbara’s note: What did our grandfather do those 20 years before he arrived in Florida? I think this account fairly well tells us. I do believe that he tried to stop drinking, perhaps more than once! He married Grandma Belle in 2013 and attempted to be doing right. He seemed to have had a life-long addiction to laudanum and alcohol and was dependent on other harmful drugs such as calomel and strychnine. He was ill most of the time. My grandmother's letter back home told he died of dropsy of the lungs, apparently brought on by malaria. I also learned from these various accounts that my grandfather was an extremely intelligent, clever and inventive man. His pictures always show him to be well dressed, like the "gentleman" he professed to be. Like so many alcoholics, his good intentions were often derailed by addiction. Recalling now that my siblings, I and one cousin are the last of our great-grandparents' descendants to carry the family name Carpenter, we can bear to repeat this poem and apply it to our grandfather, Van R. Carpenter: “Never destroy any aspect of personality, for what you think is the wild branch may be the heart of the tree.”

Isabelle "Isabel" Kelly

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Isabel Kelly Canfield
Birth: 1886
Death: 1958 (aged 71–72)
Burial: Griffin Cemetery, Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
Memorial #: 40114440
Family Members
Spouses
Van Rensselaer Carpenter                 1861-1917
Henry Horace Canfield                 1880-1954
Children
Stephen Van Rensselaer Carpenter                 1915-1966
John Raymond Carpenter                 1916-1944
John Raymond Carpenter                 1916-1944
Frances Eloise Canfield Hill                 1924-2017
Created by: Robert Reeves (47063145)
Added: 31 Jul 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40114440/isabel-canfield
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4936. Mamie Mary Carpenter

CENSUS: 1900 US Census - with mother.

4937. Sarah Howard Meredith

NOTE: She was the author of the poem that named her grandfather Amos Carpenter's father. Per Barbara C. Martin.

4955. Francis Adelbert Carpenter

SEX:
Listed as a male in 1850, a female in 1860 then a male again.

CENSUS: 1850 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - with parents

DEATH:
Name: Francis Adelbert Carpenter
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 24 Feb 1939
Burial Place:
Death Date: 21 Feb 1939
Death Place: Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan
Age: 92
Birth Date: 05 Dec 1846
Birthplace: Stockbrdge, New York
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Susan Carpenter
Father's Name: John James Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Stockbridge, New York
Mother's Name: Eliza Jane Sweet
Mother's Birthplace: Stockbridge, New York
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01358-6
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 2110422
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHQ8-MH7 : accessed 20 January 2015), Francis Adelbert Carpenter, 21 Feb 1939; citing Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,110,422.
SEE ALSO:
GS Film number: 001973119
Digital Folder Number: 005240521
Image Number: 00022
Citing this Record:
"Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KF7V-2QN : accessed 20 January 2015), John James Carpenter in entry for Francis Adelbert Carpenter, 21 Feb 1939; citing Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,119.

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Francis Adelbert "Frank" Carpenter
Birth: Dec. 5, 1846
Stockbridge
Madison County
New York, USA
Death: Feb. 21, 1939
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Husband's 2nd great grandfather. Son of James John Carpenter & Eliza Jane Sweet; grandson of John & Mary (O'Connor) Carpenter and unknown Sweet's.
Married Susan Smith, November 26, 1865 in Lawrence, Van Buren Co., MI.
Known children:
William Francis (m Iva Pearl McAdams)
Amy Belle (m Byron L. Barnum)
Orrie M. (m Benjamin W. Clark)
Maude Estelle (m Arthur Luther Howe)
Roswell H. (m Mary F. Elliott)
James Erwin (m1 Edith Elliott)
Altha V. (m Roy Houston Elliott)
Nellie A. (m Frank Dale McAdams)
92 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days. --------------------> This works out to be about 5 Dec 1846
Many thanks for stone photo, Jack Weiszer, who first listed and graciously transferred memorial.
Family links:
Parents:
James John Carpenter (1828 - 1902)
Eliza Jane Sweet Carpenter (1825 - 1902)
Spouse:
Susanna Smith Carpenter (1842 - 1933)
Children:
William Francis Carpenter (1868 - 1941)*
Amy Belle Carpenter Barnum (1870 - 1962)*
Orrie M. Carpenter Clark (1871 - 1967)*
Maude Estelle Carpenter Howe (1873 - 1948)*
Roswell H. Carpenter (1875 - 1917)*
James "Erwin" Carpenter (1877 - 1948)*
Altha V. Carpenter Elliott (1880 - 1947)*
Nellie A. Carpenter McAdams (1883 - 1955)*
Siblings:
Francis Adelbert Carpenter (1846 - 1939)
Mary J. Carpenter Anderson (1855 - 1925)*
George Lester Carpenter (1861 - 1952)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Harrison Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA

Maintained by: Arleta ♥
Originally Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: Nov 13, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100680064

Susanna "Susan" Smith

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Susanna "Susan" Smith Carpenter
Birth: Aug. 5, 1842
Alkham
Kent, England
Death: Jun. 6, 1933
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Husband's 2nd great grandmother.
Daughter of Thomas Smith (1809-1851) & Margaret Kitham (1812-1843).
Genealogy note as researched by Roberta Henton (nee Penney): "It appears that Thomas Smith and his 2 surviving daughters, Sarah Anne and Susanna (Susan) Smith, emigrated to USA in 1851, settling in Lenawee County, Michigan. ... Susan, married Frank A. Carpenter and the couple settled on an 80 acre farm at Decatur, Van Buren, MI. Along with his farming Frank followed his trade as carpenter."
Married Francis Adelbert Carpenter, November 26, 1865 in Lawrence, Van Buren Co., MI. See husband's memorial for listing of children.
90 Years, 10 Months, 1 Days.
Many thanks for stone photo, Jack Weiszer, who first listed and graciously transferred memorial.
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Smith (1808 - 1851)
Margaret Kitham Smith (1812 - 1843)
Spouse:
Francis Adelbert Carpenter (1846 - 1939)*
Children:
William Francis Carpenter (1868 - 1941)*
Amy Belle Carpenter Barnum (1870 - 1962)*
Orrie M. Carpenter Clark (1871 - 1967)*
Maude Estelle Carpenter Howe (1873 - 1948)*
Roswell H. Carpenter (1875 - 1917)*
James "Erwin" Carpenter (1877 - 1948)*
Altha V. Carpenter Elliott (1880 - 1947)*
Nellie A. Carpenter McAdams (1883 - 1955)*
Sibling:
Sarah Anne Smith Hicks (1841 - 1879)*
Susanna Smith Carpenter (1842 - 1933)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Harrison Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA

Maintained by: Arleta ♥
Originally Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: Nov 13, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100679998

7903. William Francis Carpenter

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William Francis Carpenter
Birth: Oct. 16, 1868
Lawrence
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Death: Jul. 19, 1941
Husband's great grand uncle. William Francis Carpenter; son of Francis Adelbert Carpenter & Susan Smith. He was born October 16, 1868 in Lawrence, Van Buren Co., MI and died July 19, 1941. He married Iva Pearl McAdams, November 25, 1908 in Van Buren Co., MI.
(source Arleta ♥ (#46898856)
Family links:
Parents:
Francis Adelbert Carpenter (1846 - 1939)
Susanna Smith Carpenter (1842 - 1933)
Spouse:
Iva Pearl McAdams Carpenter (1887 - 1980)
Siblings:
William Francis Carpenter (1868 - 1941)
Amy Belle Carpenter Barnum (1870 - 1962)*
Orrie M. Carpenter Clark (1871 - 1967)*
Maude Estelle Carpenter Howe (1873 - 1948)*
Roswell H. Carpenter (1875 - 1917)*
James "Erwin" Carpenter (1877 - 1948)*
Altha V. Carpenter Elliott (1880 - 1947)*
Nellie A. Carpenter McAdams (1883 - 1955)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakeside Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA

Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: May 14, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 110564453

Iva Pearl McAdams

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Iva Pearl McAdams
Birth: 1887
Death: 1980
Family links:
Parents:
Joseph J. McAdams (1861 - 1937)
Ida A. McAdams (1858 - 1915)
Spouse:
William Francis Carpenter (1868 - 1941)*
Sibling:
Frank Dale McAdams (1885 - 1962)*
Iva Pearl McAdams Carpenter (1887 - 1980)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakeside Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA

Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: May 14, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 110564505

7905. Orrie M. Carpenter

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Orrie M. Carpenter Clark
Birth: Sep. 26, 1871
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Death: Nov. 28, 1967
Bangor
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Husband's great grand aunt. Maiden name Carpenter. Orrie M. Carpenter; daughter of Francis Adelbert Carpenter & Susan Smith. She was born September 26, 1871 in Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI and died November 28, 1967 in Bangor, Van Buren Co., MI. She married Benjamin W. Clark, May 22, 1901 in Decatur, Van Buren Co., MI.
(source Arleta ♥ (#46898856)
Family links:
Parents:
Francis Adelbert Carpenter (1846 - 1939)
Susanna Smith Carpenter (1842 - 1933)
Spouse:
Benjamin W. Clark (1856 - 1924)
Siblings:
William Francis Carpenter (1868 - 1941)*
Amy Belle Carpenter Barnum (1870 - 1962)*
Orrie M. Carpenter Clark (1871 - 1967)
Maude Estelle Carpenter Howe (1873 - 1948)*
Roswell H. Carpenter (1875 - 1917)*
James "Erwin" Carpenter (1877 - 1948)*
Altha V. Carpenter Elliott (1880 - 1947)*
Nellie A. Carpenter McAdams (1883 - 1955)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakeside Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA

Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: Feb 03, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 104604532

Benjamin W. Clark

GRAVE: good images
Benjamin W. Clark
Birth: May 22, 1856
New York, USA
Death: Oct. 18, 1924
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Orrie M. Carpenter Clark (1871 - 1967)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakeside Cemetery
Decatur
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA
Created by: Jack Weiszer
Record added: Feb 03, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 104604456

4957. Elmer James Carpenter

This descendant line updated by Glenda Carpenter
E-mail: landons_nanapooh@yahoo.com

CENSUS: 1855 New York State Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1875 Minnesotta State Census - with parents
Name: Elmer Carpenter
Age: 23
Census Date: 1 May 1875
County: Wabasha
Locality: Oakwood
Birth Location: New York
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Race: White
Father's Birth Location: New York
Mother's Birth Location: New York
LINE: 12
Roll: MNSC_16
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
NOTE: Elmer is living with his parents per the census image.

MARRIAGE: 1878
Name: Elmer J Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1852
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1878
Marriage Place: Wabasha, Minnesota
Spouse's Name: Emma J Plumb
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 18
Spouse Birth Date: 1860
FHL Film Number: 1320197
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"Minnesota Marriages, 1849–1950." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Name: Elmer Carpenter
Age: 28
Birth Date: Abt 1852
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Highland, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
Dwelling Number: 93
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Elmer Carpenter 28
Emma Carpenter 21
Arthur J. Carpenter 1
Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Highland, Wabasha, Minnesota; Roll: 636; Family History Film: 1254636; Page: 541C; Enumeration District: 187
Source Information
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned

CENSUS: 1900 US Census
Name: Elmer Carpenter [Eline Carpenter]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Jan 1852
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1900: Denver, Kingsbury, South Dakota
Sheet Number: 6B
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 105
Family Number: 106
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma J Carpenter
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Months not employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: O
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: F
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Elmer Carpenter 48
Emma J Carpenter 37
Arthur J Carpenter 21
Maud Carpenter 11
Fred Carpenter 6
Rollins Carpenter 4
Ralph Carpenter 4
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Denver, Kingsbury, South Dakota; Roll: 1550; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0203; FHL microfilm: 1241550
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

CENSUS: 1910 US Census
Name: Fred Carpenter
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: South Dakota
Home in 1910: Denver, Kingsbury, South Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: James Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's name: E J Carpenter
Mother's Birthplace: England
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Work
Industry: on Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James Carpenter 58
E J Carpenter 58
Maude Carpenter 21
Fred Carpenter 16
Ralph Carpenter 14
Rollie Carpenter 14
Fern Carpenter 5
Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Denver, Kingsbury, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1483; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0254; FHL microfilm: 1375496
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

CENSUS: 1920 US Census
Name: Elmer Carpenter
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Justice Precinct 4, Cameron, Texas
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Truck Farm
Employment Field: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Elmer Carpenter 67
Emma Carpenter 60
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Cameron, Texas; Roll: T625_1784; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 32
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census
Name: E J Carpenter
Birth Year: abt 1853
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Precinct 4, Cameron, Texas
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Dist Road.
Dwelling Number: 17
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 1000
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 27
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: farm
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
E J Carpenter 77
Emma J Carpenter 66
Rorilino Carpenter 34
Florena Carpenter 22
Donna Belle Carpenter 0
Neighbors:
Source Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Cameron, Texas; Roll: 2304; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 917.0; FHL microfilm: 2342038
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

DEATH: death certificate image
Name: Elmer Carpentar
Birth Date: 12 Sep [abt 1852]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 80
Death Date: 4 Jan 1932
Death Place: Precinct 7, Bexar, Texas, USA
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

DEATH: death index image
Name: Elmer J. Carpenter
Death Date: 4 Jan 1932
Death County: Bexar
Certificate: 502
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

Emma Jane Plumb

CENSUS: 1875 Minnesota State Census
Name: Emma Plumb
Age: 15
Census Date: 1 May 1875
County: Wabasha
Locality: Greenfield
Birth Location: Minnesota
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Race: White
Father's Birth Location: England
Mother's Birth Location: England
LINE: 13
Roll: MNSC_16
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
NOTE: per census image she is living with her parents.
Plumb, Wm. 51 M England <--- William
Plumb, Charlotte 43 F England
Plumb, Ada 18 F Minnesota
Plumb, Emma 15 F. Minnesota <----------
Plumb, Walter 7 M Minnesota

CENSUS: 1900 US Census - EXTRACT
Name: Emma J Carpenter
Birth Date: Jun 1862 <-------------- 1 Jul 1858 per Death certificate!
Birthplace: Minnesota
Spouse's Name: Elmer Carpenter
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 6

CENSUS: 1910 US Census - EXTRACT
Years Married: 32
Number of Children Born: 6
Number of Children Living: 6

DEATH: death certificate image
Name: Mrs Emma Jane Carpenter [Mrs Emma Jane Plumb]
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1858 <--- compare 1900 US Census date!
Birth Place: Minnesota
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Rio Hondo, Texas
Father: William Plumb
Mother: Miss Charlotte Richardson
Age at Death: 85
Death Date: 26 Oct 1943
Death Place: Precinct 1, Nueces, Texas, USA
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

DEATH: death index image
Name: Emma Jane Carpenter
Death Date: 26 Oct 1943
Death County: Nueces
Certificate: 48174
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

7912. Arthur J. Carpenter

BIRTH:
Name: Arthur J. Carpenter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1879
Birth Place: Oakwood, Wabasha, Minnesota
Father: Elmer Carpenter
Mother: Emma
FHL Film Number: 1320190
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840–1980." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
GRAVE: no grave image, picture of death certificate
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=157918810
Arthur J. Carpenter
Birth: Nov. 26, 1878
Minnesota, USA
Death: Sep. 28, 1962
Harlingen
Cameron County
Texas, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Ethel Underwood Carpenter (1880 - 1967)
Burial:
Mont Meta Memorial Park
San Benito
Cameron County
Texas, USA

Created by: LJCL16
Record added: Feb 07, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 157918810

Ethel Underwood

GRAVE: no grave image, picture of death certificate
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=157918829
Ethel Underwood Carpenter
Birth: Jan. 29, 1880, Canada
Death: Sep. 27, 1967
Harlingen
Cameron County
Texas, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Arthur J. Carpenter (1878 - 1962)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Mont Meta Memorial Park
San Benito
Cameron County
Texas, USA

Created by: LJCL16
Record added: Feb 07, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 157918829

4961. George Lester Carpenter

GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42520419
George Lester Carpenter
Birth: 1861
Death: 1952
Family links:
Parents:
James John Carpenter (1828 - 1902)
Eliza Jane Sweet Carpenter (1825 - 1902)
Spouse:
Hanora E. Shields Carpenter (1864 - 1928)
Children:
Elva Mary Carpenter (1889 - 1898)*
Siblings:
Francis Adelbert Carpenter (1846 - 1939)*
Mary J. Carpenter Anderson (1855 - 1925)*
George Lester Carpenter (1861 - 1952)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Conception
Wabasha County
Minnesota, USA

Created by: Tom Mauer
Record added: Sep 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42520419

Hanora E. Shields

GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42520384
Hanora E. Shields Carpenter
Birth: Jul. 30, 1864
Wabasha County
Minnesota, USA
Death: 1928
Family links:
Parents:
Patrick Shields (1829 - 1918)
Margaret Beegan Shields (1832 - 1895)
Spouse:
George Lester Carpenter (1861 - 1952)*
Children:
Elva Mary Carpenter (1889 - 1898)*
Siblings:
Elizabeth Shields Rodney (1855 - 1884)*
John Shields (1857 - 1918)*
Margaret Shields Curran (1859 - 1951)*
Hanora E. Shields Carpenter (1864 - 1928)
Mary Shields Welti (1867 - 1954)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Conception
Wabasha County
Minnesota, USA

Created by: Tom Mauer
Record added: Sep 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42520384

7918. Elva Mary Carpenter

GRAVE: image
Elva Mary Carpenter
Birth: 1889
Death: 1898
Family links:
Parents:
George Lester Carpenter (1861 - 1952)
Hanora E. Shields Carpenter (1864 - 1928)
Burial:
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Conception
Wabasha County
Minnesota, USA

Created by: Tom Mauer
Record added: Sep 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42520460

4966. Florence S. Carpenter

CENSUS: 1860 3/12 Freeborn Co.   Genern    With Parents (Jul).
1900 40   Wilkin Co.     Campbell City, married 17 years, 6 children/3
living.
BIBLE: Still born, Alice, Ray, Shirley - from Family Bible.
1920 59   Ottertail Co. 418 Maple Ave. Fergus falls, MN with brother and
daughter.

DEATH:
Name: Mrs. Florence Gibson
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 12 Jul 1942
Death Place: St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Age: 82
Birth Date: 1860
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wm Gibson
Father's Name: Daniel Carpenter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02558-5
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
GS Film number: 2243464
Reference ID: 1682
Citing this Record
"Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDWM-SXX : 10 March 2018), Wm Gibson in entry for Mrs. Florence Gibson, 12 Jul 1942; citing St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, reference 1682; FHL microfilm 2,243,464.

GRAVE:
Florence S. Carpenter Gibson
Birth: 8 Mar 1860
Death: 12 Jul 1942 (aged 82)
Burial: Elmhurst Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial #: 53412870
Family Members
Parents
Daniel Pettibone Carpenter                 1827-1895
Judith Sophia Nelson Carpenter                 1829-1913
Spouse
William C Gibson                 1855-1914
Siblings
William J Carpenter                 1848-Unknown
Frances E Carpenter Streeter                 1863-1934
Clarence E Carpenter                 1866-1926
Warren Nelson Carpenter                 1869-1947
Iona Gertrude Carpenter Lougee                 1873-1945
Children
Ruby Gibson Munson                 1903-1939
Created by: Beverly Davis Valcovic (16915644)
Added: 8 Jun 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53412870/florence-s_-gibson
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2019), memorial page for Florence S. Carpenter Gibson (8 Mar 1860–12 Jul 1942), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53412870, citing Elmhurst Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Davis Valcovic (contributor 16915644) .

William C. Gibson

CENSUS: 1900 44   Wilken Co.   Laborer   Campbell City, Married 17 yrs.
Mt. Faith Cemetery was renamed to Oak Ridge Cemetery.

GRAVE:
William C Gibson
Birth: 12 Sep 1855
Death: 15 Jan 1914 (aged 58)
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Henning, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial #: 53412993
Family Members
Spouse
Florence S. Carpenter Gibson                 1860-1942
Children
Ruby Gibson Munson                 1903-1939
Created by: Beverly Davis Valcovic (16915644)
Added: 8 Jun 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53412993/william-c-gibson
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2019), memorial page for William C Gibson (12 Sep 1855–15 Jan 1914), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53412993, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Henning, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Davis Valcovic (contributor 16915644) .

7919. Frank D. Gibson

CENSUS: 1900 16 Wilkin Co. Laborer Campbell City with Parents.

7920. Iva Rose Gibson

SSN PLAC 474-09-3385, Issued in MN
CENSUS: 1900 13 Wilkin Co. Campbell City With Parents.
No Children.

Jay Kidder

SSN PLAC 531-07-9688, Issued in WA

7921. Rhea Margaret Gibson

SSN PLAC 474-05-0476 Issued MN
CENSUS: 1900 10 Wilkin Co. Campbell City With Parents
1920 30 Ramsey Co. 58 Wilkin St. St. Paul, MN

Thomas Oscar Newsom

CENSUS: 1920 40 Ramsey Co. Firemain 68 Wilkin St. St. Paul, MN.

7922. Ruby A. Gibson

CENSUS: 1920 16 Ottertail Co. 418 Maple Ave. Furgus Falls, MN With Mother
and Uncle.

4967. Frances E. Carpenter

CENSUS: 1880 16   Grant Co. With parents.
1926 in NY state.

GRAVE:
Frances E Carpenter Streeter
Birth: 4 Nov 1863
Death: 24 Mar 1934 (aged 70)
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial #: 53413078
Bio: Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked
Family Members
Parents
Daniel Pettibone Carpenter                 1827-1895
Judith Sophia Nelson Carpenter                 1829-1913
Spouse
John Marvin Streeter                 1856-1906
Siblings
William J Carpenter                 1848-Unknown
Florence S. Carpenter Gibson                 1860-1942
Clarence E Carpenter                 1866-1926
Warren Nelson Carpenter                 1869-1947
Iona Gertrude Carpenter Lougee                 1873-1945
Children
Gates Thomas Streeter                 1896-1978
Created by: Beverly Davis Valcovic (16915644)
Added: 8 Jun 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53413078/frances-e-streeter
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2019), memorial page for Frances E Carpenter Streeter (4 Nov 1863–24 Mar 1934), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53413078, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Davis Valcovic (contributor 16915644) .

John Marvin Streeter

GRAVE:
John Marvin Streeter
Birth: 8 Aug 1856 Minnesota, USA
Death: 11 Jul 1906 (aged 49)
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial #: 53413118
Bio: Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked
Family Members
Spouse
Frances E Carpenter Streeter 1863-1934
Children
Gates Thomas Streeter 1896-1978
Created by: Beverly Davis Valcovic (16915644)
Added: 8 Jun 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53413118/john-marvin-streeter
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2019), memorial page for John Marvin Streeter (8 Aug 1856–11 Jul 1906), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53413118, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Davis Valcovic (contributor 16915644) .

4968. Clara Emily Carpenter

CENSUS: 1880 13 Grant Co. With Parents.
1913 in Beach NC.

DEATH:
Name: Clara E. Sperry [Clara E. Carpenter]
Gender: Female
Age: 79
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Death Date: 25 Jan 1946
Death Place: Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington
Father: Dermis Carpenter
Mother: Sophia
FHL Film Number: 2032514
Reference ID: 41
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

7931. 1 Sperry

Died at birth.

Group 2 - Descendants of Richard Carpenter RIN 669- The Providence (Pawtuxet section, now in Cranston), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, now part of Providence County, RI Carpenter line

Notes

Group 2 - Descendants of Richard Carpenter RIN 669-
The Providence (Pawtuxet section, now in Cranston), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, now part of Providence County, RI Carpenter line