Carpenter, Willett

CARPENTER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 00:34:21

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.587

CARPENTER, WILLET, Indianola, livery stable; was born in York State in 1872; when about six years of age his parents moved to Michigan where he remained till 1854, when he came to this county; he married near Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1854, and started to his present home the next day; the maiden name of his wife was Miss Lora A. Garrett, a native of Canada; he commenced blacksmithing in 1847 and followed it till 1869; he ironed the first wagon and buggy that was built in the county; has lost one son: Leon; he was raised a farmer till about twenty-one years of age; in 1851 he went to California and spent three years and returned with three dollars.