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Carnochan, John Murray, surgeon, author, 4, 1817, in Savannah, Ga. Por many years he served as professor of surgery at the New York medical college. He was the author of Treatise on Congenital Dislocations; and contributions to Operative Surgery. He died Oct. 28, 1887, in New

was born July

York

City.

Carow, Isaac, merchant, was born March 29, 1778 in the West Indies. He was a member of the firm of Kennit and Carow, shipping merchants of New York City; and in 1839-42 was president of the chamber of

commerce.

York

He

died Sept.

3,

1850, in

New

City.

Carpender,

Edward William, naval

officer,

was born Jan. 28, 1797, in Brooklyn, N.Y. jie became commodore in 1862. In 1864-66 he was prize commissioner at Key West, Fla. He died ]|ay 16, 1877, in Shrewsbury, N.J. Carpenter, Alonzo P., lawyer, jurist. In 1898 he was chief justice of the state supreme court of New Hampshire. Carpenter, Amelia Walstein, author, poet, was born Feb. 23, 1840, in Stephentown, N. Y. She has contributed to Frank Leslie's periodicals ; is a correspondent of the Springfield Republican and editor of the New York Citizen. She also edited the Life, Letters and Poems of Mrs. Fanny Raymond Ritter. Carpenter, Augustus Alvord, merchant, capitalist, was born June 8, 1835, in Franklin county, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools of western New York. In 1849 he went to California by way of the Isthmus engaged for several years with his brother in mining and trading; and in 1855 engaged in the dry goods and lumber business in Monroe county, Wis. In 1860 he engaged in the lumber business in Chicago; is president of the Kurby-Carpenter company; and has been president of several banks. He was president of the Citizen's association of Chicago; has been president of the Union club and filled various positions of honor. Carpenter, Amos Bugbee, farmer, educator, legislator, genealogist, author, was born May 25. 1818. in West Waterford, Vt. He always lived on the 'our hundred acre arm, the Sacred Old lomestead, in West

gical history of the Carpenter family ii America, entitled The Carpenter Memorial He died in 1906 in West Waterford, Vt. Carpenter, B. Piatt, lawyer, governor, was born May 14, 1837, in Stamford, N.Y. Ii 1857 he began the practice of law; and ii 1875 was a state senator. In 1884-85 he was governor of Montana. He was appointed one of the code commissioners for the state; and afterward continued his law practice. Carpenter, Benjamin, patriot, was born ir 1726 in Rehoboth, Mass. He was one of the founders of the town of Guilford in 1770; and served during the revolutionary war as a field officer. Late'r he was a member oi the first constitutional convention of Vermont; and also a member of the council. In 1778 he was elected lieutenant-governor oi

the state. ford, Vt.

He

died

March

29, 1823, in Guil-

Carpenter, Charles Carroll, naval officer, 27, 1834, in Greenfield, Mass, He attained the rank of rear admiral, commanding the asiatic station. He died April 1, 1899, in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

was born Feb.

Carpenter, Charles Ketchum, farmer, governor, author, was born Jan. 23, 1826, in Hornellsville, N.Y. He settled in Michigan in 1837. In 1858 he was elected to the lower branch of the Michigan state legislature.

In 1874 he was nominated as governor by the prohibition party in Michigan; and in 1876 on the first greenback ticket. He was the author of several works. He died Aug. 19, 1884, in Orion, Mich. Carpenter, Cyrus Clay, soldier, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 34, 1820, in Hartford, Pa. In 1857 he was elected to the state

in

legislature;

1861 he entered the

army; and as brevet colonel rendered important service during the civil war. In 1866 70 he was register of the state land office at Des Moines. In 1872-76 he was the eighth governor of Iowa. In 1879-83 he was a representative from Iowa to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. He died May 29, 1898, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

,

Waterford, Caledonia county, Vt. For eight years he taught dis-

Carpenter, Davis, soldier, physician, con-

gressman, was born Dec. 25, 1799, in Walpole, 'N.H. He attained the position of colonel of a rifle corps. In 1853-55 he was a representative from New York to the thirtythird congress. He died in New York.

I

rict

school.

For half

century he has performed the duties of [postmaster; was postI

3,

I

masterduringl855-88 then when he resigned his wife filled the office in 1888-1903, since which time his daughter has been postmistress. In 1888-90 he served as a member of the Vermont state legislature. In 1847 he was elected corresponding member of the New England historical and genealogical society of Boston, Mass. He was the author of a historical and genealoI

Carpenter, Edmund Janes, journalist, author, was born Oct. 16, 1845, in North Attleboro, Mass. He is a journalist of Boston. He is the author of of Shawmut, a Romance of Colonial Times; Study of Roger Williams ; America in Hawaii; and The

A Woman

A

American Advance.

Edward Childs, journalist, auwas born Dec. 13, 1871, in Philadelphia,

Carpenter, thor,

Pa. He has been editor of the Philadelphia Enquirer. He is the author of The Chasm; Captain Courtesy; and The Code of Victor Jallot.