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History Counties of_Potter Co IraCarpenter
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History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania
Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1890.
Section: History of Potter County p. 1198/1199
Asahel H. Briggs
Charles M. Burt
Ira B. Carpenter
IRA. B. CARPENTER, farmer, P.O. Bingham Centre, was born in Dryden, Tompkins Co., N.Y., March 27, 1823, a son of Barber and Eleanor (Bronson) Carpenter, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Bingham township in 1838, on the farm now (1890) owned and occupied by our subject (Ira), and resided in the township until their death. They had 11 children who grew to maturity:
Theodorus
William
Melissa (Mrs. Peter Teeter)
Selden
Mary (Mrs. Francis Drake)
Bethiah (Mrs Amos R. Lewis)
Matilda (Mrs G.W. Lewis)
Arvilla (Mrs Alonzo Mudge)
Irena (Mrs Wm Knapp)
Ira B. and
Cordelia (Mrs S. K. Niles)
Ira B. Carpenter was sixteen years of age when he came to Bingham township, and he now occupies the old homestead of his father, which he assisted in clearing and improving. He was married September 8, 1845, to Mary A., daughter of David and Margaret (Gibson) Baldwin, of Hector, this county, by whom he had six children who grew to maturity:
Selden,
Sarah (Mrs. Dr. E.S. Mattison),
Eugene,
Roselle,
Elma (Mrs. Chas. Allen) and
Della (Mrs. Fowler Lewis).
Mr. Carpenter was in the Civil war, drafted September 29, 1864, and was assigned to Company D, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was honorably discharged June 16, 1865.
He has been justice of the peace of Bingham township twenty-four years, and has held other minor offices. His commissions for the office of justice have been signed by five different governors for five successive terms. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data:History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania : with biographical selections, including their early settlement and development, a description of the historic and interesting localities, sketches of their cities, towns and villages, portraits of prominent men, biographies of representative citizens, outline history of Pennsylvania, statistics.. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1890.
| Date | 7/27/2021 9:38:38 PM |
| File name | History Counties of_Potter Co IraCarpenter p1198.jpg |
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| Linked to | Niles, S. K.; Carpenter, Cordelia; Knapp, William; Carpenter, Irena; Mudge, Alonzo; Carpenter, Arvilla; Lewis, George W.; Carpenter, Matilda; Lewis, Amos R.; Carpenter, Bethiah; Drake, Francis; Carpenter, Mary; Carpenter, Selden; Teeter, Peter; Carpenter, Melissa; Carpenter, William C. rev; Gibson, Margaret; Baldwin, David; Lewis, Fowler; Allen, Charles; Mattison, E. S. MD; Carpenter, Sarah J.; Carpenter, Eugene Adelbert; Carpenter, Della A; Carpenter, Elma M.; Carpenter, Ira Barber; Carpenter, Rosell Serene; Carpenter, Theodore; Carpenter, Selden S.; Family: / ; Family: / ; Baldwin, Mary Ann; Carpenter, Barber; Carpenter, Ira Barber |
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