CARPENTER, Frederick John - 1914

CARPENTER, MOORE

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Date: 7/10/2009 at 04:19:16

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

FREDERICK JOHN CARPENTER.

Frederick John Carpenter, clerk of the district court of Cherokee county since the fall of 1912, is one whose activity along various lines has made him a valued and representative citizen of his section of the state. He was born in Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa, April 28, 1860, and first came to Cherokee county on the removal of his parents from Clinton county in the spring of 1870. The father, who was a native of Lawrenceville, St. Lawrence county, New York, is now deceased. The mother was born in Dundee, Scotland, and when a maiden of twelve years came to the United States. She still survives her husband and makes her home in Kearney, Nebraska.

The education of Frederick J. Carpenter, begun in his native county, was continued in the public schools of Cherokee. After starting out in the business world he spent about eight years as a salesman in Allison Brothers drygoods store in Cherokee. In the year 1895 he removed to Kearney, Nebraska, where he established and conducted a drygoods store for about five years, but in the fall of 1900 returned to Cherokee, where he resumed merchandising, conducting one of the well appointed stores of the city. He carries a large and well selected line of goods, and his patronage is constantly increasing, bringing to him merited reward for his labors in the shape of a substantial income.

In addition to his activity as a merchant Mr. Carpenter is well known for his helpfulness along many lines which have had to do with the welfare and upbuilding of city and county. In politics he has ever been a stalwart republican, giving earnest and unfaltering allegiance to the party. In the fall of 1912 he was elected clerk of the district court, in which position he has since served in a most capable manner. He is also a prominent Mason, having been an active worker in the craft since 1885. High official honors in that connection have been accorded him. He was made eminent commander of Crusade Commandery, No. 39, K. T. of Cherokee, filling the position for two years, and at the present writing he is recorder of that commandery. He is also worthy patron of the Eastern Star chapter at Cherokee, a position which he has filled for six years.

In 1897 Mr. Carpenter was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Frances Moore, of Cherokee, and unto them have been born two daughters, Geneva G. and Lirta M. Mr. Carpenter is widely known and is held in high regard for his many sterling traits of character, his loyalty in public office, his fidelity to the teachings of Masonry and the exemplary traits which he displays in every relation.