Carpenter, Charles H.

CARPENTER

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 00:27:17

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.692

CARPENTER, CHARLES H., farmer, Union Township, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville. The subject of this sketch was born in the State of Vermont, January 27, 1872; he is the grandson of Col. Newton and Benjamin Carpenter, both killed at the battle of Bunker's Hill; his parents removed to Oakland county, Michigan, 1833, and three years afterwards to Ray county, Missouri, and in 1852 he removed to this county and settled on his present homestead, which consists of sixty acres; he was married in September, 1842, to Amey S. West, a native of Pennsylvania, by which union they have five children: Andrew, Edwin B., Francis (wife of James Sandy), Virgil, and Charles.