CARPENTER, J. E. 1835-1919

CARPENTER, CURTIS, MURPHY

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 10/23/2002 at 09:54:13

The Clinton Advertiser Tuesday July 22, 1919 p. 1 Intelligence has reached Clinton of the death, at Pasadena, Cal., of J.E. Carpenter, pioneer upper Mississippi river lumberman and long associated with Curtis Brothers & Co., Clinton manufacturers. Mr. Carpenter's passed away Monday morning at 8 o'clock. Death was due to an acute attack of heart disease, following kidney trouble. Mr. Carpenter was 84 years of age. Funeral services were not announced today. It is expected, however, that the remains will be brought to this city for burial and that the funeral will be held next Saturday. The news of the former prominent Clinton manufacturer's death came in a message from his son to his nephew, George M. Curtis. The message follows: "Minneapolis. July 22 - Father passed away peacefully this morning at 8 o'clock. We plan to have funeral service and burial at Clinton. Time cannot be definitely determined now but anticipate it will be Saturday. One or both of us will come to Clinton the day before in time to arrange the details. E.J. Carpenter." Many old friends of Mr. Carpenter will receive with sincere sorrow the intelligence of his death. He was born in Oxford, Chenango county, New York, and came west to Rochelle, Ill., in 1855 and to Clinton in 1868, uniting actively with G.M. Curtis and C.F. Curtis in the firm of Curtis Brothers and Company. In 1896 he removed to Minneapolis, and the Carpenter-Lamb Lumber company was formed. He also was prominently identified with the McCloud Lumber company and was a director in that company. About thirteen years ago he retired form active business, removing to Pasadena where he built a home and since had resided there. Mr. Carpenter was a man of highest character and of wonder resource. During his long and successful business career in the Mississippi valley he established a reputation for fair and honest dealing, and enjoyed the respect and love of all who knew him. George M. Curtis speaking to an ADVERTISER representative today said that Mr. Carpenter was identified with the Curtis concern for about 40 years, for some 30 years very actively. He said he had never known a man combining so many rare qualities of high integrity and justice, with great business judgment and ability. Mr. Carpenter is survived by four sons, Samuel of New York City and Albert A. Eugene J. and Frederick of Minneapolis; also a daughter, Mrs. Maude Murphy of Pasadena. Two of his sons, Samuel and Frederick, arrived in Pasadena at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, the night before his death. Mr. Carpenter's first wife passed away in Clinton, and was laid to rest in the Clinton cemetery.