Labette County KS Archives Photo Tombstone.....Carpenter, Alfred D ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Theresa Lundberg http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007631 October 1, 2012, 9:03 am Cemetery: Oswego Cemetery Oswego Labette County Kansas Name: Alfred D Carpenter Date Of Photograph: May 15, 2011 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/labette/photos/tombstones/oswego/carpente2481gph.jpg Image file size: 88 Kb b. Aug. 14, 1867 d. Jan., 1949 One of Oswego's pioneer citizens, he came to Oswego with his parents in 1879. He was the eldest of five children of Mr & Mrs John Carpenter. The only family member living is a brother Joe, living in Oswego. He married Elizabeth King Johnson 1892 in St. Louis, Mo. He was preceded in death by his wife & two sons Alfred & John Carroll who was killed in 1918 in France. He worked as a boy in his father's general store, the first brick building in Oswego. It now is occupied by the Ryan Furniture store. At different times he was a director in the Condon National bank in Oswego & a partner in the ownership of the Parsons Light & Heating Co. For a period of eight years, he was a postmaster at Oswego. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Christine, Charlotte & Robert. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/labette/photos/tombstones/oswego/carpente2481gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb