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         CHARLES ALBERT CARPENTER, attorney-at-law, of Columbus Junction, Iowa, is a native of Louisa County, and was born in Oakland Township, Jan. 12, 1864. His parents are Cyril and Calista E. (Stickney) Carpenter, the father being one of the pioneer settlers of Louisa County of 1840, and the mother a native of this county, her family having settled in Port Louisa Township in 1839.

Albert was educated in the Iowa State University, being graduated from the law department of that institution in the class of ’84, and has since Oct. 1, 1885, practiced his profession at Columbus Junction. On the 22d of September, 1885, he was . . .

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. . . united in marriage with Miss Grace A. Wolverton, a daughter of Joseph Wolverton, and two children have been born of their union, Mary M. and Calista, both born at Columbus Junction. Mr. Carpenter is the present City Attorney of that place, and is a Republican in politics.