BIOGRAPHIES: Newton F. CARPENTER, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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NEWTON F. CARPENTER,  Justice of the Peace, Menomonie, was born in 
Rehobath, Bristol Co., Mass., 1831.  His parents were born in Bristol 
County, and resided there till their death, which occurred in 1880.  His 
father died at the age of ninety-two and his mother at the age of ninety. 
Mr. Carpenter lived for several years with an uncle in the State of Rhode 
Island.  He went to Chicago in the Spring of 1849; he lived about thirteen 
years in the counties of Bureau and Henry, Ill., although he was in Kansas 
in 1856 and 1857, during the border war in that State.  He returned to 
Illinois and was elected Deputy Sheriff of Henry County.  He removed to 
Vernon County, Wis., in 1860, and settled in the town of Wheatland.  He was
Treasurer of that town, and Deputy Sheriff of the county, and was elected 
to the Legislature in 1866. He went to Kansas again in 1868.  Came to 
Menomonie in the Spring of 1875.  He lost his first wife in Illinois. His 
present wife was Esther Rowe, born in New York. Has one daughter by his 
first wife, Mrs. Mary Walker; resides at Holden, Jackson Co., Kansas. Has 
two boys by second wife, Fred and Charles.  Mr. C. has been Justice of the 
Peace since 1877.


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 283