Carpenter, Mary L. 1867-1882

CARPENTER

Posted By: Mary Holub, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/18/2009 at 15:41:33

From: Le Mars Daily Liberal, February 13, 1882

The family of Newton [Noah] Carpenter, living in the southeastern part of the county has been visited by the hand of affliction very severely within the last month. On the 28th of January Mary L. died, aged 14 years, 3 months and 22 days; on the 4th of February Ada E. followed, aged 1 year, 8 mouths and 16 days; then Feb. 10th, Ellen Irene, aged 4 years, 3 months and 4 days, and on Saturday last Phoebe J. aged 12 years, 7 months and 2 days. Words fail to alleviate grief such as has come to Mr. Carpenter's home. In the presence of so great an affliction friends can but in silence wonder at the inscrutable ways of God.