Charles Grey Carpenter

1836 - 1931  (94 years)

• Name	Charles Grey Carpenter
  Birth	21 May 1836	Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Witness-Obituary	Wayne County, Indiana   [1]
  	Death's fingers closed the eyes of a noble man and opened the portals of eternity when Walter Totton Carpenter crossed the valley of the Great Beyond at this home on West National Road, in the city of Richmond, Aug. 31, 1910. Had he lived until New Year's Day 1911 he would have reached the century mark of earth's existence and he was, perhaps, the oldest man in Wayne County. His was a life of usefulness. He was a prominent member of the Friends' Church and for fifteen years was superintendent of the boarding school which is now Earlham College. It was through his splendid administration that that institution was placed on a stable basis during the earlier years of its existence. He was a trustee of the college after resigning the superintendency and for many years was connected with the welfare of that institution in that capacity. Mr. Carpenter was the son of Jesse and Mercy Carpenter, and was born January 1, 1811 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. When four years of age his father and family moved to a farm in Clinton County, Ohio, five miles north of Wilmington and there a log cabin, which consisted of two rooms and a garret was the home of the parents and children for some time. Mr. Carpenter and Susanna Mabie were united in marriage in 1834 and soon thereafter removed to Cincinnati, where Mr. Carpenter was engaged at different times in the pork-packing silk and general merchandising business. While in Cincinnati he was warned by his physician that he had better buy a farm and live more nearly out of doors and that if he did not there was a great probability of his dying before the end of the year. Accepting the advice of his physician he settled on a farm near Clarksville, Ohio. This farm, which came to be known as the "White Planes" farm was soon made a model one for that time by Mr. Carpenter, by his unceasing energy and characteristic enterprise, and he raised only horses, sheep and cattle of the best stock. To give their children a better education was the purpose of the Carpenters' removal to Richmond in 1857. They had heard much about the Friends' Monthly Meeting School there and decided to remove to that city and give their children the advantages there obtainable. The next year Mr. Carpenter succeed Charles Atherton as superintendent of the school. . . . . . Mr. Carpenter's wife died Sept. 30, 1908 and he is survived by three children - Charles G. Carpenter, Superintendant of the Richmond Roller Mills; Mrs. D. W. Marmon of Indianopolis and Mrs. H. C. Wright of Kokomo.
  Will	25 Aug 1851	Clinton County, Ohio   [3]
  	According to the will, daughter Sarah M. Frost was deceased leaving four children: Hannah Matilda Mott, Phebe Elizabeth Cox[Cock], Sarah Ann Cox[Cock] and John Hix Frost; daughters Eliza Hadley and Deborah Mabie were both deceased without heirs; son Elias H. Mabie was also deceased leaving two children: Elizabeth Alice Mabie and Isaac Martling Mabie; daughters Catherine F. Timberlake, Susan M. Carpenter and Hannah H. Jones were living and each had unnamed children. Also mentioned was grandson Charles Gray Carpenter, and sons-in-law Walter Carpenter and Jonathan Hadley.
  Occupation	1871  [1]
  	Worked as a miller.
  Occupation	1875  [1]
  	Manager of Richmond Roller Mills and Richmond Corn Mills.
  Reference Number	29497
  Death	8 May 1931	35 S. 13th Street, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana   [2]
  Burial	Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana   [4]
  Person ID	I29287	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Totton Carpenter,   b. 1 Jan 1811, Duanesburg Township, Schenectady County, New York d. 31 Aug 1910, West National Road, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana (Age 99 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan Mabie,   b. 27 Dec 1811, Peekskill, Westchester County, New York d. 30 Sep 1908, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Sep 1834	Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F3592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Newlin,   b. 25 Apr 1843, Jefferson County, Ohio d. 5 Sep 1932, Reid Memorial Hospital, Spring Grove, Wayne County, Indiana (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1864	Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio   [8]
  Family ID	F9211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

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