Group 3 - Descendants of William Carpenter-98-
Father of William Carpenter-584 (b. abt 1605)
Notes
2348.
Asa Carpenter
Number 1403 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 203.
His family is on page 340 (#456). A Presbyterian minister.
See extensive note on page 203.
In one record he is referred to as Rev. Carpenter, son of Jonah Whitmore of
Ashford.
SEE: "The Epistle", Jan. 1987 and Sept. 1984 (Vol. X, No. 6).
BIRTH:
Name: Asa Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Oct 1770
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27500
Digital Folder Number: 004542976
Image Number: 02531
Citing this Record:
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNB-TBM : accessed 28 May 2015), Asa Carpenter, 10 Oct 1770, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,500.
SEE ALSO:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450046
System Origin: Vermont-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LP-TKS : accessed 28 May 2015), Asa Carpenter, 10 Oct 1770; citing WATERFORD TWP,CALEDONIA,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5647.
Erepta Carpenter
Number 2977 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 340.
5650.
Althea Carpenter
Number 2980 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 340.
Residence: California, Branch county, MI and Algonsee, MI. Her husband was a
Postmaster and farmer.
BIRTH:
Name: Aletheia Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 09 Jan 1801
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Asa Carpenter
Mother's Name: Erepta Gro*
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27500
Digital Folder Number: 004542976
Image Number: 02320
Citing this Record:
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNB-R6K : accessed 28 May 2015), Asa Carpenter in entry for Aletheia Carpenter, 09 Jan 1801, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,500.
CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Styles A. CARPENTER Self M Male W 33 MI Stone Mason VT NY
Grace E. CARPENTER Wife M Female W 23 NY Housekeeping NY NY
Clarinda B. CARPENTER Mother W Female W 54 NY NY OH
Alethea HALL Aunt W Female W 79 VT Housework CT VT
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Source Information:
Census Place Quincy, Branch, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254573
NA Film Number T9-0573
Page Number 659B
5651.
Ammi Ruhammah Carpenter
Number 2981 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 340.
Residence: Penfield, Monroe, NY and Reading, MI where he died.
No family listed.
BIRTH:
Name: Ammi Ruhamah Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 29 Jul 1806
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Asa Carpenter
Mother's Name: Erepta Grow
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27500
Digital Folder Number: 004542976
Image Number: 02440
Citing this Record:
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNB-T45 : accessed 28 May 2015), Asa Carpenter in entry for Ammi Ruhamah Carpenter, 29 Jul 1806, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,500.
5652.
Erepta Carpenter
Number 2982 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 340.
Residence: Englewood, IL.
5655.
Susan Carpenter
Number 2985 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 341.
5656.
Joseph Carpenter
Number 2986 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 341.
Residence: Reading and Sturges, MI. A farmer and carpenter.
Buried in Penfield,, NY. He married a Jordan.
2350.
Joseph Titus Carpenter
Number 1404 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 203.
Family on page 341 & 342. A farmer.
5660.
Abigail "Abby" "Nabby" Carpenter
She was christened Nabby but was called Abby? Real name Abigail.
Barbaour Collection, Ashford, CT Windham Co., CT
Abigail, of Ashford, m. Alason Peck, of Abington, Pomfret, (Apr.) 13,
(1829), by Rev. Reuben Torrey, Eastford; 5; 35.
2351.
Jonah Carpenter
Number 1405 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 204.
His family is on page 342 (# 458). A farmer.
A Captain of a military company, town clerk, member of the Legislature.
See notes in book.
BIRTH:
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 04 Oct 1777
Birthplace: ASHFORD TWP,WINDHAM,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Serviah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450313
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-3TL : 3 December 2014), Jonah Carpenter, 04 Oct 1777; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
CENSUS: 1800 US Census
CENSUS: 1810 US Census
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1810
Event Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
Note:
Page: 239
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M252
Affiliate Film Number: 65
GS Film Number: 0218669
Digital Folder Number: 005157114
Image Number: 00166
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2D-YTD : accessed 31 March 2017), Jonah Carpenter, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 239, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 65; FHL microfilm 218,669.
CENSUS: 1820 US Census
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1820
Event Place: St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Note:
Page: 425
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M33
Affiliate Film Number: 127
GS Film Number: 0281248
Digital Folder Number: 005157057
Image Number: 00078
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLG-FXG : accessed 31 March 2017), Jonah Carpenter, St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing p. 425, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 127; FHL microfilm 281,248.
CENSUS: 1830 US Census
CENSUS: 1840 US Census
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Page: 429
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M704
Affiliate Film Number: 540
GS Film Number: 0027438
Digital Folder Number: 005154906
Image Number: 00878
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTK-VRQ : 24 August 2015), Jonah Carpenter, Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing p. 429, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 540; FHL microfilm 27,438.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1778
Birthplace: Connecticut
Household ID: 58
House Number: 52
Line Number: 22
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 922
GS Film Number: 27448
Digital Folder Number: 004191108
Image Number: 00229
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Jonah Carpenter M 72 Connecticut
Hannah Carpenter F 71 Massachusetts
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC24-TW2 : 9 November 2014), Jonah Carpenter, Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing family 58, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
CENSUS: 1860 US Census
DEATH:
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 31 Aug 1867
Event Place: Waterford, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 90
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1777
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Hannah Carpenter
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27501
Digital Folder Number: 004542977
Image Number: 00843
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN1-43Y : 6 December 2014), Jonah Carpenter, 31 Aug 1867, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,501.
SEE ALSO:
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 31 Aug 1867
Event Place: Waterford, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 89
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1778
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Mother's Name: Seviah H
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27501
Digital Folder Number: 004542977
Image Number: 00842
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN1-435 : 6 December 2014), Jonah Carpenter, 31 Aug 1867, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,501.
GRAVE: images
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81277939
Jonah Carpenter
Birth: Oct. 4, 1777
Ashford
Windham County
Connecticut, USA
Death: Aug. 31, 1867
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Hannah Rice Carpenter (1780 - 1865)
Children:
Lucius Carpenter (1804 - 1854)*
Zerviah Whitmore Carpenter Gilfillan (1806 - 1868)*
Francis Rice Carpenter (1809 - 1883)*
Jonah Carpenter (1818 - 1846)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lower Waterford Cemetery
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Created by: D and M Crawford
Record added: Nov 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81277939
Hannah Rice
Maybe born in CT?
GRAVE: images
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81277959
Hannah Rice Carpenter
Birth: Feb. 10, 1780
Brookfield
Worcester County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Apr. 2, 1865
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Jonah Carpenter (1777 - 1867)*
Children:
Lucius Carpenter (1804 - 1854)*
Zerviah Whitmore Carpenter Gilfillan (1806 - 1868)*
Francis Rice Carpenter (1809 - 1883)*
Jonah Carpenter (1818 - 1846)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lower Waterford Cemetery
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Created by: D and M Crawford
Record added: Nov 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81277959
5664.
Zerviah Carpenter
BIRTH:
Name: Zeruiah Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Oct 1802
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Mother's Name: Hannah Rice
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27501
Digital Folder Number: 004542977
Image Number: 02863
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN1-V8R : 6 December 2014), Zeruiah Carpenter, 22 Oct 1802, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,501.
5671.
Almira Hariett Carpenter
NOTE:
See notes for Marietta Elvina Carpenter. Are they twins or just a wierd copying error?
Keep until resolved as two people.
BIRTH: image
Name: Almira Hariett Carpenter <--------- name is clear on image
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Oct 1814
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Mother's Name: Hannah Rice
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27500
Digital Folder Number: 004542976
Image Number: 02362
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNB-R52 : 6 December 2014), Almira Hariett Carpenter, 22 Oct 1814, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,500.
5673.
Jonah Carpenter Jr.
BIRTH:
Name: Jonah Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Feb 1818
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Mother's Name: Hannah Rice
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Gender:
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 27501
Digital Folder Number: 004542977
Image Number: 00846
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN1-4QS : 6 December 2014), Jonah Carpenter, 10 Feb 1818, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,501.
GRAVE: images
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81289368
Jonah Carpenter, Jr <---------- Jr. is on marker!
Birth: Feb. 10, 1818
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Death: May 15, 1846
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Jonah Carpenter (1777 - 1867)
Hannah Rice Carpenter (1780 - 1865)
Siblings:
Lucius Carpenter (1804 - 1854)*
Zerviah Whitmore Carpenter Gilfillan (1806 - 1868)*
Francis Rice Carpenter (1809 - 1883)*
Jonah Carpenter (1818 - 1846)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lower Waterford Cemetery
Waterford
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA
Created by: D and M Crawford
Record added: Dec 01, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81289368
2352.
Dr. Chester Carpenter
Number 1406 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 203.
Family on page 342. A Doctor.
Lived in Willington, Tolland Co., CT. He was a physician
BIRTH:
Name: Chester Carpenter
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 03 Jul 1780
Birthplace: ASHFORD TWP,WINDHAM,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Serviah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450313
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-3PF : 3 December 2014), Chester Carpenter, 03 Jul 1780; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5675.
Althea Carpenter
Residence: Lived in Willington, CT.
2353.
Isaiah Carpenter
Isaiah is number 1407 on page 204 of the Carpenter Memorial.
His family is on page 344 to 349 (# 460).
His grave is in a cemetary 1/2 mile South of Amos'
old farm in West Waterford VT, farm is 5 miles S.W. of Lower Waterford VT.
LDS film #0355552 History of the Rehoboth MA Branch of the Carpenter Family
SEE:
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=9&pg=54
SEE: MISC PICS for RIN 17216
43-5 Isaiah Carpenter's children of Waterford, VT.
5677.
Caroline Delaura Carpenter
SEE:
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=9&pg=54
SEE: MISC PICS for RIN 35751
5682.
Althea Carpenter
NAME: Althea in the Carpenter Memorial. Since her "nephew" Amos B. Carpenter compiled the book, I assume he got her name right!
Other records show her name as "Alatheia."
2354.
Dyer Carpenter
Number 1408 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 203.
Family on page 351 to 352. A farmer. He was the deacon of the Church in
Ashford before he removed to Sinclairville.
See notes on page 206. He was a Captain of a company in the War of 1812.
BIRTH:
Name: Dyer Carpenter
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1786
Birthplace: ASHFORD TWP,WINDHAM,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jonah Carpenter
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Serviah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450313
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-3P5 : 3 December 2014), Dyer Carpenter, 22 Apr 1786; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
MARRIAGE: IGI has the listed and an alternate marriage place: Sinclairville, Chautauqua, New York.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census - He is living next door to son Alfred in Charlotte, Chautauqua, New York.
Dyer Carpenter 64 M CT
Martha 61 F Mich
Lucinda 36 F CT
SEE son's notes for census details.
CENSUS: 1860 US Census
Name: Dyer Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: The Town Of Gerry, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1786
Birthplace: Connecticut
Page: 20
Household ID: 147
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803731
Digital Folder Number: 004235215
Image Number: 00077
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Dyer Carpenter M 74 Connecticut
Martha Carpenter F 71 Massachusetts
Lucinda Carpenter F 45 Connecticut
Alfred Carpenter M 37 Connecticut -----> son
Laura Carpenter F 33 New York ----> daughter in law
Alfred Carpenter M 11 New York ----> grand child
Arther Carpenter M 7 New York ----> grand child
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWW-GX9 : accessed 12 April 2015), Dyer Carpenter, The Town Of Gerry, Chautauqua, New York, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 20, household ID 147, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,731.
5688.
Abial Cheney Carpenter
Barbaour Collection, Ashford, CT Windham Co., CT
Abial Cheney, s. Dyer & Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1816; d. July 19, 1820; 6;
21.
5692.
Martha Newton Carpenter
Residence: Moved to Holland, Erie Co., NY then to Galva, Henry Co., IL.
2365.
Parker Carpenter
Number 1410 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 206.
Family on page 352 (# 462). A farmer.
Resided in Athens, Ohio. He served in the War of 1812, as lieutenant.
Record reads "From New London, Conn., under Ebenezer Kelly's
command, June 21, 1813 to Sept. 16."
The second time under Solomon Sykes from New London, June 25, 1814 to July 14.
5693.
Amelia Carpenter
She went to Athens, Ohio.
5696.
Julia Carpenter
Probably twin to Frederick
2366.
Amasa Carpenter
Amasa, s. Oliver & Prudence, b. Oct. 17, 1782; 1; 248
2369.
Elisha Carpenter
Resided in Pomfret, Conn. and Fall River, Mass.
Mary Wilber
Of Troy.
James Peckham
Resided in Fall River and Middleboro, Mass.
Benjamin G. Irish
Resided in Little Compton, R.I.
5707.
John Simmons Carpenter
Resided in Fall River, Mass.
2371.
Oliver Carpenter Jr.
Resided in Ashford, Conn. A deacon.
5714.
Ellen Maria Carpenter
CENSUS:
1880 United States Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Alvin R. WALKER Self M Male W 50 CT Sells Artists Material CT CT
Amy A. WALKER Wife M Female W 44 CT Home CT CT
Ellen M. CARPENTER SisterL S Female W 49 CT Artist CT CT
Mary B. GORE Other S Female W 36 NH Artist In Store NH NH
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Source Information:
Census Place Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Family History Library Film 1254549
NA Film Number T9-0549
Page Number 111B
http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=2447
Biography from AskART:
Ellen Carpenter was a popular landscape painter in oil and watercolor and teacher of art in Boston, Massachusetts. She had hundreds of pupils and many close friends including the poet, John Greenleaf Whittier. Her work can be found in the Bugbee Memorial Library of Danielson, Connecticut; the Boston Grand Lodge of the Masons; and the Marlborough, Massachusetts Public Library.
She was known to have painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire as well as the South, Pacific Coast, California including Yosemite in the 1870s. Her paintings such as "A View from Mariposa Trail of the Yosemite Valley" (1870s), "Pleasant Valley on the Merrimach" (sic), and "Lake Amitash in Amesbury" were described as "revealing at times the menacing suggestion of great rivers and of high solitary mountains." (Rubinstein) Among many commissions of hers were more than 100 watercolor depictions of old homesteads of Marlboro, Massachusetts, and they were used to illustrate a book, "Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough", by Ella Bigelow.
Carpenter was born in Killingly, Connecticut, grew up in that state and Massachusetts, and studied in Worcester, Massachusetts with Thomas Edwards and at the Lowell Institute (beginning 1864) and in Paris with Robert Fleury. She traveled in Europe at various times: 1867, 1873, 1878, and 1889, and also sketched in Egypt and Algiers.
Her birth date is cited as 1830, 1831 and 1836.
Source:
"American Women Artists", by Charlotte Streifer Rubenstein
Source: "An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West" by Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
The following update was provided in June of 2006 by John R. Carpenter a Carpenter Family Genealogist who is a 5th cousin, 4 times removed from the artist.
1) Ellen Maria Carpenter was born 28 Nov 1830 in Killingly, Middlesex, CT of Oliver Carpenter Jr. (b. 1793 CT) and Amy Smith (b. abt 1793 of CT). She died in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Ellen is a descendant of William Carpenter (b. 1605 England) the immigrant who settled in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA in 1638.
2) In the 1880 US Federal Census, Ellen was living with her sister Amy Ann (b. 17 Jul 1838 in Killingly) and her husband Alvin A. Walker in Quincy, Norfolk, MA. Alvin’s occupation was listed as a Seller of Artist Material.
Ellen is listed as an Artist in this Census along with Mary B. Gore (b. abt 1844 NH) and is listed as an Artist in Store. All resided in the same household.
3) Ellen Maria Carpenter was an Abbot Academy teacher from 1877 to 1878 in Andover.
Sources:
1) A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America. Also known as the Carpenter Memorial. Published 1898 By Amos B. Carpenter - Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA.
2) 1880 US Federal Census
3) http://www.rootsweb.com/~macandov/schools/ abbotsacad.html
Historical Sketches of Andover by S. L. Bailey, and A Singular School, by S.M. Lloyd, 1979, pp 39-40
2377.
William Carpenter
Number 1422 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 207.
Family on page 354 (# 466) A Farmer and later a lawyer.
He moved to Providence, Saratoga county in 1798, in 1811 he moved to Glenville
Township, Schenectady county, NY where he later died. See the notes in the CM
regarding his 13 years of public service in Saratoga county.
He may have been known as William Freeman Carpenter.
2378.
James Carpenter
Number 1423 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 207.
Family on page 354 (# 467) A Farmer.
Residence: Providence, Saratoga county, NY. For some reason some of his
descendants spell their names as "CARPENTIER."
BIRTH:
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: James Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1771
Birth Place: Attleboro, Massachusetts
Father Name: Elisha Carpenter
Mother Name: Anna Freeman
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
MARRIAGE: 1803 (image)
Name: Henritty Ballard
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1803
Marriage Place: Attleboro, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: James Carpenter
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
SEE ALSO:
Name: Henritty Ballard
Gender: Female
Spouse: James Carpenter
Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1803
City: Attleboro
County: Bristol
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 1987017 items 2-6.
Source Information
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.
SEE ALSO:
Name: James Carpenter
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Henritty Ballard
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 30 Jan 1803
Event Place: Attleboro,Bristol,Massachusetts
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50002-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number: 0982348 IT 1
Reference ID:
Citing this Record:
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQC-64J : accessed 17 May 2015), James Carpenter and Henritty Ballard, 30 Jan 1803; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census - Living with daughter Eli and her family.
Name: James Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1771
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Household ID: 18
House Number: 18
Line Number: 6
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 593
GS Film Number: 444309
Digital Folder Number: 004203146
Image Number: 00279
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Gilbert Lomis M 40 New York
Ellis H Lomis F 35 New York
Ellis H Lomis F 8 New York
James Carpenter M 79 Massachusetts
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC1J-DKR : accessed 23 Sep 2014), James Carpenter in household of Gilbert Lomis, Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States; citing family 18, NARA microfilm publication M432.
DEATH: Death information from his gravestone "Carpenter" in Providence,
Sartoga county, NY. His wife is buried with him.
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 00:40:27 -0800 "Ken Warkentin"
provided the gravestone information. Ken states Marcia Buffet who lives in
Northern New York did the research.
GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128020314
James Carpenter
Birth: Feb. 20, 1771
Death: Oct. 3, 1858
h/o Henrietta Ballard
Burial:
Barkersville Cemetery
Barkersville
Saratoga County
New York, USA
Created by: Gary LaMothe
Record added: Apr 15, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 128020314
BOOK:
History of Saratoga County, New York, with illustrations biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers
by Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett, 1825-1894 - Published 1878 - 514 pages.
https://books.google.com/books?id=j8spAQAAMAAJ&q=carpenter#v=snippet&q=elisha%20carpenter&f=false
James Carpenter is mentioned on ...
9th Brigade of the County of Saratoga - 24th Regiment.
Page 91 - Listed as a Lieutenant on 4 Apr 1808. (His younger brother Elisha is listed as an Ensign on the same date)
Page 91 - Listed as a Captain on 11 Feb 1811.
Henrietta "Henritty" Ballard
FAMILY:
She had a brother named Stephen? No it apparently was her father. See below.
This means the ancestry as posted needs to be redone. More data then redo.
-----Original Message-----
From: alan "alan"
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:22 PM
To: John R Carpenter 2
Subject: a little less perplexity at this end
Further developments.
Henrietta was Stephen's daughter. Stephen lived a good part of his life in
a small town called Richmond, New Hampshire. There he was married and had
four children, Henrietta being the eldest. He was then, apparently
widowed, for he married again. Stephen's headstone sits in front of his
daughter's memorial in the Carpenter cemetery; he was born in 1737 and
died in 1827, just a few years before Henrietta who died in 1841.
We are looking for more information, hopefully some clue as to how
Henrietta got from Richmond to Attelsboro, or to Providence; there are
reports of the marriage of James and Henrietta in both locations.
Thank you for jump starting the search once again.
~alan BIRTH:
Marriage indicates she was of, Attleboro and her name as Henritty Ballard.
GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128009975
Henrietta B. Ballard
Birth: 1782
Death: Nov. 10, 1841
w/o James Carpenter
mother of 8 children 3 lawyers and 1 doctor
Burial:
Barkersville Cemetery
Barkersville
Saratoga County
New York, USA
Created by: Gary LaMothe
Record added: Apr 15, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 128009975
GRAVE2:
Name: HENRIETTA B CARPENTER
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States
Cemetery: Barkersville Cemetery
Birth Date: 1782
Marriage Date:
Death Date: 10 Nov 1841
Maiden Name:
Affiliate Image Identifier: 1427207
Latitude: 43.082218170166
Longitude: -74.0350036621094
Affiliate Create Date: 2012-06-12 20:15:17
Citing this Record:
"BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSGX-R8Q : accessed 17 May 2015), HENRIETTA B CARPENTER, 10 Nov 1841; citing Barkersville Cemetery, Galway, New York, BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012).
5723.
James Solon Carpenter
Number 3052 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 354.
No family listed. A Lawyer who resided in New York City.
NAME:
He changed his surname to Carpentier.
CENSUS: 1880 US Census
Name: James S Carpentier
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: New York, New York, New York, United States
District: 175
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Lawyer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire, United States
Sheet Number and Letter: 81D
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0874
GS Film Number: 1254874
Digital Folder Number: 004242242
Image Number: 00595
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James S Carpentier Self M 76 New York, United States
Jane W Carpentier Wife F 55 Ireland
Henry Jung Other M 35 Germany
Charles Diewdonne Other M 28 Germany
Lizzie Murphy Other F 24 Ireland
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ6S-NM6 : accessed 24 Sep 2014), James S Carpentier, New York, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet 81D, NARA microfilm publication T9.
DEATH: Death information from his gravestone in Providence,
Sartoga county, NY.
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 00:40:27 -0800 "Ken Warkentin"
provided the gravestone information.
Ken states Marcia Buffet who lives in Northern New York did the research.Per "alan cohen" September 23, 2014
Born Carpenter, James will be the first Carpentier when he changes it’s spelling for business
purposes; his younger brothers and his second cousin Harriet will follow his precedent.GRAVE:
Name: James S. Carpenter
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States
Cemetery: Barkersville Cemetery
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1804
Marriage Date:
Death Date: 02 Mar 1885
Maiden Name:
Affiliate Image Identifier: 1586779
Latitude: 43.082218170166
Longitude: -74.0350036621094
Affiliate Create Date: 2012-06-28 14:47:02
Citing this Record:
"BillionGraves Index", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3TC-CZ2 : accessed 24 Sep 2014), James S. Carpenter, .
SEE ALSO:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17379269
James S Carpentier
Birth: Apr. 21, 1804, USA
Death: Mar. 2, 1886
New York, USA
He is buried in Greenwood
Burial:
Barkersville Cemetery
Barkersville
Saratoga County
New York, USA
Created by: Thomas Dunne
Record added: Jan 10, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 17379269
5726.
Dr. Reuben Socrates Carpentier
Number 3055 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 354.
No family listed. Resided in New York City and attended Columbia College.
A Physician.
GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17379282
Reuben S. Carpentier
Birth: Jul. 14, 1812, USA
Death: Dec. 18, 1874
New York, USA
Burial:
Barkersville Cemetery
Barkersville
Saratoga County
New York, USA
Created by: Thomas Dunne
Record added: Jan 10, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 17379282
NOTE: See image at:
http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/Reuben-S-Carpentier/1404779#given_names=Reuben&family_names=Carpentier
5728.
Eli Ballard Carpenter
Number 3057 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 354.
No family listed. He died young.
Basic descendants presented by "alan cohen" September 23, 2014GRAVE:
Eli Ballard Carpenter
Birth: unknown
Death: Jul. 3, 1820
Burial:
Barkersville Cemetery
Barkersville
Saratoga County
New York, USA
Created by: Gary LaMothe
Record added: Apr 15, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 128020171
5730.
Horace Walpole Carpentier
Number 3051 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 354.
No family listed. Unmarried. He resided in Oakland, CA where he was mayor of
that city and was a member of the Assembly of that state. After he retired he
moved back to New York City, NY.
CENSUS: 1900 US Census
Name: H W Carpentier
Age: 75
Birth Date: Jul 1824
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
Ward of City: New York
Street: East 37-St South <----------- Important for Dean Lang info.
House Number: 108 <----------- "
Sheet Number: 2
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 23
Family Number: 23
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: United States
Mother's Birthplace: United States
Occupation: Attorney
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: O
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: H
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
H W Carpentier 75
Harietta Carpentier 35 <----- sister - Single - b. Jan 1815 CT Age 85 but listed as age 35!
Caroline Crocker 55 <----- Housekeeper
R T Babtist 50 <----- attendant (colored servant) - likely R. T. Baptist
May Dwyer 50 <----- Irish Cook
Emma North 34 <----- Swedish Servant
Emma Olson 20 <----- Swedish Servant
Jenny Simon 36 <----- Irish Servant
Dean Lang 43 <----------- Dean Lung! - Listed as Companion - See his section below.
Jim Mah 45 <---- Chinese Cook
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0748; FHL microfilm: 1241114
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: 1905 New York State Census
Name: Harris W [Horace W Carpentier]
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birth Place: United States
Age: 80
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Year: 1905
Residence: Galway, Saratoga, New York, USA
Relationship to Head: Head
Election District: 01
Household Members:
Name Age
Harris W Carpentier 80 <---- Looks like Horris on census image
Caroline B Crocker 60 <--- boarder
Dean Ding 46 <------- Dean Lung !
Source Citation
New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Galway; County: Saratoga; Page: 2
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: New York, State Census, 1905. Population Schedules . Various County Clerk Offices, New York.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Horace W Carpentier
Age in 1910: 85
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1910: Galway, Saratoga, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Horace W Carpentier 85
Caroline B Crocket 65
Anna T Walters 55
Jim Mak 55
Robert F Rapter 64
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Galway, Saratoga, New York; Roll: T624_1076; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0104; FHL microfilm: 1375089.
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.
DEATH: Death information from his gravestone in Providence, Sartoga county, NY.
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 00:40:27 -0800 "Ken Warkentin"
provided the gravestone information.
Ken states Marcia Buffet who lives in Northern New York did the research.GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128020622
Horace Walpole Carpentier
Birth: 1824
Death: 1918 s/o James Carpenter Burial: Barkersville Cemetery Barkersville Saratoga County New York, USA
Created by: Gary LaMothe Record added: Apr 15, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 128020622
SEE Image at:
http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/Horace-Walpole-Carpentier/1275895#given_names=Horace&family_names=Carpentier
E-MAIL: Subject: Horace Carpentier
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:49:58 -0800
From: alan cohen
To: now jrcrin001@cox.net - now @cox.net
I have been involved in the "rewriting" of the history of Berkeley, California. Berkeley, a neighboring community to Oakland, is situated in Alameda County. Horace Carpentier played a major role in the creation of Oakland, Alameda County, and Berkeley. The record is sparce, the man has been thoroughly villified as the result of his most egregious political activity, but he remains a briliant figure in the early history of his area. As the result of his endeavors in this area, he became quite rich and returned in his final years to the New York area where he made substantial endowments to Columbia University.
In truth, I have pretty much abandoned the search for useful information about this man. I rather think that, as sparce as my materials are, I have pulled more together on this man than any other researcher thus far. As I say, his importance to the development of the region has been vastly underestimated in all accounts.
I am enclosing the first few paragraphs of a chapter draft that deals in particular with this man. Perhaps you have access to materials that I have not. Pehaps you will be able to help.
Incidently, Horace never married, and thus has no issue. He died around 1909.
Thanks. . Alan Cohen.HORACE CARPENTIER.
Horace Walpole Carpentier was born to James and Henrietta (Ballard) Carpentier on March 6, 1824. At the time of Horace's birth, his father was 53 years old. His parents had been married for twenty one years and already had five living children. Horace, their seventh child, was their youngest. The family lived in Galway (or Providence), New York, a small community in Saratoga County. Sometime prior to Horace's birth, his grandfather changed the family name from Carpenter to Carpentier, the only branch of the family to employ this (Francophied) spelling.
Of the older brothers and sisters, Sarah married a man named Stokes Hall, who, like her father was a farmer, and continued her life as a married woman in Galway. They had one daughter, Maria, whose name would become anathema in East Bay real estate. Maria married James Williamson and it is quite possible that they had a daughter (Sarah) born in California. Horace's sister Anna married Edward Smith, also a farmer, and moved to Michigan. Sister Alice, for whom Alice Street in Oakland is named, married Herbert L. Loomis.
Brother Edward, in 1847 a member of the New York State Assembly, was an attorney and followed Horace to the West Coast where he played a relatively important part in this history. Edward played a role in a number of important business dealings with his brother, but he had his own law firm, Clarke & Carpentier, in San Francisco. Edward made a great deal of money while in California, and returned with it to New York in 1881.
Brother James, 20 years Horace's senior, was also an attorney. He remained a resident of New York. At the time of Horace Carpentier's death, he listed no living relatives.
Among the (secondary) Carpentier relatives, one cousin is made especially conspicuous by her importance to the history of Oakland and Berkeley. Harriet Carpentier was Horace's first cousin once removed, the granddaughter of his father's brother, William Carpentier. She was born in July of 1815, making her some nine years older than Horace. Many court proceedings which surrounded the complexity of the Carpentier land claims refer to Harriet as his sister; this was not the case, and Horace never bothered to correct the misconception. While playing her important part, and at one time being listed as one of the wealthiest people in the State, there is no evidence that Harriet ever set foot inside of California, let along outside of New York. Several historians have suggested that his spinster niece did actually come to California to house-keep for her uncle, but this is probably apocryphal and founded on the fact that Horace was known to be constantly in the company of various "nieces" none of whom were actually blood relatives. In June of 1861 a Harriet Carpentier was listed as a member of the Oakland Congregational Church. She was later "removed by letter". Her "membership" was likely an attempt on Horace's part to establish her "residence" in the State.
Horace was a bright and promising young man. He completed his education at Columbia University in 1848, graduating with a degree in law. He left New York a short time later, and arrived in California on August 8, 1849 aboard the sailing ship "Panama", amongst the 200 passengers who had sailed around the "Horn". It is quite possible that while on this voyage he met the man who would soon become his partner in law and East Bay real estate, Andrew Moon.
MORE: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 From: "~alan"
To: "John Carpenter"
Dear John. . .
Thank you much. Enclosed is some more information. Perhaps I should explain.
Around 1985 I and a friend began writing a history of Berkeley. At the time,
the labor was divided such that he did most of the research, I did most of
the writing. And figuring out. Much figuring out was needed since nobody had
ever done original research on this topic; several books have been written,
all have leaned on an early version which was written to enhance the image
of the community, mostly from a chamber-of-commerce sort of perspective. In
the extant versions, Horace Carpentier is given a relatively minor role, and
effectively vilified in the process.
We read every document, every transaction recorded with the county, every
entry in the Board of Supervisors journal, every newspaper article, etc. We
amassed a ton of information which was arranged into two bodies. First what
we called an encyclopedia, which gives alphabetical access to all designated
topics, and second in a chronology, which lists every morsel by date. Both
documents are extensive. From this we patched together our story. It
currently floats among readers. It is dense yet fascinating. In total,
Horace emerges as a very major character.
The writing partnership dissolved when my partner moved from the area. I
assumed custody of all books, materials, etc. He has no further interest in
the project. I have written, in draft form, most of the book; all but the
final chapter which exists in outline with the data still resting in the two
repositories noted above.
So, I went back and looked over what we had. Short of sending you the
Carpentier chapter, I have enclosed the encyclopedic data on the
Carpentiers. Some of this information does extend your own. Some of it is
questionable. Some of it may be useless, but that is what happens when you
exclude nothing when collecting. There is always time, later, to weed out
the irrelevant. Stuff tossed out too early is difficult to retrieve.
The question in my mind is the person we know as Harriet, and who is known
to be Horace's cousin. It seems from what you offer that there is only one
Harriet and that is his sister. It would be nice to get this clarified,
because sister/cousin Harriet plays a very essential role in the Carpentier
machinations here and abouts, back then.
Without the details, I should mention that Horace single handedly created
Oakland California, Alameda County (in which Oakland lies) and was the fifth
partner in the great railroad (with Crocker, Hopkins, etc). He was
responsible for the continental railroad to terminate not in San Francisco,
which was the initial plan, but in Oakland, on, it turns out, how own
property. He then saw to it that the railroad, as it was initially developed
out of Oakland, went first to a virtually unpopulated and undeveloped parcel
of land, where it terminated as a spur line. This spur line served, at the
time nothing. It did terminate, however, on land that he had acquired,
albeit in the names of others since he had exhausted his 160 allotted acres
in Oakland, and which is now Berkeley. Of course he was no less responsible
for the location of the University of California in Berkeley, a site that
was not even being considered by the College site committee. The story goes
on and on, with Horace having his hand in most everything, as his wealth
steadily increased. Out of this, of course, derived his villainous
reputation.
Harriet/Alice is of interest since he place all of his Oakland properties in
her name, he serving with her power of attorney. His holdings were highly
questioned, however the impossibility of dealing with an absentee owner gave
him a substantial advantage. Harriet/Alice never set foot on the West Coast,
but in her name was held most of Oakland, not to mention the entire
waterfront and control of a major coastal port.
It would be nice to clarify some of these relationships. If you have
anything that might be of use, or can suggest any alternative sources, I
would be grateful. Again. . . thanks. . . alan.
CARPENTIER, THE FAMILY, General Information:
The New York City Directory of 1837 lists a James S. (Solon?), attorney & counselor at 21 Spruce; home at 1 Rose. His business address is changed to 85 Nassau in the 1840 edition and in 1841 his residence is changed to 46 Dominick. In the 1844-45 directory he is listed as a lawyer at 34 Liberty and Edward R. (Rutledge?) appears as a lawyer at the same address. The father was listed as a farmer in the Carpenter Family Memorial. In the 1846-47 edition Edward is now at 27 Beekman and James is at 136 Nassau and boarding at 350 Broadway. Reuben S.(Socrates?) now appears as a druggist at Cross and Mulberry. In 1847-48 Edward is a lawyer at 25 Pine but James and Reuben are the same as 46-47. In 1848-49 Edward again moves his practice to 116 William and his home to 55 Greenwich; James now lives at 41 Walker and Reuben is doing business at 3 Cross. There are no changes in the 48-49 or 50-51 except that in the latter Reuben is listed as a physician. It remains the same until 1853-54 when Edward is no longer listed.
Horace appears in the 1905-06 directory as living at 108 E. 37th St. (no occupation listed) and appears as such through the 1913-14 edition. In 1915 he is listed as trustee for Columbia University.
There are several references to Horace W. and Edward R. Carpenter (not Carpentier) in a Carpenter family genealogy (the above-mentioned "Memorial"), listed at the Sutro Library. (Sutro CS71 C3 1898; pp.354, 658, 741). Got it 12/88 and bingo!
We now know that the family name was originally Carpenter and was changed, probably by Horace's father as there seems to be no other variations earlier than that.
In the 1913 Crocker-Langley Business directory we have an A. Carpentier, Inc., Res. Alameda, Importers and Shipping at 209 California. And also we find an Edward L. Carpentier, Chauffeur, res. 1749 Larkin, and an F. G. Carpentier, physician at 34 Ellis.
In an article in the San Francisco Examiner 7/26/1893 there is a little gossip concerning a servant in the family in California. "Mrs. Canning used to be a servant in the Carpentier's family. She bought a cheap lot with her savings. That lot is worth $200,000.00 now, and she is able to give away $100,000.00 to churches, in addition to keeping Michael Davitt in funds - you know he married her niece."
CARPENTIER, Alice H.
Horace's sister who married Herbert L. Loomis. Alice Street in Oakland is named for her. She is definitely not his only sister as recorded often in local histories.
Residence in Providence, N. Y., a farmer and clothier.
CARPENTIER, Alphonse
See: Baker, 1914 Vol. 2 p. 303. This guy is not an immediate family name and probably quite distant if at all. There are references to other Carpentiers later on but they seem to come directly from France.
CARPENTIER, Anna
Sister to Horace, married Edward Smith and resided in Michigan on a farm.
CARPENTIER, Edward Rutledge
Edward was born in New York, probably Saratoga County, possibly Galway and even more likely, Providence, like his brother Horace.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1847.
First came to California in 1850 (according to Wood). He was listed as a resident of New York City on 6/18/1852 and at that time (?) was also listed as a Commissioner of Deeds for the State of California (a Notary Public type of thing). I assume he arrived here shortly after his brother in that his listings in the New York Directory are current to the 1853-54 issue when he no longer appears.
On 2/28/1853 he petitioned the U. S. Board of Land Commissioners (re: private land claims) for 4,000 acres between the lands of Castro, Peralta and Estudillo. Appealed several times, he never got what he hoped for. It was being held by the Sheriff. The claim was ultimately rejected 6/30/1855. Where this item came from I don't know but it is very curious in wording and content.
He was also later on the board of directors at the Oakland Waterfront Co.
There is record (at Boalt) of Edward representing his brother in court in Oct. 1855.
He bought into "Sister's Claim" 11/9/1858???
5/10/1859 Edson Adams gets Edward's power of attorney.
He amassed a large fortune in California at a very early date. He was a close friend of Henry H. Byrne, who died at an early age leaving his estate of $90,000.00 (less some minor legacies) to Edward. Edward returned to New York in 1881.
We know that he ran into J. Ross Browne in Algiers sometime in the early '60s, possibly 1864.
We know he died before his brother Horace and probably quite a bit before in light of the dispositions set out in Horace's will. We know of trip Horace had made to the Bay Area in 1902 that had to be cut short in order to return east due to an illness and death. This may have been Edward. May not.
[Our chronology has an Edwin (2/20/1877) and an Edmund (10/6/1874). He was a partner in the law firm of Clarke and Carpentier. See: Hittel Vol. 4 p. 489. Carpentier & Clark in HSQ 33:352.]CARPENTIER, Harriet N.
Harriet was born in Glenville New York, on 7/22/1815, the daughter of William, who was the son of William, who was James'(Horace's father) brother. Convoluted enough? She was Horace's cousin.
Harriet, great granddaughter of Elisha died Oct 31, 1902 age 88
Horace's spinster cousin lived in New York. With her power of attorney (given him 6/14/1852) he did much!
She is a claimant and intervener in many of the documents concerning the appeal on the title of Rancho San Antonio as well as Rancho Potrero(?) de Palos Colorados in Contra Costa County.
She apparently never set foot in California and never saw any of the land she "owned". Throughout all the court hearings she is referred to as his sister, and Horace doesn't seem to have bothered to correct them. It is also suggested that she never actually paid him any money, and that the deals between him and his cousin were entirely fabricated for his surreptitious dealings.
To illustrate how useful she was to her uncle, we site the 1859 Assessor's Book in 1859. Harriet is listed as having been assessed $15,000.00. She never even set foot in California. Horace is not listed in the first 50 at all???
There is a H. N. Carpenter mentioned in Black: San Diego & Imperial Counties (Chicago, 1913) page 12.
In June of 1861 a Harriet Carpentier was listed as a member of the Oakland Congregational Church. She was "removed by letter" whatever that means, but so were a lot of other people. Rosa Shattuck, for example.
CARPENTIER, Horace Walpole (Major General, sometimes Colonel)
Horace was born in Galway (actually Providence), Saratoga County, New York on 3/6/1824. He was the son of James and Henrietta Ballard Carpentier. He graduated from Columbia University in 1848 as a lawyer.
He arrived in San Francisco, California on 8/8/1849 after sailing around the "Horn". On that day the American ship, the "Panama" arrived in San Francisco with 200 passengers from New York. A Mr. Leonard, George Dornin, an Andrew Moon, et al. were on board. I will assume that Mr. Carpentier was as well; Moon claims that it was his ship and that he took Carpentier on as chaplain.
In Libera Martina Spinazze's Index of the Argonauts of California, Horace is listed as a member of the Pioneer Association of San Francisco (see: Hastings, p.361) and SCP.
On 1/30/1850 the Democratic Republican General Committee convened to select a candidate for the election being held 2/2/1850 for State Senator; they chose Horace Carpentier to run. Carpentier was defeated by Elcan Heydenfeldt. This is probably where he first had contact with the machine with which David C. Broderick ruled California politics for the next 4+ years. He became well acquainted with all the influential politicians especially the displaced New Yorkers of which Broderick was one.
Also in 1850 he ran, unsuccessfully, for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "alan cohen"
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Subject: carpenter
> this letter is to John Carpenter, with whom I had a brief correspondence a
> few years back. At that time I was seeking any and all information
> available on Horace W. Carpentier. The project I was working on was a
> historical account of Berkeley, California. This project has drawn itself
> out much longer than I had expected.
>
> I did receive, from you, extensive geneological information concerning the
> Carpenter family, of which the man I sought was a member. I was asked to
> forward any additional information I might find on HWP. It is now time to
> share.
>
> The book: A History of Berkeley, From the Ground Up, can be found only
> online at www.historyofberkeley.org.
> Horace is featured throughout. There is, as you will see, a chapter
> limited to him as well. Horace Carpentier was a fascinating character,
> bright, ingenious in his many business and political dealings, villified
> by many, a benefactor to higher education, and at one time owning a very
> respectable chunk of California. He is responsible for the creation of
> Oakland California, as well as Alameda County in which Oakland lies. His
> motives, it is clear, were not civic. Horace was careful to leave as
> indistinct a track of his activities as was possible; there is only one
> photograph of him that I have ever seen (it is included in the book)and he
> was loath to provide any information about himself under any
> circumstances. Clearly a man to be admired.
>
> I appreciate the information that was sent, even though it is limited with
> respect to the material i needed and sought. Please feel free to use the
> information provided at this web site, with suitable reference with regard
> to its source.
>
> And good luck with your ongoing quest for the Carpenter family
>
> ~alan cohenThe book: A History of Berkeley, From the Ground Up, can be found only online at:
www.historyofberkeley.org
By Alan Cohen < minahuni@speakeasy.net >
Copyright 2007-2008 (used with permission)
Chapter 14
http://www.historyofberkeley.org/horace_carpentier.html
Horace Carpentier
Horace Walpole Carpentier was born to James and Henrietta (Ballard) Carpentier on March 6, 1824. At the time of Horace's birth, his father was 53 years old. His parents had been married for twenty one years and already had five living children. Horace, their seventh child, was their youngest. The family lived in Galway (or Providence), New York, a small community in Saratoga County. Sometime prior to Horace's birth, his grandfather changed the family name from Carpenter to Carpentier, the only branch of the family to employ this (Francophied) spelling.
Of the older brothers and sisters, Sarah married a man named Stokes Hall, who, like her father was a farmer, and continued her life as a married woman in Galway. They had one daughter, Maria, who married James Williamson; it is quite possible that they had a daughter (Sarah) born in California.
Horace's sister Anna married Edward Smith, also a farmer, and moved to Michigan. Sister Alice, for whom Alice Street in Oakland is named, married Herbert L. Loomis.
Brother Edward, in 1847 a member of the New York State Assembly, was an attorney and followed Horace to the West Coast where he played a relatively important part in this history. Edward played a role in a number of important business dealings with his brother, but he had his own law firm, Clarke & Carpentier, in San Francisco. Edward made a great deal of money while in California, and returned with it to New York in 1881.
Brother James, 20 years Horace's senior, was also an attorney. He remained a resident of New York. At the time of Horace Carpentier's death, he listed no living relatives.
Among the (secondary) Carpentier relatives, one cousin is made especially conspicuous by her importance to the history of Oakland and Berkeley. Harriet Carpentier was Horace's first cousin once removed, the granddaughter of his father's brother, William Carpentier. She was born in July of 1815, making her some nine years older than Horace. Many court proceedings which surrounded the complexity of the Carpentier land claims refer to Harriet as his sister; this was not the case, and Horace never bothered to correct the misconception. While playing her important part, and at one time being listed as one of the wealthiest people in the State, there is no evidence that Harriet ever set foot inside of California, let along outside of New York. Several historians have suggested that a spinster niece did actually come to California to house-keep for her uncle, but this is probably apocryphal and founded on the fact that Horace was known to be constantly in the company of various "nieces" none of whom were actually blood relatives. In June of 1861 a Harriet Carpentier was listed as a member of the Oakland Congregational Church. She was later "removed by letter". Her "membership" was likely an attempt on Horace's part to establish her "residence" in the State.
Horace was a bright and promising young man. He completed his education at Columbia University in 1848, graduating with a degree in law. He left New York a short time later, and arrived in California on August 8, 1849 aboard the sailing ship "Panama", amongst the 200 passengers who had sailed around the "Horn". It is quite possible that while on this voyage he met the man who would soon become his partner in law and East Bay real estate, Andrew Moon.
Political Beginnings
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It seems evident from the events which were to follow, that Horace Carpentier arrived in San Francisco with established political connections, for he had no sooner arrived than he was well into the local political life. In the Spring of 1850 he set up his law office, presumably with Andrew Moon and Edson Adams. Adams had arrived in San Francisco in July of 1849 and had gone directly to the mines. On his return trip, in March of 1850, he met Horace Carpentier who likewise had made a brief trip into the gold country. This trip came in the wake of Carpentier's early political defeats.
Horace Carpentier had competed unsuccessfully in the new State’s first election, for the Democratic nomination as State Senator. Failing to secure the nomination, he then ran, again without success, for the position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Failing that he went to look for gold.
In May of 1850 Adams, then aged 26, located himself on the "Encinal" of Vicente Peralta's land, and established his claim to 160 acres by "squatting". He was soon afterward joined by partners Moon and Carpentier who claimed their 160 acres adjacent to his, one to the east and one to the west. This constituted a tract of land of something over 200 city blocks bounded on the south by the estuary, on the north by 14th Street, with a yet to be delineated Broadway bisecting the parcel. Their pursuit of possessory rights culminated in the incorporation of the town of Contra Costa, quickly renamed Oakland.
Carpentier's political aspirations did not die with his first two defeats. In January of 1851 he was given the position of Senate Enrolling Clerk, a job which placed him in a favorable niche from where he would make the acquaintance of many other politically inspired men. While so serving, he was employed doing extra work on the Industrial Commission, on the Senate Finance Committee, and early the next year on the Committee of Navigation and Commerce, a position which would give birth to his waterfront schemes. In 1852 he also occupied the position of State Prison Inspector, holding this assignment until the Spring of the following year. If he had not previously been acquainted with them, he now became politically involved with several men who would serve him well in his ambitious schemes. These associations included Napoleon B. Smith, brother of Henry Smith (of Santa Clara County) and a member of the Legislature in 1852, and David Broderick, the political boss of San Francisco who was elected president of the State Senate in January of 1851. "President of the State Senate" has since become the office of Lieutenant Governor. Broderick, it should be noted, was closely affiliated with Governor Bigler, a man forever sympathetic with the efforts of Mr. Carpentier. Some accounts have gone so far as to suggest that Broderick actually controlled Bigler. The relationship between Broderick and Carpentier was as much a business relationship as a political one.
The Ferry
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In August of 1851, Carpentier and Moon obtained a ferry licence from the Contra Costa Court of Sessions (predecessor of the Board of Supervisors), placed the licence in brother Edward's name, and began a ferry service between “Oakland” and from San Francisco. Soon afterwards the operation was turned over to fellow New Yorker, Charles Minturn, under a contract which provided Carpentier a monopoly in the ferry business for the next 20 years. Eight years later, a competing ferry service was initiated by James B. LaRue with the express purpose of defeating the Carpentier monopoly. It is worthy of note that the Carpentier/Minturn ferry activity was conducted from a pier not far from LaRue's, and across the slough from the Carpentier property. Reaching the estuary's deep water from Carpentier's property would have required a considerably longer pier. While legal efforts on the part of the Carpentiers failed to defeat his competition, the matter was soon thereafter resolved by simply buying out LaRue.
Incorporation of the Town of Oakland
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When the Encinal was purchased from Vicente Peralta in 1852, Carpentier drew upon his established relationships and persuaded Napoleon Smith to introduce the bill which would incorporate the "town" of Oakland. The introduction of the bill was planned for April 29, 1852; the legislative session was due to adjourn in May. On May 1, State Senator J. Fry introduced another bill to declare San Antonio Slough, which was too shallow to navigate, navigable. This would mark the first visible signs of his incipient waterfront scheme. The bill provided funds to dredge the slough and thereby provide access. At that point Carpentier instructed Peter Portois, a San Francisco architect, to create a map favorable to his plans for incorporation, and presented this to the Legislature which was in a hurry to adjourn. Bigler signed both Acts and on May 4, 1852 the ball was rolling. It is not unthinkable that Carpentier penned both of these bills.
The town of Oakland was to be managed by a board of trustees, from which Carpentier immediately disqualified himself. The board was made up of Moon, A. W. Burrell (who had recently built Oakland's first hotel on the corner of 1st and Broadway [then Main St] on land given him by Carpentier and Adams), Amadee Marier, and Alpheus Staples. It is remarkable that so little is known of Burrell, Marier, and Staples. Their inclusion is likely to have been no more than a formality, their functions nil. Francis K. Shattuck, another Carpentier cohort, was appointed clerk.
The Oakland Waterfront
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Two weeks after the installation of the new board, the entire waterfront of the Encinal was turned over to Carpentier at the first town council meeting on May 12, 1852. In exchange for his right to operate the waterfront forever, he promised to build a wharf and a school house. The school house was completed in July of 1852 at Fourth and Clay Streets. The first teacher was Hannah Jayne who would become the wife of Edson Adams in 1855. The initial terms of the waterfront agreement were not agreeable to all, and when Marier dissented, Carpentier promised to post a bond insuring the ultimate return of the property to the town. When Marier remained reluctant to sign, Shattuck's willingness to accede provided in the needed signatures.
While successful in getting his way politically, Carpentier did not endear himself to the hearts of the populace. Displeased with the waterfront conveyance, not to mention the secret elections, some citizens (of which there were not many in those days) protested by rioting and doing damage to Carpentier property. When such occurrences were imminent, Carpentier and Adams would escape harm by rowing out into the Bay, and return to file suit against the "evildoers". While some were against him, others were there to offer support, the latter being in a position to profit themselves by following in the shadow of this master of entrepreneurs.
When the town brought suit against Carpentier for any of a number of major complaints, the town was represented by John B. Watson, a legal partner of Horace Carpentier. The outcome was inevitable. A few years later this same legal flim flam would be repeated when another Carpentier associate, City Attorney, John B. Felton, would likewise represent the City's interest against Carpentier.
Desiring to offend no more than was necessary, as well as to reduce as best he could his inevitable visibility, Horace transferred title to the Oakland waterfront to his cousin Harriet in August of 1854. Through her power of attorney, Horace continued to manage "her" business with the waterfront.
It would be well to note in this context that Horace Carpentier was a charismatic man, generally well-liked if not approved of, and inclined to win the confidence of the most skeptical. He has been described as having a "suave, slender figure, fathomless blue eyes, prim mouth, and a thin aristocratic nose..." He spoke fluent Spanish, a tongue he picked up as a needed exigency for dealing with his Spanish speaking clients, and was inclined to not only wear a large crucifix around his neck, but to represent himself as a former "padre", thereby gaining their confidence. It has been said that Mr. Carpentier was a man without scruples, but his persuasive skills and municipal visions were unimpeachable. J. Ross Browne wrote frequently of encounters with the man and condemned him roundly for his finger in everybody's pie, including Browne's own, but in all these instances one can clearly read a barely veiled respect and even affection for Horace Carpentier.
In March of 1852 Carpentier made a deal with two of the Castro brothers, Victor and "J. J.", which would provide him half of all their land occupied by squatters plus additional lands if Carpentier would take the legal initiative in order to secure their title on that occupied land. Later that year the Castro brothers extended their contract with Carpentier, enlisting his help in dealing with the U.S. Land Commission. From that point on, Horace Carpentier was the "attorney of record" for various Castro litigation.
In June of 1854 Horace obtained power of attorney for his cousin Harriet and placed all of his Oakland properties in her name along with the waterfront. In large measure, Oakland had an absentee landlord represented by a local attorney. This action magnificently complicated all further efforts in dealing with the contested waterfront.
The 12th Street Bridge
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In October of 1852, the Supervisors of Contra Costa County contracted with Trustan Gilman for the construction of a bridge over the San Antonio Slough, at 12th Street. Ready access was needed, short of traveling around the end of the "lake", when moving between Clinton and Oakland. The cost would be $7,400. With the events which were to follow already regarded as a fait accompli, by January of 1853 Carpentier had already sold a quarter of his interest in the bridge to his partner Edson Adams, including the land upon which the bridge stood. The bridge would be completed in August of 1853. In June of 1853, with the county suddenly short in the needed funding, Carpentier leapt into the breach, offering to buy and to improve the bridge, and to cut the Town of Oakland into a portion of the tolls which he planned on collecting, but only until such time as the town was able to buy the bridge. The toll taker was his partner John B. Watson.
Rather than awaiting opportunity, Carpentier had clearly orchestrated these events, setting the stage for his proprietorship of the 12th Street Bridge, well in advance of its completion. As late as November of 1854 Gilman's fees had not yet been satisfied. In May of 1855 a bill was introduced within the proceedings of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors proposing that Carpentier's by now very controversial bridge be made into a public highway. In January of 1857, Carpentier was still in possession of his bridge and the city opted to offer him competition by building a free bridge across the slough at 7th Street. By July of that year the 7th Street Bridge was completed. The 12th Street bridge later went on to become the 12th Street Dam, thereby creating Lake Merritt.
Carpentier in the State Assembly
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In November of 1852 Horace Carpentier was successfully elected to the State Assembly for the 4th district which encompassed Contra Costa County. He won this election with 590 votes out of a constituency which included only 130 voters. Historians have suggested that this was a case of ballot stuffing. That same month he engineered a sheriff's sale for delinquent taxes which left him in titled possession of 220 acres of the Peralta Reserve. In July of the following year, he repeated this tactic which left his brother Edward in legal possession of everything in Rancho San Antonio that had not already been nailed down. It was this maneuver which seriously compromised the magnitude of the sale to the partners of Joseph Irving.
Creation of Alameda
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County While serving as a State Assemblyman, he encountered a measure of political censure from the governing body of Contra Costa County, with especial reference to his acquisition of the waterfront. His response to this was to remove himself from under the political/legal control of the county, by fabricating a county of his own. This was done in concert with Henry Smith who had been elected in Santa Clara to the State Legislature in 1852. Together they drafted a bill which would remove portions of both counties to form the new Alameda County. This bill was approved and in March of 1853 Alameda County came into being. The county seat was to be in Alvarado, home of Henry Smith. In April of 1853 Carpentier introduced a bill to change the specifics of the incorporation, moving the county seat to Oakland. This bill, however, failed. He next introduced another bill that would divide Alameda County just south of Oakland, effectively discarding the offending portions, making Horace's life considerably more manageable. This bill failed as well. It was not long, however, before Smith lost his political support and Oakland became the center of the County's political life.
In 1859 the State Supreme Court wrote an opinion to the effect that the waterfront grant and contracts were void. The case was retried and Carpentier was found to have acted fraudulently. He immediately appealed and the decision was of course reversed. Since the matter of legal remedy (concerning the voided waterfront grant) was maintained by the governing body of Oakland, Carpentier took actions that appeared to be an effort to hedge his bets. He bought into the "Sisters Title" scam that had been so well employed by Robert Simson and William Chittenden. It would be many years yet before the waterfront issue was suitably resolved.
Pressing his claims on this basis he lost twice but secured many quit claim fees in the process; he later "sold" his rights to the "Sisters Title" to his brother Edward who persisted in employing them to his ongoing financial advantage.
Carpentier and Durant
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In June of 1853 Horace Carpentier was named a Trustee of Durant's Academy, along with Timothy Dwight Hunt, Joseph Benton, and Edward Walsworth. In his behalf, it should be noted that Carpentier had a history of support to educational institutions which was substantial, and while he may have profited just a little from the real estate transactions involved with the location of the University in Berkeley, he later contributed heavily to this same institution. His activities as a trustee, as well as his relationship with Durant, are silent, and the nature of their business association can only be inferred from the evidentiary trail which has been left. Neither of these men did anything to encourage a public awareness of their long standing and mutually beneficial relationship. Durant did request his being on the board, and it was Horace Carpentier who suggested that Durant include Walsworth in the same capacity. Reverend Walsworth was in Marysville at the time, and the Reverend Brayton was sent to relieve him, providing for his participation in the local activities.
The City of Oakland
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On March 25, 1854, by the process of incorporation, the Town of Oakland became the City of Oakland. On April 17, 1854, his reputation notwithstanding, Horace Carpentier was elected the city's first mayor. This in spite of the fact that the city council that was elected at the same time was described as being substantially anti-Carpentier. As the Council’s first matter of business, it set about to both regain the waterfront and to limit Carpentier’s monopoly by providing competition to their new mayor's enterprises. On August 5, 1854, Alderman A.D. Eames, formally a Carpentier cohort, set in motion an ordinance to provide for a second wharf within the city of Oakland. His measure passed 8 to 6 and was later supported by a petition signed by 170 of Oakland's citizens. The wharf was to be installed at the southwest corner of the Encinal. Mayor Carpentier refused to sign the measure. A month later it was made policy over the mayor's objections, with support lent by George Blake and Mr Kelsey. With this action political war was effectively declared on the city's Mayor.
While serving as mayor, Carpentier made a bid for the Democratic nomination to office of Attorney General of the State of California, but did not succeed. Within the two years following the end of his reign as mayor (1855), the Carpentier matters were pressed with increased vigor by the governing fathers of the city. In 1857 James LaRue obtained the licence for his competing ferry line, beginning his ineffectual attempt to interrupt the Carpentier monopoly. In the meanwhile, Horace Carpentier's attention was being drawn elsewhere, as new horizons began to present themselves.
More on The Waterfront
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In March of 1868 the City of Oakland passed an ordinance that would presumably enable them to end the waterfront controversy. A week later the Oakland Waterfront Company was created, with Horace Carpentier as director, then Mayor Sam Merritt as Vice President, and Leland Stanford as Treasurer. On March 31, 1868, all of Carpentier's interest in the waterfront (i.e., all of Harriet Carpentiers interest in the waterfront) was transferred to the City of Oakland, through the Waterfront Company; all but a small waterfront lot which Carpentier (Harriet) deeded directly to the city. The company was capitalized at five million dollars. The stock was distributed as follows: Horace got 23,000 shares, or 46%, Stanford got 17,500 shares, or 35%, Felton (the city attorney and a close associate of Carpentier) received 5,000 or 10%, and Edward Carpentier together with Lloyd Tevis received the remaining 4,500 shares, or 9%. Together the Carpentier brothers owned 51%.
On the same date as the transfer of Carpentier's interest to the city, a contract was made between him and Stanford for conveyance of a sizable portion of the waterfront to the Western Pacific Railroad. On April 1, 1868, the Waterfront Company deeded 500 acres of waterfront and exclusive right-of-way to the Western Pacific (later to become the Southern Pacific) Railroad. In return, the railroad promised to complete its tracks from Niles Canyon, not through San Jose, around the Bay and up to San Francisco, but directly to Oakland, requiring only increased ferry service to complete the journey to San Francisco.
Carpentier's association with the founding fathers of the railroad system in and out of California was long and profitable. His ability to finesse the location of the Western Terminus of the transcontinental railroad system to Oakland was the result of this association. As a result of these efforts, the railroad also extended its service along a spur line into Berkeley, providing the basis for the development of a community in conjunction with the planned college. Because of this major transportation link between Berkeley and Oakland, the state was able to see its way clear to purchase the Berkeley site from the College of California. The year of 1868 was momentous in the history of Berkeley.
The Telegraph
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In 1853 the California State Telegraph Company completed its first state-wide telegraph system. From 1857 to 1867 Carpentier served as the president of this company. Other directors included J Mora Moss, Henry Height, and William Ralston. In 1860 this company absorbed the Alta California Telegraph Company, thereby coming into possession of the controlling lines between San Jose, San Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento, Nevada City, and Marysville. In 1861 the Overland Telegraph Company was incorporated, of which Horace was also president. The Overland Company constructed a junction with the Pacific Telegraph Company, owned by Western Union. By 1887 Western Union owned all three companies.
In September of 1861, Horace and partners Moss, Beale, and Herman Wohler bought the Arroyo Seco Rancho from Andres Pico. This Rancho extended into Sacramento, Amador, and San Joaquin counties and occupied a total area of 11 square leagues.
Purchasing his way into William Ralston's Bank of California in 1864, he later became a director. In 1875 Horace Carpentier was listed as the ninth richest man in Alameda County with a property value of well over a million dollars. This figure belies his real wealth and actual holdings. He has been named as being at one time the largest landowner in the State of California.
Carpentier and Peralta As early as 1852, Carpentier had established an attorney/client relationship with Domingo Peralta. Offering to protect Domingo from the very hazards that he was in fact providing, he eventually extracted in the form of unpaid legal fees nearly all of the Reserve and large portions of the Homestead. While this bleeding of the Peralta lands was taking place, Domingo offered few complaints. When he changed legal representation, he was served by one or another of Carpentiers affiliates. Clearly Horace had major dibs on the Peralta Berkeley property, and he tolerated no intrusion into this portion of his domain. While his interest in the East Berkeley area is not quite explicit, it does become evident as we examine the working relationship between Carpentier and Shattuck, Higley, Robinson, Pioche, and others. Clearly his interest in this section of town was more than casual, as he proceeded to promote the installation of a dead end railroad line into what was then no more than a remote, unpopulated, entirely undeveloped section of privately owned turf.
As the political foundation of Horace Carpentier was lost to attrition and the increasing complexity of the East Bay communities, Horace found less and less interest in his local projects. Horace live far longer than all of his of his contemporaries, and he was not known to make many friends in his later years. Still owning a major share of present day Berkeley, none of which was in his own name, he moved back to New York during the early 1880's. There were various visits to the West Coast, some in response to demands that he attend courtroom hearings regarding many of the familiar issues that dragged on for years. The sale of his property was conducted from his New York home, with sales continuing well into the beginning years of the present century. In 1912 he sold off the remainder of his California holdings to C.A. Cooper and Company.
The Disbursement of the Carpentier Fortune Following his retirement from active business pursuits, Horace Carpentier engaged successfully in trade with the Orient. This activity increased his fortune substantially. He traveled back and forth to China, and acquired a Chinese valet (Ting Lung) who resided with Carpentier in his New York home. After returning from China in 1901 Carpentier endowed Columbia University, upon whose board of Trustees he sat, with a $100,000 chair in Chinese Language and Literature. Several years later he increased that gift with an additional $12,000 as a memorial to his now deceased companion, the misnamed "Dean Lung Professorship", honoring Ting Lung for his patience and loyalty. In his will he added yet another $300,000 to his established gift to Columbia University. In 1903 he gave the Columbia University Law School $300,000 in memory of his brother James.
Horace Carpentier died in New York on January 31, 1918. He was 94 years old. Mr Carpentier was buried at the family home in Galway. His will provided more than a million dollars to Barnard College, One hundred thousand dollars to the University of California and another one hundred thousand to the Pacific Theological Seminary. His estate totaled in excess of three and a half million dollars. Prior to his death, before he had given away a major portion of his estate, he was noted to be worth more than twenty million dollars. The Carpentier home in New York City was donated to Barnard College in 1917. The disposition of his Oakland home at Third and Alice is not known. The area is now occupied by the warehouses of Oakland's produce district.
Horace Carpentier was the last of his family to die. In addition to his distribution of funds among the various charitable and educational institutions, Carpentier's only other beneficiaries were a few of the young women that he had "adopted" as "nieces". Among these his favorite for many years was Maud Burk (1872-1948). While the other young woman came and went, Ms Burk remained a part of his life for many years. He had introduced her to the works of the classic writers, and managed to turn her tastes to the Greek and Latin poets, and to the works of Shakespeare. He became extremely possessive of this young woman and prevented at least one marriage on the grounds of terminating their relationship. She visited him for the last time in 1906. By then she had already married and became the "Lady Cunard", heir to the shipping fortune and the mother of Nancy Cunard. Maud was not mentioned in his will.
Horace Carpentier had arrived in California in 1849, and was a member of the Society of California Pioneers. Many years later, long after he had established his residency in New York City, he was asked by the Society to author his own biographic statement, to be included among a collection of those of the other members. The following constitutes his entire submission:
"Of no unworthy parentage —puritan of the Puritans— I was born, much as others are born, a diminutive savage, in 1824.
Without education or culture I have lived a rather long and busy life doing many common things in a common way and perhaps a few things well; a life, as I see it, of mixed good and ill, and with little or nothing in it of special interest to others or even to myself, or that can be worth a remembrance in the annals of your society.
There may be others, masters of fiction and rhetoric, who could invent for me a larger and more rounded history, but this seems to be about the best that I can do.
Yours very truly, H.W.C."
108 East 37 Street, New York July 7, 1901
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DEAN LUNG:
Dean Lung (aka Ting Lung) was the butler/valet/friend/companion (later listed as a
Student & Traveler) of Horace W. Carpentier for over 45 years. There are many stories unproven about him and his relationship with HWC. While very sick, possibly from a beating, Dean presented to HWC money he had saved over his employment. This money, reported in different amounts, went to Columbia University President Seth Low in a 28 June 1901 letter that started the Chinese sturdies at the University. Dean lived for several more years dying between 1905 and 1910 in NY. His burial location is not known.
Dean Lung was born in Feb 1857 in China and was living in Manhattan, NY in 1900 and was enumerated as "Dean Lang". He immigrated to America in 1875 even though this may have been a second immirgation date for him. He is also cited on the 1905 NY Census in Galway, NY. However he is not on the 1910 US Census with the Carpentier family.
BOOK: 1902
The International Year Book by Harry Thurston Peck - January 1, 1902
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published on: Dec 31, 1902
Pages: 1038
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XUsxAQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA195
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. On October 7, 1901, Dr. Seth Low (q.v.) resigned the presidency of Columbia University in consequence of his nomination for mayor of New York on the Fusion ticket opposing that of Tammany Hall, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler (q.v.), dean of the school of philosophy, was chosen acting president. ...
Columbia received about $354,120 in gifts and bequests during the academic year. The most important gift was an anonymous one of $100,000 for the establishment of a department of Chinese languages, literatures, religion, and law, and especially for a chair to be known as the Dean Lung Professorship of Chinese. Later in 1901 it appeared that General Carpenter was the donor of this gift. President Low also reports the gift of $12,000 from Dean Lung himself. “I doubt," said the president, “whether the history of education supplies the record of any similar gift from a Chinainan to a university of the western learning."
ARTICLE:
The Talk of the Town - March 28, 1931 Issue
Dean Lung
By Charles Cooke and James Thurber
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1931/03/28/dean-lung
The New Yorker, March 28, 1931 P. 13
Talk story about the chair of the Chinese which was given to Columbia Univ. by General Horace Carpentier and named in honor of his valet Dean Lung. In 1901, it was given with $100,000. Lung, the General's valet, had stuck through with his master after the gold rush and once the General took him on a trip to the Orient as a reward for his services. Later the General contributed another $150,000 to Columbia. ... --- Link to 1931 article requires subscription.
ARTICLE:
Living Legacies
East Asian Studies at Columbia: The Early Years by Wm. Theodore de Bary
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Spring2002/AsianStudies.html
A brief history of Columbia’s East Asian studies department by one of its most eminent pioneering scholars
Not least among the things that got Columbia off to an early start in Chinese studies was the letter (below) sent in 1901 by Dean Lung to President Seth Low, who was about to become mayor of New York that year.
Some have supposed that the “Dean” in this name was an academic title, a thought perhaps stemming from the widespread belief in the West that learning in China had been the preserve, if not almost a monopoly, of an edu cated Confucian elite. Actually, however, “Dean” was just an ordinary Chinese surname (usually rendered “Ding” or “Ting”), and it belonged to the manservant of a Columbia Trustee—a personal valet whose relatively humble status did not preclude his testifying to the deep respect for learning that Confucianism had engendered in most Chinese.
Whatever the “fund for Chinese learning” amounted to at Columbia in those days, it could not have been much. The first contribution to Chinese studies had been made only the year before by an alumnus and Trustee William Barclay Parsons ’1879C ’82E in the form of a gift of Chinese books to the library. That same year the eminent scholar in Indo-Iranian studies, Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, urged President Low to set up instruction in Chinese studies, but it was clearly the initiative of Dean Lung, and the deep respect held for him by the Trustee General Horace Walpole Carpentier, that led the latter to contribute the substantial sum (for those days) of $226,000 to set up an endowment for Chinese studies. The endowment was established in memory of Dean Lung, as a tribute to this “Chinese person” who was not just his valet but also a friend, admired for his personal qualities and love of learning.
Prompted in part by this action, the noted Columbia anthropologist Franz Boas made a powerful plea in 1902 for Columbia and the American Museum of Natural History together to establish “a great Oriental School” that would “imbue the public with a greater respect for the achievements of Chinese civilization.” In “A Plea for a Great Oriental School,” Boas, referring to the collections being acquired for the museum by Berthold Laufer, said, “We hope by means of these collections to bring out the complexity of Chinese culture, the high degree of technical development achieved by the people, the love of art which pervades their whole life, and the strong social ties that bind the people together. . . .”
Then, expressing a view often repeated later in the century, he added, “Under present conditions a more extended knowledge of East Asiatic cultures is a matter of great national importance . . . and in order to deal intelligently with the problems arising in this area we require a better knowledge of the people and of the countries with which we are dealing. . . . It was hoped that the establishment of these collections [at the Museum] would give an impetus for the universities of our city, particularly Columbia University, to take up the establishment of an East Asian Department. This hope has been fulfilled at an unexpectedly early date. Through the gift of General Carpentier a Department of Chinese has been established at Columbia University. . . .”
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BOOK: 2002
The Expanding Roles of Chinese Americans in U.S.-China Relations: Transnational Networks and Trans-Pacific Interactions (East Gate Book) May 31, 2002
by Peter H. Koehn and Xiao-Huang Yin
Series: East Gate Book
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 31, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780765609496
ISBN-13: 978-0765609496
ASIN: 0765609495
Section: A Neglected Minority in a Neglected Field - see sample on line at:
https://books.google.com/books?id=OdDyRFWUVPkC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=Dean+Lung+Professional+in+Columbia+University&source=bl&ots=h02-Kzkx3T&sig=s95xoH-q2USWkFOenuAoqwh8vMg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYx4y6uqLeAhXnxFQKHZIMAKIQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Dean%20Lung%20&f=false
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Individuals
One of the earliest examples of Chinese American philanthropy in the favored area of promoting education involves Yung Wing (Rong Hong, 1824-1912), a graduate of Yale College in 1854.
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An even more touching example involves Dean Lung, an immigrant to America employed as a domestic by General Horace W. Carpentier. Carpentier, a Columbia University graduate, was as irascible as he was generous. Once, when drunk, he beat his servant into unconsciousness. The general subsequently asked Dean Lung what he could do for him as an expression of gratitude for his years of patient and faithful service. According to author S.W. Kung, Lung replied "you pay me for my service. I desire for myself nothing more. But United States people know little about Chinese culture and philosophy. Could you do something about that?" Kung adds:
General Carpenter (sic), deeply moved by the unique request, arranged with Columbia, and then gave an extremely large contribution to establish
the Chinese department and library. It is still recognized as one of the best Chinese foundations in the country. What was even more astounding was the gift of $12,000 from Dean Lung himself, representing his entire savings from his many years' labor.
Columbia proceeded to establish a Chinese department and the Dean Lung Professorship of Chinese Studies.
ARTICLE:
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Lee Tung Foo and Dean Lung
https://montanatude.blog/2017/02/22/lee-tung-foo-and-dean-lung/
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Dean Lung came to my attention through his professional attachment with former Oakland mayor Horace Walpole Carpentier. Dean was Carpentier’s butler for many years, mostly after 1888, when they left Oakland for New York City.
There are various accounts of their time together – but the details never quite jive. Dean Lung left Horace’s household (was beaten and fired… quit after a beating…), then returned for several years (because he offered to after Horace’s home burned… because he practiced Confucian ideals…), then, on his death bed (or not…) in 1901, Dean presented Horace with every nickel he’d ever been paid while in his employ.
(Picture of Dean and his 1901 letter)
Somehow (Horace in a fit of guilt and remorse… Dean in an inspired moment…) Dean’s money went to Columbia University for its East Asian Studies Department, and establishment of the Dean Lung Professorship (which still exists).
Awesome factoid: A few hours north of campus, in Galway, Saratoga County – long-time home of the Carpentier family – there is actually a Dean Lung Road. Local gossip carries on today – that the asylum-sanitarium ruin located on Dean Lung Road, on some old Carpentier property, is haunted by the ghost of Horace Carpentier.
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WEB PAGE:
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
http://ealac.columbia.edu/department/short-history/
Department History
“I send you herewith a deposit check for $12,000 as a contribution to the fund for Chinese Learning in your university.” This letter, signed by “Dean Lung, a Chinese person”, was written to Columbia President Seth Low by the valet of University Trustee General Horace Walpole Carpentier in 1901. Dean Lung’s remarkable generosity prompted Carpentier to give additional donations totaling $200,000 in honor of his friend and employee for the endowment of Chinese studies at the University. Thus was founded what would become the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. In 1902 the University appointed its first professor of Chinese, Friedrich Hirth, previously of the University of Munich. Hirth began with the intention of using his own books to support the study of China at Columbia, but in the same year the University received a substantial donation of books from the government of imperial China, founding the University’s Chinese book collection, which would form the basis of what is now the C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Later holders of the founding Dean Lung Professorship have included L. Carrington Goodrich, Hans Bielenstein, and its current occupant Madeleine Zelin.
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CASE FILE: - (no images on line)
Name: Dean Lung
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1859
Age: 46
Occupation: Student & Traveler
Address: 108 E 37th St; New York; New York <----- Carpentier addess in 1900
Comments: Status as Traveler Established
Port & Entry Date: 1874
Picture: 1
Interrogation: 1
Document Date: 1894-1905
Case Description: R
Case Number(s): 96, 149
Box: 326
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Index to Chinese Exclusion Case Files, 1898-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
Original data: United States, National Archives and Records Administration. Index to 'Chinese Exclusion' Case Files of the New York District Office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, ca. 1882-1960. New York, USA. National Archives and Records Administration--Northeast Region (New York), [April 1998].