Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Carpenter, Luther F.
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Biography of Luther F CARPENTER, Bureau County, Illinois

Luther F. Carpenter, Indiantown, was born December 3, 1819, in Bristol, 
R. I.  At an early age he was taken to Rehoboth, Mass.  by his parents.  
His father, Abiah Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., where he died.  
He was Captain of a band of musicians in the war of 1812.  The grandfather 
of our subject, Abiah Carpenter, Sr., was also a native of Massachusetts, 
where he died.  The mother of our subject, Rosina Goff, was born in Rehoboth, 
Mass., where she yet resides.  She is a daughter of Levi Goff, and is the 
mother of nine children, viz.: Cyrel, George and Luther F. Carpenter.  The 
first two children are deceased.  The next six children are the result of 
a second marriage, with Joshua Drawn, viz.: Alvin, William, Matilda, Mary J., 
Almon C. and Martha A. Drawn.   Of the above, Alvin, William and Mary J. 
are deceased.  Mr. L. F. Carpenter received a common school education in 
his native State.  He learned the machinist's trade in Taunton, Mass., and 
worked at it there until the spring of 1855, when he came West and settled 
in Indiantown Township, Bureau Co., Ill., where he bought eighty acres of 
land.  At present he owns a farm of 433 acres--the result of his industry 
and perseverance.  Since coming West Mr. Carpenter has made farming his 
principal occupation, although he worked a short time at his trade in 
Aurora and Chicago.  He was married in Taunton, Mass., to Betsy B. Barney, 
who was born in Taunton, January 1, 1826.  She is the daughter of Oliver 
and Betsy (Babbit) Barney, and is the mother of four children, viz.: Mrs. 
Elizabeth Dexter; George A., deceased, aged eighteen years; Sterophine and 
Mrs. Josephine Anthony, twins, the former deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter 
are active members of the Congregational Church.  He is a Republican, and 
has filled township offices.

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