Monterey-Placer-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Carpenter, W. L. 1829 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 17, 2007, 9:55 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) W. L. CARPENTER, of the city of Salinas, one of the pioneers of California, was born in Herkimer county, New York, February 22, 1829. His father, Low Carpenter, was a farmer and a native of the same county, where he married Nancy Barney, likewise born in the same place. Of their family of nine children, our subject is the fourth. Of these four sons and five daughters, some are still living. A brother of the subject, David Carpenter, has been Tax Collector of Contra Costa county, California, for many years. He came to the State of California in 1850. Our subject came to the "Golden State" in the "golden days" of 1849, and mined in California for about nine years in Placer and El Dorado counties. Later he also mined in Sacramento county, then located in Contra Costa county in 1859, and engaged in dairy farming. There he lived until 1867, when he located in the Salinas valley, where he has since resided. In 1872 he was elected Assessor of Monterey county, on the Republican ticket, and succeeded himself, in 1874. He proved himself an efficient official, and gave thorough satisfaction. In 1877, Mr. Carpenter married Laura Horvell, and one daughter has been born to them: May Laura, who came to them May 9, 1887. The family home is located on the outskirts of Salinas, surrounded by thirty acres of land, and is a model dwelling place. Mr. Carpenter is esteemed for his many excellent traits of character. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/carpente480gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb