Kalamazoo County MI Archives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Thomas G. April 11, 1884
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Kalamazoo Gazette of April 12 1884
Thomas G. Carpenter, one of the first settlers of the township of Alamo, died 
yesterday aged 90 years. He settled in that town in 1837 on the farm where he 
resided ever since and was a remarkable man in many respects. Although a small 
man in stature, he had a reputation for great physical endurance. He lived nine 
miles from Kalamazoo, yet he walked here week in and week out before seven 
o'clock in the morning and after doing a days work walked home again, in most 
cases carrying groceries or provisions on his back. there are few mem of to-day 
who could stand that kind of work. He was a very generous man and no one was 
ever turned away from his door hungry. A wife and eight children survive him, 
four girls and four boys, one girl and one boy having died. he lived with his 
wife, who is 84 years of age, sixty seven years. He was a soldier in the war of 
1812 and a pensioner of the government. He was born in Rensalear County New 
York Jan 24, 1794 and at the time of death was 90 years, 2 months and 17 days 
old.
The funeral will take place from the residence on the town line between Alamo 
and Cooper, nine miles north west of Kalamazoo, Sundy afternoon.

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