Levi W.& Elizabeth (Malvin) Carpenter & Family

CARPENTER, MALVIN, LAMBERT

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 3/15/2020 at 19:14:36

On May 24, 1829, Levi W. Carpenter was born in Orange County, New York State. Levi came to the state of Iowa in 1855, making his home in Colesburg, Delaware County, where he married Elizabeth Malvin the following year. The Carpenters arrived with their three children in Farley about 1870. The Carpenter children all passed way before reaching old age.

Sarah, Mrs. Dr. J. T. Lambert, died in Nov. 1882 of consumption. David died in March of 1889 at age 30. And the youngest Margaret, Mrs. James Wilson also died of consumption at age 30 in Feb. of 1894.

Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter was the last survivor of the family. Levi, age 57, passed away July 28, 1886 and was buried at Fairview Cemetery.

The History of Farley, Welu Publishing, Copyright, 1996.