Bio of CARPENTER, Martin Bruce (b.1876), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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M. BRUCE CARPENTER (Martin Bruce Carpenter) - Vol III, pg 498-501
Prominent among the business men in Minneapolis is M. Bruce Carpenter, who is
manager of the state of Minnesota for the Prudential Life Insurance Company. He
was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on the 5th of August, 1876, a son of D. E. and
Katherine (Moss) Carpenter. For many years the father was associated with the
Estey Organ Company at Brattleboro, and in later life he engaged in farming,
con­tinuing active in that connection until his death in 1910, when seventy-one
years of age. Mr. Carpenter enlisted twice in the Civil war under General
Proctor of Northfield. Vermont, and served a total of five years. Mrs. Carpenter
is seventy-one years of age. To their union five sons and four daughters were
born, M. Bruce, whose name intro­duces this review, being the seventh in order
of birth.
In the pursuit of his education M. Bruce Carpenter attended the public schools
of his birthplace and at the age of fourteen left his home to work his own way
in the world. He followed various kinds of employment until he finally turned to
the insur­ance business, in which of later years he has been so successful. He
was first identified with the New York Life Insurance Company at Springfield,
Massachusetts, where he remained several years. Then he became associated with
the Prudential Life Insur­ance Company, a connection he has maintained for
fifteen years. Five years of this time Mr. Carpenter traveled and visited
various offices of the country, training men in the business, and for three and
one-half years he was manager for the state of Ne­braska. On the 1st of May,
1915, he came to Minneapolis as manager for the state of Minnesota. Mr.
Carpenter is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his executive
ability and excellent management have been large factors in the continued
prosperity of the concern with which he is connected.
On the 8th of August, 1904, in Chicago, Illinois, was celebrated the marriage of
Mr. Carpenter and Miss Elmira L. Jones of Rochester, New York. To their union
one daughter has been born, Mildred, thirteen years of age.
In his political views Mr. Carpenter is a republican and, although he takes but
little interest in political affairs, he keeps well informed on all important
questions and issues of the day and no movement for the development and
improvement of Min­neapolis seeks his aid in vain. Fraternally he is identified
with the Masons and he has attained the Mystic Shrine by the Scottish Rite
route. He is likewise a Knight Templar. The religious faith of Mr. Carpenter is
that of the Methodist church, to the support of which he is a generous
contributor. He is an active member of the Min­neapolis Civic & Commerce
Association, of which body he is chairman of the member­ship committee, and he
belongs to the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Cooperative Club and the Masonic
Club. Mr. Carpenter devotes a great deal of his spare time to the Masons and is
readily conceded to be an exemplary member of the craft. During the World war he
assisted in the promotion of all Liberty Loan drives and other worthy causes and
he likewise enlisted in the Motor Corps. He rendered valuable assistance in
putting out a big forest fire in the vicinity of Moose Lake. For recreation Mr.
Carpenter turns to hunting and fishing and he is proficient in both sports.