Line of Descent from
William Palmer, immigrant about 1638
and his wife Judith Feake
to Leona (Carpenter) Sunday (1885-1987)
Carpenter Line

I have only been able to trace these Carpenter ancestors as far as Samuel P. Carpenter (born 1799). According to Palmer Families in America Samuel was the child of Jacob and Esther (Palmer) Carpenter.

SIXTH GENERATION

JACOB CARPENTER married ESTHER6 PALMER (Samuel5-4-3, James2, William1). She was born at Dutchess County, New York, on 14 February 1776, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Palmer. She died before 19 June 1844.[1]

Esther Palmer grew up in Dutchess County, the oldest of nine children. She died before 1844, as she is not included in a list of living children of Samuel by her brother Moses, administrator of their father's estate.

Jacob Carpenter and his wife Esther Palmer had the following children:

  1. SARAH7 CARPENTER b. on 30 January 1797.
  2. SAMUEL P.7 CARPENTER b. at Nine Partners, Dutchess County, on 19 November 1799.

SEVENTH GENERATION

SAMUEL P.7 CARPENTER (Esther Palmer6, Samuel5-4-3, James2, William1) was born at Nine Partners on 19 November 1799 a son of Jacob Carpenter and his wife Esther Palmer, and died on 19 November 1861. He married at Delaware County, New York, on 1821 ROXANNA LOWDEN. She was born at Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on 14 August 1799, a daughter of Susannah Lowden. She died on 18 May 1877.[2]

The westward migration of the Samuel Carpenter family was told by two of his sons in History of Steuben County, Indiana, published in 1885. This book is typical of many such county histories of that era, in that it contains biographical information on many families of the county, submitted by those families. Genealogists call them brag books. These accounts provide us with a first or second hand account of events, but are not always accurate. The article on son James Carpenter, provided when James was sixty-one years old and in the last year of his life, reads:[3]

James N. Carpenter, one of the early settlers of Steuben County, Ind., was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., July 24, 1824, a son of Samuel and Roxanna (Lowden) Carpenter, his father a native of New York and his mother of Connecticut, both born in 1797. They were married in New York in 1820 and in 1826 moved to Delaware County, Pa., and thence, in January, 1829, to Portage County, Ohio. In February, 1843, they came to Steuben County, Ind., making the journey with teams, and coming by the way of Michigan. There were no roads nor bridges, and the way was rough. They settled in Scott Township, on a tract of timber land, moving into a rude log cabin that was found there. There was two feet of snow on the ground and nearly as much on the upper floor of their cabin. They lived in this rude cabin till one could be built on section 19. There was no tame hay in the county, and as their stock would not eat marsh hay, they were obliged to cut basswood for it to browse on till spring. They then began to clear the land and prepare to raise a crop of corn. Mr. Carpenter became widely known in the county, and was one of the most prominent and influential citizens. In religion he was liberal in his views, but was an upright moral man. He died in 1859. The mother died in 1880. They had a family of eight children, but four of whom are living--James N., Harriet, Uriah and Sarah; Orissa C., Eliza, Alexander and Almond are deceased. James N. Carpenter was reared in the wilderness of Steuben County, and educated in the pioneer schools. . . .

Son Urial Carpenter, age fifty-five at the time of this biographical account, had slightly different memories:[4]

Urial Carpenter was born in Portage County, Ohio, March 16, 1831, a son of Samuel and Roxana Carpenter, natives of New York and Massachusetts respectively. In 1842 his parents came to Steuben County and settled on section 13, Scott Township. His father died in December, 1861, aged sixty-two years, and his mother in May 1877, aged seventy-seven years. Seven children accompanied their parents to Steuben County--Orson died in Jackson Township; James N., of Angola; Mrs. Harriet Coe; Urial; Mrs. Sarah Tyler of Angola. Mrs. Eliza Tyler and Alexander are deceased.

There are a few discrepancies in these two accounts. We know from other sources that Samuel was born in New York, and Roxanne in Massachusetts, both in 1799. The reference to Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is possible, but it is more likely that Delaware County, New York, where they were married, is intended. Uriel has the correct death dates of his parents, as reported on their grave markers. James states that his parents had eight children, according to Urial they were accompained on their journey to Indiana by seven children. The difference is Almond, who could have died before their journey to Indiana in 1843. Also, James called one of their children Orissa, a girls name, while Uriel called that child Orson, a boy's name. The 1840 Census indicated a male child under the age of five, not otherwise identified.

Roxanna (Lowden) Carpenter was born on 14 August 1799 according to her grave marker. She was baptized at the Congregational Church in Windsor on 13 October 1799. That record identified her mother as Susannah Lowden but did not give a father's name.[5] This often indicates that the mother was not married; however it could also indicate that the father was not a church member. The 1800 Census reported a John Lowden living at Windsor, with a family consisting of a man and a woman between the ages of 26 and 44, and three girls and a boy under the age of ten.[6] Susanna had three girls and a boy baptized in the years 1798 and 1799. This would appear to be a match. Children of Susannah Lowden baptized at the Congregational Church of Windsor were:[7]

  1. Clark Lowden baptized 9 October 1798.
  2. Rosamond Lowden baptized 9 October 1798.
  3. Susanna Lowden baptized 19 May 1799.
  4. Roxanna Lowden baptized 13 October 1799.
It was not unusual for a person to have living children baptized when the parent joined the church, so Clark and Rosamond could have been a few years old when they were baptized. This church's records also indicated a Susannah Lowden, wife of John, died on 26 February, 1807, age thirty-three years[8] - which would place her birth about 1773-4. This could possibly be the mother of Roxanna, but more research needs to be done.

Samuel and Roxanna were married in Delaware County according to information placed on the findagrave website. In 1829 they migrated to Ohio. The 1830 Census found them at Edinburgh, Portage County, Ohio. That census reported a family consisting of a man 30-39. a woman 20-29, two boys 5-9, and a girl 0-4.[9] According to our information from other sources, Samuel and Roxanna were both 30, James was 5, and Harriet, 2. Perhaps the other boy 5 to 9 is Almond.

The 1840 Census reported the family at Edinburgh.[10] The following chart lists the age and sex categories and the possible identity of each:

age and sex possible identity
40-49 male Samuel, 40
40-49 female Roxanna, 40
15-19 male James, 15
15-19 male Almond ?
10-14 female Harriet, 12
5-9 male Uriel, 10
5-9 female Elise, 6
5-9 female Sarah, 5
0-4 male Alexander, 4
0-4 male Orson ?

Almond may have died before their treck West in 1842 or 1843. Orson probably died soon after. The 1850 Census found the family in Scott Township, Steuben County:[11]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
3. Samuel Carpinter 49 M farmer $4000 PA
4. Roxanna Carpinter 49 F MA
5. Uriel Carpinter 19 M farmer OH school
6. Salamarier Carpinter 17 F OH school
7. Elisa Ann Carpinter 16 F OH school
8. Alexander Carpinter 14 M OH school
9. Andrew Rodgers 23 M farmer OH

Daughter Harriet, 22, had married, and was reported on the census immediately before her parents, with her husband, Orrin Wilkinson, 27, farmer, and their three sons, Almon, 3, Milo, 2, and Alanson, 1.[12] Son James, 25, farmer, also lived in Scott Township, with his wife, Eugenia, 28, and their daughter, Roxanna, 1.[13]

By the time of the 1860 Census, all the children had left. Samuel Carpenter, 60, farmer, and Roxanna Carpenter, 60, resided at Scott Township (Angola, Steuben County Post Office). With them was Rosamond Crawford, 62, born in Massachusetts; is she Roxanna's sister? The household also included Peter Otto, 25, farm laborer.[14] The children were reported as follows:

Samuel Carpenter died in 1861. Roxanna was still living in 1870, but I have not found her in the census of that year. I have found the following family members:

Samuel Carpenter and his wife Roxanna Lowden had the following children:[25]

  1. JAMES N.8 CARPENTER b. at Schoharie County, New York, on 24 July 1824; d. at Steuben County on 30 May 1886; m. on 18 May 1847 POLLY E. BROWN, b. at Alford, Berkshire County on 22 October 1821, d. on 26 January 1890. Children of James and Polly:
    1. Roxanna M. Carpenter b. at Indiana about 1848-9.
    2. Heman T. Carpenter b. at Indiana about 1850-1.
    3. Royal E. Carpenter b. at Indiana about June 1859.
  2. HARRIET M.8 CARPENTER b. at Delaware County on 22 January 1828; d. at Steuben County on 10 January 1913; m(1). ORRIN C. WILKINSON, b. at Ohio about 1822-3; m(2). about 1866-7 RANSOM LYMAN COE, b. at Charlestown, Portage County, on 4 October 1823, d. at Steuben County on 22 January 1913. Children of Harriet and Orrin:
    1. Almond Wilkinson b. at Indiana about 1845-6.
    2. Milo Wilkinson b. at Indiana about 1847-8.
    3. Alanson Wilkinson b. at Michigan about 1848-9.
    4. Charles Wilkinson b. at Indiana about 1850-1.
    5. Ada Wilkinson b. at Indiana about 1853-4.
    6. Eliza Wilkinson b. at Indiana about 1855-6.
    7. Samuel Wilkinson b. at Michigan about 1858-9.
    8. Julia Wilkinson b. at Laporte County, Indiana, on 19 May 1862, d. at Scott Township on 31 October 1902; m. Charles Dygert.
    Child of Harriet and Ransom:
    1. Albert Coe b. at Indiana about 1868-9; m. about 1891-2 Laura ________ b. at Indiana about 1875-6. Children of Albert and Laura:
      1. Mabel Coe b. at Indiana about 1892-3.
      2. Emery Coe b. at Indiana about 1895-6.
  3. ALMOND8 CARPENTER.
  4. URIEL M.8 CARPENTER b. at Edinburgh on 16 March 1830.
  5. ELISA ANN8 CARPENTER b. at Ohio about 1833-4; d. before 1885; m. ________ TYLER.
  6. SARAH8 CARPENTER b. at Ohio on 1835; d. on 1899; m. before 1860 SIMEON TYLER, b. at New York about 1833-4, d. on 25 October 1875. Children of Sarah and Simeon:
    1. Leona Tyler b. at Ohio about June 1859, d. on November 1882; m. on 4 January 1877 Henry B. Weicht b. on 1854, d. on 1922.
    2. Heman Tyler b. at Indiana about 1873-4, d. on 3 December 1882.
  7. ALEXANDER8 CARPENTER b. at Ohio on 7 June 1836; d. on 31 January 1873; m. SARAH A. SAMS, b. at Ohio on 1 June 1831, d. at Chester, Ottawa County, Michigan, on 4 May 1886, child of David and Elizabeth Sams. Children of Alexander and Sarah:
    1. Estella C. Carpenter b. at Indiana about December 1859.
    2. Emma Carpenter b. at Indiana about 1861-2.
    3. Lizzie Carpenter b. at Indiana about 1862-3.
  8. ORSON8 CARPENTER.

EIGHTH GENERATION

URIEL M.8 CARPENTER (Samuel7, Esther Palmer6, Samuel5-4-3, James2, William1) was born at Edinburgh on 16 March 1830 a son of Samuel Carpenter and his wife Roxanna Lowden, and died at Scott Township, Steuben County, on 29 May 1914. He married at Steuben County on 1 March 1857 CHRISTIANA (SOWLE) LEACH. She was born at New York on 17 January 1832, a daughter of Durfee Sowle and his wife Margaret Colsoman. She died at Scott Township on 25 November 1907. Christiana had previously married at Portage County on 12 June 1846 COTTON M. LEACH. He was born at Pennsylvania about 1821-2.[26]

Christiana Sowle was born in New York, probably Montgomery County. She moved with her family when she was nine years old, to Portage County, Ohio. If our data is correct, she married at the tender age of fourteen, Cotton Leach, who was about twenty-five years old. She had at least two children, the first when she was eighteen, the second at twenty-one.

I don't know what happened to Cotton Leach. In 1854 Christiana's parents and siblings migrated to Steuben County, Indiana. In 1857 Christiana married Uriel Carpenter in Steuben County. Christiana was twenty-five, Uriel twenty-six, Christiana's two children were six and three.

Uriel and Christiana lived and farmed in Scott Township. There they had three children. History of Steuben County in 1885 described Uriel as follows:[27]

Urial Carpenter was reared to the life of a farmer, remaining with his parents till twenty-five years of age. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns 230 acres in section 13, where he has lived since 1867. The greater part of his land is improved, and his residence and farm buildings are large and commodious and in good repair. He is one of the substantial men of the township, a practical, energetic farmer, and a successful businessman. His farm shows the care of a thrifty and enterprising owner. He was married March 7, 1853, to Christeann Sowle, a native of Montgomery County, N. Y., born Jan 17, 1833, daughter of Durfee and Margaret Sowle, who settled in Scott Township in 1854, where they both died. They have three children--Elroy N., Wilbur J., and Lora M. In politics Mr. Carpenter is a Democrat.

The 1860 Census reported Uriel Carpenter, 29, farmer, in Scott Township with Christie A. Carpenter, 28, John Leach, 10, and Ella Leach, 6.[28] The two Leach children both married about 1869-70, as a result the 1870 Census reported a changed family in Scott Township:[29]

Line Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth
18. Carpenter, Uriah 38 M W farmer $9000 $1000 OH
19. Carpenter, Christina 37 F W none NY
20. Carpenter, Elroy 9 M W IN
21. Carpenter, Wilbur 5 M W IN
22. Carpenter, Sara M. 2 F W IN

Elroy and Wilbur were both in school. "Sara" is probably a misreading of the penmanship for "Lora."

The 1880 Census found the family composed the same and at the same place:[30]

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
40. Carpenter, Uriah W M 48 farmer OH PA NY
41. Carpenter, Christian W F 47 wife keeping house NY RI NY
42. Carpenter, Elroy W M 19 son farmer IN OH NY
43. Carpenter, Wilber W M 15 son IN OH NY
44. Carpenter, Flora W F 12 daughter IN OH NY

The census takers continued to have problems with Lora's name. This same census found John Leach, 30, teamster, residing in Angola with his wife Mary, 30, and their daughter, Edna, 8.[31] Ellah (Leach) Cole, 27, lived in Scott Township with her husband Charles Cole, 31, farmer, and thir children, Owen, 9, Christian (daughter), 7, Jacob, 2, and Ethel, three months.[32]

Elroy married in 1883, Wilbur in 1888, and Lora about 1888-9, leaving Uriel and Christiana with an empty nest. However the chics had not flown very far. In the 1900 Census,

Christiana (Sowle) (Leach) Carpenter died in 1907 from pneumonia.[37] The 1910 Census reported

Uriel Carpenter died in 1914 from cystitis.[42]

Christiana (Sowle) (Leach) Carpenter is a descendant of George Soule of the Mayflower.

Christiana Sowle and her first husband Cotton Leach had the following children:[43]

  1. JOHN HENRY LEACH b. at Portage County on 16 March 1850; d. at Allegan on 30 June 1928; m. about 1869-70 MARY ELIZABETH CLARK, b. at New York on 8 September 1849, d. at Allegan on 21 June 1920. Child of John and Mary:
    1. Edna Leach b. at Indiana about 1871-2.
  2. ELLAH M. LEACH b. at Portage County on 10 October 1853; d. at Angola on 2 February 1944; m. about 1869-70 CHARLES COLE, b. at Ohio on June 1848, d. at Angola on 1927. Children of Ellah and Charles:
    1. Owen Cole b. at Indiana about 1870-1.
    2. Christian Cole (female) b. at Indiana about 1872.3.
    3. Jacob Cole b. at Indiana about 1877-8.
    4. Ethel Cole b. at Indiana about March 1880.

Christiana Sowle and her second husband Uriel Carpenter had the following children:[44]

  1. ELROY J.9 CARPENTER b. at Scott Township on 4 February 1861.
  2. WILBUR9 CARPENTER b. at Indiana on 21 September 1863; d. at Steuben County on 24 October 1949; m. at Steuben County on 1 March 1888 ADELIA COLE, b. at Indian on 21 August 1861, d. at Pleasant Township on 1 January 1837. Children of Wilbur and Adella:
    1. Wilma Carpenter b. at Indiana about March 1891.
    2. Nora Carpenter b. at Indiana about January 1894.
  3. LORA 9CARPENTER b. at Scott Township on 19 October 1867; d. at Angola on 12 January 1958; m. about 1888-9 FRANK ZABST, b. at Indiana on 1862, d. on 1936. Children of Lora and Frank:
    1. Elsie Catherine Zabst b. at Angola on 24 April 1891; m. on 5 April 1910 Melvin Webster Kratz b. at Angola on 13 July 1887.
    2. Ruth Zabst b. at Indiana on September 1899.

NINTH GENERATION

ELROY J.9 CARPENTER (Uriel8, Samuel7, Esther Palmer6, Samuel5-4-3, James2, William1) was born at Scott Township on 4 February 1861 a son of Uriel Carpenter and his wife Christiana Sowle, and died at Angola on 5 July 1905. He married at Steuben County on 22 February 1883 ELLEN M. GOODELL. She was born at Michigan on 23 September 1864, a daughter of William M. Goodell and his wife Mary Olmsted. She died at Angola on 15 November 1945. Ellen married second at Steuben County on 20 June 1911 ALBERT E. SWANGER, who was born at Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio, on 10 September 1853, and died at Angola on 9 July 1930. Albert had previously married on 15 May 1880 IDA A. COLEMAN, who was born at Indiana on 16 January 1863 and died at Lee Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, on 14 February 1909.[45]

Elroy Carpenter grew up on a farm in Scott Township. Ellen Goodell was born in Michigan, but at the age of about one year she came with her family to Fremont, Steuben County, where her father worked as a "drayman"--that is, someome who drove a flat-bed wagon for the transportation of goods. Elroy and Ellen married when he was twenty-two and she was eighteen. The 1900 Census found them in Scott Township:[46]

Line Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
100. Carpenter, Elroy jhead W M Feb 1861 M In OH OH farmer
1. Carpenter, Ella M. wife W F Sep 1865 M MI England NY
2. Carpenter, Leona B. daughter W F Apr 1885 S IN IN MI at school
3. Carpenter, Lena G. daughter W F Jan 1894 S IN IN MI at school

The record also indicated that Elroy and Ella had been married seventeen years, and that she had three children, two of whom were living. The interval of almost nine years between the births of the two daughters could be the period in which the other child was born.

Ellen and Elroy had two more children - sons -- in the two and a half years after that census. In 1905 Elroy Carpenter died from disease of the liver, age forty-four.[47] His widow, age forty, was left with children ages 20, 11, 4, and 2. Daughter Leona married in 1909. The 1910 Census reported the surviving family in Angola:[48]

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
71. Carpenter, Ella head F W 45 Wd MI England NY none
72. Carpenter, Lena daughter F W 16 S IN IN MI none
73. Carpenter, Clynt son M W 9 S IN IN MI none
74. Carpenter, Clyde son M W 7 S IN IN MI none

In 1911 widow Ellen (Goodell) Carpenter, 46, married widower Albert Swanger, 57. Ellen brought into the marriage children ages 17, 10 and 6. Albert's daughter by his first marriage, Belva Swanger, was 26. The following year, 1912, Belva married; in 1913 Lena Carpenter married, leaving only the two boys at home. The 1920 Census reported the following household in Scott Township:[49]

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
14. Swanger, Ella M. head F W 55 M MI England NY housekeeper, farm
15. Carpenter, Clynt C. son M W 19 S IN IN MI laborer, farm
16. Carpenter, Clyde U. son M W 17 S IN IN MI laborer, farm

Albert Swanger is no where to be found, but Ella is listed as married. She would appear to be handling a farm with her two teen-age boys.

Clynt married in 1922, Clyde in 1925. Ella Carpenter, 65, widow, was reported in Angola, in the 1930 Census, in the household of Sherman (64) and Anna (55) Frazier. Ella's role in the household was "servant," she was a practical nurse working for a private family,[50] probably the family with which she lived. With regard to the children in the 1930 Census:

Albert Swanger died at Angola three months after the 1930 Census. His death record described hiw as a widower. The record of Ella in the census and Albert's death record give the impression that they were divorced, and Ella went back to her surname from her first marriage. They were both widowers in that their first spouses had died.

Ellen (Goodell) Carpenter died in 1945. I have not found her in the 1940 Census. The street address of her residence on her death record is the same as the address of her daughter, Leona (Carpenter) Sunday, and the informant of the death record was Carl Sunday, Leona's husband.[55]

Elroy Carpenter and his wife Ellen Goodell had the following children:[56]

  1. LEONA S.10 CARPENTER b. at Steuben County on 6 April 1885.
  2. LENA GOODELL10 CARPENTER b. at Steuben County on 27 January 1894; d. at Martinsville, Morton County, Michigan, on 20 September 1984; m. at Steuben County on 29 March 1913 JONAS GUER CRISMAN, b. at Pennsylvania on 6 June 1891, d. at Angola on 19 December 1962, child of George G. Crisman and Alice Haycock. Child of Lena and Jonas:
    1. Donald E. Crisman b. at Angola on 2 March 1914, d. at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, on 12 January 1999; m. June Mogel b. at Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, on 21 June 1918, d. at LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana, on 31 January 1991. Children of Donald and June:
      1. Ted J. Crisman b. at Bloomington, Monroe county, Indiana, on 29 July 1952; m. at Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana, on 17 August 1974 Diane Sue Rand b. at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, on 3 February 1952.
      2. Sandra Lee Crisman m/ ________ Weakly.
      3. Janice E. Crisman b. ________ Stanier.
  3. CLYNT CLAIR10 CARPENTER b. at Angola on 29 December 1900; m. at Steuben County on 25 July 1922 BESS ABIGAIL DOTTS, b. at Fremont on 4 July 1904, child of William Elmer Dotts and Ruth Ann Klock. Children of Clynt and Bess:
    1. Elroy W. Carpenter b. at Indiana about 1923-4.
    2. Fay Eugene Carpenter b. at Fremont on 29 May 1925.
    3. Gaylord Carpenter b. at Otsego Township, Steuben County, on 19 April 1927, d. at Pleasant Township on 4 March 1934.
    4. Ruth Ellen Carpenter b. at Fremont on 25 February 1929.
    5. Bess Lurene Carpenter b. at Pleasant Township on 23 December 1932.
    6. Galen Dean Carpenter b. at Steuben Township on 2 January 1935.
    7. Sherman C. Carpenter b. at Scott Township on 25 February 1938.
  4. CLYDE URIAL10 CARPENTER b. at Scott Township on 12 September 1902; d. there on 10 February 1934; m. at Steuben County on 27 June 1925 RUTH ALLENE FARVER, b. at Jackson Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, on 14 January 1906, d. on 1958, child of Joseph J. Farver and Lucy Neal. Ruth m(2). at Steuben County on 9 February 1935 THURMAN STIENBARGER, div. at Steuben County on 16 November 1940, b. at Leonard, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, on 9 October 1909, d. on 31 December 1986. Ruth m(3). at Steuben County on 26 July 1942 JOHN SPEIGLE, dov. on 14 April 1947, b. at Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, on 29 August 1912. Ruth m(4). at Steuben County on 21 February 1949 GLEN L. MANAHAN b. at Angola on 21 February 1896. Children of Clyde and Ruth:
    1. Max DeVerne Carpenter b. at York Township, Steuben County, on 28 August 1926.
    2. Veryl Avon Carpenter b. at Scott Township on 21 February 1932.
    3. Carma June Carpenter b. at Scott Township on 28 June 1933.

Ellen (Goodell) Carpenter's second husband, Albert Swanger, had the following child by his first wife Ida Coleman:

  1. BELVA Z. SWANGER b. at Steuben County on 21 December 1884; d. there on 30 May 1929; m(1). on 24 July 1912 BENJAMIN HERMAN LIEBERENZ, b. at LaGrange County, Indiana, on 14 January 1882, d. on1936. Belva m(2). on 25 August 1927 HOMER ELLSWORTH LASH, b. on 1884, d. on 1965.[57]

NOTES

1Horace Wilbur Palmer, Palmer Families in America: vol. 1: William Palmer of Yarmouth, Mass, and his descendants of Greenwich, Conn. (Neshanic, New Jersey: Neshanic Printing Co., 1966), p. 179.
2Palmer Families in America, p. 179. Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2019), Samuel Carpenter; Created by: Michael Sowle; Roxanna Carpenter; Created by: Michael Sowle.
3History of Steuben County, Indiana (Chicago, Illinois: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885), pp. 669-70.
4History of Steuben County, Indiana, pp. 636-7.
5Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts: to the year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917), p. 42 (church record - Congregational Church).
6Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, roll 13, p. 166, John Lowden; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication M32; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts, pp. 42-43 (church record - Congregational Church).
8Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts, p. 138 (church record - Congregational Church).
9Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio, roll 138, p. 208, Saml. Carpenter; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication M19; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Edinburgh, Portage County, Ohio, p. 280, Samuel Carpenter; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
11Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 173, p. 159A, household 603, Samuel Carpenter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2019); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
121850 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 173, p. 158B, household 602, Orrin Wilkinson Family.
131850 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 173, p. 157A, household 573, James Carpenter Family.
14Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 298, p. 615, household 1309, Samuel Carpenter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
151860 Census, Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana, p. 554, household 851, James Carpenter family.
161860 Census, Camden, Hillsdale County, Michigan, p. 535, household 1066, Orrin Wilkinson family.
171860 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 298, p. 615, household 1308, Uriah Carpenter family.
181860 Census, Groton, Erie County, Ohio, p. 308, household 3090, Simon Tyler family.
191860 Census, Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 298, p. 585, household 1088, A. Carpenter family.
20Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 140A, household 106, Jas. N. Carpenter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
211870 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 193A, household 87, Ransom Coe family.
221870 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 194A, household 105, Uriah Carpenter family.
231870 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, pl 192B, household 83, Simeon Tyler family.
241870 Census, Jasckson, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 83B, household 160, Sarah Carpenter family.
25Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, James N. Carpenter; Created by: Michael Sowle; Polly E. Carpenter; Created by: Michael Sowle; Harriet M. Carpenter Coe; Created by: Margaret Nichols Rothrock; Ransom Lyman Coe; Created by: Margaret Nichols Rothrock; Alexander Carpenter; Created by: Michael Sowle. History of Steuben County, Indiana, pp. 669-70. 1860 Census, Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana, p. 554, household 851, James Carpenter family; Camden, Hillsdale County, Michigan, p. 535, household 1066, Orrin Wilkinson family; Groton, Erie County, Ohio, p. 308, household 3090, Simon Tyler family; Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 298, p. 585, household 1088, A. Carpenter family. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 137, roll 380, p. 3B, household 69, Albert Coe family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2020); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, no. 152, Ransom A. Coe, 1913; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2020); Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana; no. 160, Julia Dygert, 1902. 1850 Census, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 173, p. 159A, household 603, Samuel Carpenter family. Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 9 August 2020), Simeon-Sarah Tyler; Created by: MFC; Henry B. Weicht; Created by: Elizabeth Wilkersonm Photo added by PLS. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 9, roll 312, p. 372B, household 124, Sarah Tyler family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Michigan Secretary of State. Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897, Sarah A. Carpenter, 1886; digital images of registers, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 August 2020). 1870 Census, Jasckson, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 83B, household 160, Sarah Carpenter family.
26Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben County, no. 153, Uriah Carpenter, 1914; no. 152, Christian Carpenter, 1907. Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., p. 145, Carpenter-Leach, 1857; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 28 February 2019). Ohio County Courthouses, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, Leach-Sowles, 1846; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 9 August 2020). 1850 Census, Charlestown, Portage County, Ohio, roll 722, p. 159A, household 629, Cotton Leach family.
27History of Steuben County, Indiana, pp. 636-7.
281860 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 298, p. 615, household 1308, Uriah Carpenter family.
291870 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, roll 359, p. 194A, household 105, Uriah Carpenter family.
301880 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 9, roll 312, p. 373D, household 144, Uriah Carpenter family.
311880 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 6, roll 312, p. 335C, household 231, John Leach family.
321880 Census, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 9, roll 312, p. 373C, household 135, Charles Cole family.
33Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 107, p. 4, household 102, Urvile Carpenter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2018); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
341900 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 107, p. 5, household 131, Elroy Carpenter family.
351900 Census, Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 102, p. 10, household 243, Frank Zabst family.
361900 Census, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 107, p. 5, household 126, Charles Cole family.
37Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, no. 152, Christian Carpenter, 1907.
381910 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 137, roll 380, p. 6A, household 137, Wilbur Carpenter family.
391910 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 134, roll 380, p. 2B, household 51, Ella Carpenter family.
401910 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 134, roll 380, p. 6B, household 177, Frank Zabst family.
411910 Census, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, ED 2, roll 634, p. 4A, household 104, John H. Leach family.
42Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben County, no. 153, Uriah Carpenter, 1914.
43Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 5 August 2020), John H. Leach; Created by: Scout (details provided by informant); Mary E. Leach; Created by: Scout (details provided by informant). 1910 Census, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, ED 2, roll 634, p. 4A, household 104, John H. Leach family. 1880 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 6, roll 312, p. 335C, household 231, John Leach family; Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 9, roll 312, p. 373C, household 135, Charles Cole family. Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ellah-Charles Cole; Created by: Leah P (details provided by informant). 1900 Census, Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 107, p. 5, household 126, Charles Cole family.
44Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, no. 32485, Wilbur J Carpenter, 1949; no. 3169, Della A Carpenter, 1937. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., p. 487, Carpenter-Cole, 1888; p. 156, Kratz-Zabst, 1910. 1900 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 107, p. 4, household 103, Wilber Carpenter family; Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 102, p. 10, household 243, Frank Zabst family. Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Lora Zabst; Created by: Elizabeth Wilkerson (details provided by informant); Frank Zabst; Created by: Graveaddiction, Photo added by Elizabeth Wilkerson.
45Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Colunty, no. 179, Elroy J. Carpenter, 1905; no. 34091, Ella M. Carpenter, 1945; certificate 22781, Albert A. Swanger, 1930. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., p. 215, Carpenter-Goodell, 1883. Flint Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 5 August 2020), Albert E Swanger; Created by: Jennifer; Ida A. Swanger; Created by: MFC (details provided by informant).
461900 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 107, p. 5, household 131, Elroy Carpenter family.
47Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Colunty, no. 179, Elroy J. Carpenter, 1905.
481910 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 134, roll 380, p. 2B, household 51, Ella Carpenter family.
49Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 163, roll 461, p. 5A, household 110, Ella Swanger family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2015); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
50Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 11, roll 624, p. 1A, household 9, Sherman Frazier family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 23 December 2014); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
511930 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 11, roll 624, p. 6A, household 152, Carl M. Sunday family.
521930 Census, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 12, p. 4B, household 132, Jonas Crisman family.
531930 Census, Jamestown, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 5, p. 4B, household 113, Clynt Carpenter family.
541930 Census, Scott, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 17, p. 4A, household 84, Clyde Carpenter family.
55Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, no. 34091, Ella M. Carpenter, 1945.
56Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Morgan County, no. 84-033416, Lena Crisman, 1984; Steuben County, no. 62-044226, Jonas Crisman, 1962; no. 000144, Don E. Crisman, 1999; no. 91-004783, June B Crisman, 1991; no. 9703, Gaylord Clynt Carpenter, 1934; no. 6006, Clyde Carpenter, 1934. "Lena Crisman, 87, local man's mother, dies," obituary, Reporter-Times (Martinsville, Indiana), 21 September 1984; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 12 August 2020). p. 10. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben County, p. 238, Crisman-Carpenter, 1913; p. 114, Crisman-Rand, 1974; Steuben Co., p. 70, Carpenter-Dotts, 1922; Steuben Co., p. 66, Carpenter-Farver, 1925; p. 114, Stienbarger-Carpenter, 1935; no. 281502-3, Speigle-Carpenter, 1942; no. 281502-3, Manahan-Speigle, 1949. "Don E. Crisman," obituary, Reporter-Times (Martinsville, Indiana), 13 January 1999; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 12 August 2020). p. 2. 1930 Census, Jamestown, Steuben County, Indiana, ED 5, p. 4B, household 113, Clynt Carpenter family. Indiana State Board of Health, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, certificate 26683, Fay Eugene Carpenter, 1925; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 August 2020); Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana; certificate 19523, Gaylord C. Carpenter, 1927; certificate 8350, Ruth Ellen Carpenter, 1929; certificate 51926, Bess Lurene Carpenter, 1932; certificate 3254, Galen Dean Carpenter, 1935; certificate 8540, Sherman C. Carpenter, 1938; certificate 42143, Max De Verne Carpenter, 1926; certificate 7937, Veryl Avon Carpenter, 1932; certificate 24294, Carma June Carpenter, 1933. Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ruth Carpenter; Created by: OPPSheryl, Photo added by PLS. Haviland Cemetery, Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2020), Thurman Stienbarger; Originally Created by: KC Louthan, Maintained by: Find a Grave, Photo added by Judy Mayfield.
57Flint Cemetery, Angola, Belva Lash; Created by: MFC (details provided by informant); Benjamin Lieberenz; Created by: Ronald Becker (details provided by informant).

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