Old Man Scanlon's Ancestors: CARPENTER

BARBER, BRAYTON, BROWN, CARPENTER, COLEMAN, COOK, FISHER, GODFREY, HORNIG, KING, MANCHESTER, MASON, METCALF, NELSON, PARKS, SWIFT, WALKER, WATERMAN, WEST, WHEELER, WHITTAKER

Notes

History of this Document

CARPENTER Family Tree

U. S. 1900 Census

N. Attleborough ancestral CARPENTER and related families. In the census data, question marks indicate something I couldn't read with certainty.

Massachusetts, Bristol County, Town of North Attleborough
Supervisor's District 115, Enumeration District 208, Sheet 2B
Enumerated 5 June 1900, Enumerator - Edward A. May[?]

5 Arnold St.

CARPENTER

Walter B.

Head

Sept 1863

Massachusetts

Salesman in grocery store

yes

Jennie E.

Wife

Dec 1863

Massachusetts

yes

Grace E.

Daughter

July 1883

Massachusetts

S---- maker

yes

Edith M.

Daughter

Feby 1885

Massachusetts

At school

yes

Mattie M.

Daughter

July 1887

Massachusetts

At school

yes

Walter B.

Son

Oct 1891

Massachusetts

At school

Hazel

Daughter

Feby 1893

Massachusetts

At school

Marion B.

Daughter

Mar 1896

Massachusetts

Doris G?

Daughter

Nov 1898

Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Bristol County, Town of North Attleborough
Supervisor's District ? Enumeration District ? Sheet ?
Enumerated ?, Enumerator ?

22 West St.

505

636

HORNIG

Herman

Head

Sept 1855

Germany

1873

Gold Polisher

Yes

Mary A.

Wife

Aug 1851

Germany

1873

Yes

Joseph A.

Son

Dec 1880

Massachusetts

Germany

Stone Setter

Yes

Oscar H.

Son

June 1883

Massachusetts

Germany

At School

Yes

U. S. 1920 Census

Descendants of Byron CARPENTER & Jane Arabella MASON. Kern, 16th Township contains the town of Taft.

Massachusetts, Bristol County, Town of North Attleborough
Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 166, Sheet 13A
Enumerated 16 & 17 January 1920, Enumerator Mrs. Hanna M. Grigor

Broadway

367

256

327

Carpenter

Edith M.

Head

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Nurse

District Nursing Association

Jennie E.

Mother

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

None

Byron W.

Brother

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Tool Maker

Jewelry Shop

Hazel

Sister

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

File Clerk

Roofing Factory

Marion B.

Sister

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Stenographer

Jewelry Shop

Doris G.

Sister

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Nurse

Hospital

Hornig

Ethel C.

Sister

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Packing Silver

Silver Shop

Oscar H. Jr.

Nephew

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

None

Douglas C.

Nephew

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

None

California, Kern, 16th Township
Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 112, Sheet 44B
Enumerated 29 January 1920, Enumerator Ora Nye

Nailor [sic]

252

262

Manchester

B. L.

Head

Yes

California

United States

Yes

Tool Dresser

Oil well

Guida

Wife

Yes

California

Yes

none

Dubourdieu

Irwin

Brother in law

Yes

California

Yes

Tool Dresser

Oil well

Manchester

Lois

Neice [sic]

3 2/12

California

Massachusetts

none

Massachusetts, Middlesex, Marlborough City, Ward 1 (part of)
Supervisor's District 4, Enumeration District 295, Sheet 2A
Enumerated 02 January 1920, Enumerator John D. Roche

Newton St.

Carpenter

Marian L.

Head

yes

Massachusetts

yes

manager

clothing store

John M.

son

yes

Massachusetts

yes

manager

clothing business

West

Prescott

father

yes

Massachusetts

yes

none

Massachusetts, Dukes, Tisbury, Tisbury Town
Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 212, Sheet 2A
Enumerated 03 January 1920, Enumerator Helen C. Swift

Grove Avenue

Walker

Eugene T.

Head

Yes

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Yes

Paint business

Own store

Arabella M.

Wife

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

None

Henry E.

Son

Yes

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Yes

Painter

House

Seth Prime CARPENTER Biographies

Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume III. New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. Online at Google books.

(XV) Seth Prime Carpenter, youngest child of Reuben Carpenter (14), was born at Upton, where his father lived after his second marriage, November 25, 1802. He received his education in the common schools of his native town and helped his father in the duties of the farm. When he came of age he removed to Milford and worked at various callings with success. He was one of the pioneers in the manufacture of boots. He developed a considerable business and conducted it until 1860, when he retired. He was an active and enterprising citizen, of much influence in Milford. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1842, selectman from 1838 to 1844 inclusive, assessor in 1842-43 and justice of the peace for twenty-one years.

He took a very important part in the preliminary labors to secure the building of the Milford branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad. The building of the railroad was the foundation of the prosperity of the town. The present generation scarcely realizes how much it owes to the foresight and persistence of Mr. Carpenter and those associated with him, the pioneers and builders of the town. Mr. Carpenter was also a prime mover in the planning and construction of Pine Grove cemetery, a well-executed public necessity. In his later years he devoted much time and money to trout culture. His establishment was in the southwestern part of Uxbridge. He owned much of the land on Spring street at one time and sold it off in building lots. He died December 11, 1884.

He married (first), January 25, 1829, Maria Barber, who was born in Milford, July 9, 1806, daughter of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber. She died February 12, 1832 [sic, 1831]. He married (second), August 28, 1831, Diana Barber, sister of his first wife. She was born March 31, 1808. The child of Seth Prime and Maria Carpenter was: Byron, of whom later. Children of Seth Prime and Diana Carpenter were: Reuben Earle, born March 26, 1833, married Eunice Laura Fisher, who was born February 22, 1870 [sic, married then], daughter of Francis W. and Charlotte Fisher; he is a student of astrology; was twelve years in the gold mines of California and west; George Washington, born July 28, 1834, died July 24, 1843; Hannah Maria, born August 16, 1835, died July 21, 1843; Diana, born March 1, 1845; Nancy Marion, born March 19, 1847, married, December 4, 1867, Charles H. Metcalf; Hannah Maria, born June 20, 1850, married, October 22, 1891, Lewis R. Barber.

Anonymous, Biographical Review Volume XXX, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1899. pp. 897-8.

SETH PRIME CARPENTER, who was one of Milford's representative citizens for many years, was born in Upton, November 25, 1802, son of Reuben and Hannah (Cook) Carpenter. His ancestry is traced back to one William Carpenter, who was born in England in 1576, and who arrived in the vicinity of Boston, from Southampton, England, in 1638, bringing with him his son William and four grandchildren. One of the latter, William, third, was twice married in Rehoboth. His son Noah, who was born on March 28, 1672, was thrice married, and reared a number of children. Noah's son, Elisha, who was born on August 2, 1721, married Annie Whittaker, and died, it is supposed, in Sutton, on August 2, 1789. Reuben, son of Elisha and the father of Seth P. Carpenter, was twice married. Born in Attleboro on February 23, 1757, he died in October, 1802.

Seth P. Carpenter came to Milford in early manhood, and for many years was extensively engaged in the boot manufacturing business here. He had wholesale stores in St. Louis and Cincinnati, and, in his trips West to look after his business interests in these places, crossed the Alleghanies fourteen times in stage-coaches. A firm believer in the growth of Milford, he invested largely in its real estate. His largest purchase was what was then an extensive farm, stretching from Main Street eastward to Hoboken. Through this he cut streets, and he gave the land for the Boston & Albany Railroad station and for many of the shops now located in that vicinity. Among the streets he built are Bow, Jefferson, and Spring Streets, which lie in the very centre of the present town. He was a self-reliant and energetic business man, jovial and companionable. In his younger days he was a leader in the social life of Milford. No dramatic entertainment given in the town was considered complete unless he took part in a leading rôle, or managed the affair, or both. Perhaps his fondness for the drama was one of the reasons that led to his building the Lyceum Block, in which is Lyceum Hall, for many years the only public hall in Milford, and considered at the time it was built as the best equipped theatre outside of Boston.

Mr. Carpenter served in various town offices. For twenty-one years he was a Justice of the Peace. In his later life he devoted considerable time, money, and ingenuity to fish culture, especially to the rearing of trout, for which he had hatching trays in the southwestern part of Uxbridge. The Rev. Adin Ballou, in his history of the town, says: "It should be emphatically added to the credit of Mr. Carpenter that, in connection with the late David Stearnes Godfrey and a few other devoted citizens, he took a very important part in the preliminary labors indispensable to procuring the Milford & Framingham Branch Railroad. These labors were manifold, arduous, and persistent. The present generation of our inhabitants can have but a faint conception and appreciation of what they owe to those hard-working pioneers in the obtainment of that road. Without their self-sacrificing exertion, its great facilities would probably have been long postponed." Mr. Carpenter was also one of the prime movers in the enterprise that gave to Milford the beautiful Pine Grove Cemetery, where his remains were interred after his long and busy life.

Mr. Carpenter's first wife was Maria, daughter of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber. Of this union was one son, Byron, born September 14, 1829, who died on March 15, 1872. After Mrs. Maria Carpenter died in February, 1831, Mr. Carpenter married her sister, Diana Barber. The surviving children of this marriage are: Reuben Earl, Nancy Marion, and Hannah Maria. The others were: George W., Hannah Maria (first), and Diana.

The family resided for several years on Main Street. Here his wife, with three little daughters to care for, found the ceaseless travel up and down stairs wearisome. Thereupon Mr. Carpenter decided that he didn't like stairs anyway, and said to his wife, "I'll build you a house without stairs." He actually kept his word, and the result is the odd-looking house at the corner of Bow and Spring Streets, where his daughter, Mrs. Barber, now lives. This is a one-story building with a flat roof, and with not a stair in it, yet as roomy as an ordinary two-story house and a marvel of comfort and convenience. It forms a unique monument to the tender and considerate love of a whole-souled, large-hearted, and devoted husband.

Byron CARPENTER Biography

(XVI) Byron Carpenter, eldest child of Seth Prime Carpenter (15), was born at Milford, Massachusetts, September 14, 1829. He was educated in the common schools of Milford and at Leicester Academy. He entered the boot factory of his father and learned the trade. He was associated in business with his father many years, having charge of the books and office. He was connected with the business for over twenty years. He died in his forty-third year, March 15, 1872. He was of a retiring nature in all the various relations of life, highly respected by all who knew him, devoted to his home and his church, and having few other interests outside of business. He was a Republican in politics and a Universalist in religion.

He married, in Milford, October 25, 1849, Jane Arabella Mason, born at Milford, June 4, 1831, daughter of John and Sally (Wheeler) Mason. Their children, all born at Milford, were: 1. Jane Arabelle [sic], born 1850, died young. 2. Jennie Lind, born March 20, 1851, married Frederick T. King, October 8, 1881. 3. Seth Park Prime [sic], born April 7, 1853, died January 25, 1877. 4. Arabella Maria, born July 6, 1855, married, October 14, 1874, Eugene T. Walker, of Milford, and they have four children: Alice, born May, 1876; Harry, born November, 1878; George, Byron. 5. Martha Wheeler, born September 14, 1857, died July 26, 1900; married Frederick B. Coleman, of Little Rock, Arkansas, and they had six children. 6. John Mason, born August 7, 1859, married, April 1, 1882, Marion West, of Marlboro, a prominent merchant there, was quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment with rank of first lieutenant; resigned March 22, 1897; they have two children--Seth Park Prescott [sic], born May 27, 1888; John Mason, Jr., born May 24, 1896. 7. Reuben Earle, of whom later. 8. Walter Batcheller, born September 10, 1863, married Jennie Brown, of Milford; resides at North Attleboro, Massachusetts, and their children are: Ethel, Edith, Mattie, Byron, Hazel, Marian. 9. Grace Georgiana, born February 10, 1865, married, October 4, 1886, John A. Waterman of Milford, and they have two children--Grace Carpenter and Charlotte Jane Waterman. 10. Maud Cosette, born September 7, 1866, married David B. Brayton, and they have one child, David Borden Brayton.

John MASON and Jane Arabella MASON

Reuben Earle CARPENTER Biography

(XVII) Reuben Earle Carpenter, son of Byron Carpenter (16), was born at Milford, July 28, 1861. He attended the public schools, leaving the high school at the age of seventeen years to enter the employ of Nathan W. Heath, shoe manufacturer, learning the various branches of the business. He became a skilful leather cutter, and worked in this shop for about four years. He went to Marlboro and there established a clothing store. After three years he returned to his trade of leather cutter and worked in various factories in South Framingham, Boston and elsewhere. During his later years he went to Jamaica, West Indies, on account of impaired health, and while there worked as cutter in one of the best establishments on the island. He had the reputation for great skill in that department of the business requiring the most judgment and knowledge of leather of all kinds. His health continued to fail; he returned to New England and was suddenly stricken while visiting the home of his wife's parents at Norwich, Connecticut. He died October 19, 1903. He was a Universalist in religion and Republican in politics. He was when a young man a member of Company M, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M. He married Mary Swift, of Norwich, Connecticut. She survives him. They had no children.

Byron CARPENTER Death

State Department of Public Health Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Year 1864 Vol. 176 Page 262 No. 252 COPY OF RECORD OF DEATH Name Byron Carpenter Date of Death March 15, 1872 Place of Death Milford, Mass. Residence at time of Death Milford, Mass. Sex M Color W Single, Mar., Wid., or Div. M Husband or Wife of ----- If Veteran, specify war ----- Age 42 years 6 months 1 month [sic] Occupation Bootmaker Birthplace Milford, Mass. Immediate cause of Death Spotted Fever Due to ----- Due to ----- Father, Full Name Seth ----- Father, Birthplace Upton Mother, Full Name Maria Barber Mother, Birthplace Milford Date of Record 1872 Place of Burial -----

Seth Prime CARPENTER Death

State Department of Public Health Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Year 1884 Vol. 357 Page 422 No. 163 COPY OF RECORD OF DEATH Name Seth Prince [sic, Prime] Carpenter Date of Death December 11, 1884 Place of Death Milford, Mass. Residence at time of Death Milford, Mass. Sex M Color W Single, Mar., Wid., or Div. M Husband or Wife of ----- If Veteran, specify war ----- Age 82 years ----- 16 days Occupation Bootmaker Birthplace Upton, Mass. Immediate cause of Death Senility Due to ----- Due to ----- Father, Full Name Ruben ----- Father, Birthplace Attleboro, Mass. Mother, Full Name Hannah Cook Mother, Birthplace Upton, Mass. Date of Record 1884 Place of Burial -----

John MASON Death

State Department of Public Health Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Year 1864 Vol. 176 Page 262 No. 252 COPY OF RECORD OF DEATH Name John Mason Date of Death November 19, 1864 Place of Death Milford, Mass. Residence at time of Death Milford, Mass. Sex M Color W Single, Mar., Wid., or Div. M Husband or Wife of ----- If Veteran, specify war ----- Age 65 years 6 months 25 days Occupation Farmer Birthplace Medfield, Mass. Immediate cause of Death Inflamation of the Stomach Due to ----- Due to ----- Father, Full Name Asa ----- Father, Birthplace Medfield, Mass. Mother, Full Name Hettie ----- Mother, Birthplace Medfield, Mass. Date of Record 1864 Place of Burial -----

Old Man Scanlon's Ancestors: CARPENTER

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Notes

History of this Document

CARPENTER Family Tree

U. S. 1900 Census

U. S. 1920 Census

Seth Prime CARPENTER Biographies

Byron CARPENTER Biography

John MASON and Jane Arabella MASON

Reuben Earle CARPENTER Biography

Byron CARPENTER Death

Seth Prime CARPENTER Death

John MASON Death