Biographical Sketch of T. N. Carpenter, Johnson County, Missouri
Chilhowee Township 

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

T.N. CARPENTER,
P.O. Chilhowee.  Is the son of W. D. Carpenter, who is at present living
in Chilhowee township, at the ripe old age of eighty-eight. He was a
soldier in the War of 1812, and is a native of Tennessee. He has been a
resident of the states of Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, and
Missouri. The subject of this sketch was born in Kentucky, August 26,
1826. He passed his boyhood days on his father’s farm in this township. He
received his education from the common subscription schools of that early
day, traveling fron three to five miles to reach his school-house.
Those houses were built of logs, covered with clap-boards, with no
chimney; a hole in the roof answered of emiting the smoke; the seats were
made from puncheons, the writing desk was split from a log, and extended
the whole length of the room; there was no floor except fo the naked
earth. The writing desk upon which Mr. Carpenter received his first
lessons in writing, is at present in his possession, and he was used it
for years as a drag, to level and pulverize his fields; it is a piece of
heavy timber, about sixteen feet long, fourteen inches wide, and about six
inches thick. Mr. Carpenter came to this state with his father’s family,
in the fall of 1838, and settled in the south-western part of Johnson
county, where he has lived ever since. When the war broke out, his
sympathies were with the south, though he took no active part in the
conflict. In April, 1849, Mr. Carpenter was married to Miss Sarah M.
Howerton, who is the daughter of Wm. Howerton, and a native of North
Carolina. From this union there were seven children, six of whom are yet
living, viz: Thomas W., Joseph F., Mary J., James L., and Mattie F.  Mr.
Carpenter owns a fine farm of 620 acres, under a high state of
cultivation, and well improved. A part of this farm was entered by Mr. C.
He plowed the first furrow, built the first panel of fence, and made all
the improvements as found at the present time. Mr. Carpenter is a man held
in high esteem by his neighbors; he is regarded by all as a generous,
honorable man.

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