Eaton County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Carpenter, Benjamin F. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Moore http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007687 August 31, 2011, 2:25 am Cemetery: Needmore Cemetery Name: Benjamin F. Carpenter Date Of Photograph: July 31, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/eaton/photos/tombstones/needmore/carpente185794nph.jpg Image file size: 183.8 Kb CARPENTER MONUMENT Inscription on one side of monument: DANIEL CARPENTER DIED MAR 18, 1890 AGED 87 YRS 6 M'S EMILY HIS WIFE DIED AUG 31, 1878 AGED 74 YRS 3 M'S B. F. CARPENTER DIED JAN 26, 1901 Note: Daniel and Emily (Day) Carpenter were the parents of the following known children: Olive Carpenter 1830 - Francis T. Carpenter 1833 - 1899 Mary Ann Carpenter 1836 - Harris Carpenter 1838 - Mariah Carpenter Maxson 1840 - 1913 Lorin Cyrus Carpenter 1843 - Benjamin F. Carpenter 1946 - 1901 Cordelia Carpenter 1847 - CARPENTER, EMILY Date of death: 31-Aug-1878 Ledger Page: 171 Record Number: 107 Place of death: Chester County of Death: Eaton Sex: Female Race: WHITE Marital Status: Married Age: 74 years 2 months 23 days Cause of Death: DYSENTERY Birthplace: NY Occupation: HOUSEWIFE Father's Name: Day, Father's Residence: NY Mother's Name: DAY, Mother's Residence: NY Date of record: 6-Aug-1879 Seeking Michigan web site - Death Certificate for 1897-1920 shows Benjamin F. Carpenter (certificate shows B. W. Carpenter) was the son of Daniel Carpenter (Vermont) and mother Day (New York), male, white, married, farmer, married at age 20(?) parent of 1 child, 1 living, born March 3, 1846 in Ohio and died on January 26, 1901 in Carmel Twp., Eaton Co., MI at the age of 54 years, 8 months and 23 days, cause of death hip joint disease and ? of lungs. Burial was on January 28, 1901 in Maxson Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/eaton/photos/tombstones/needmore/carpente185794nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb