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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Carpenter, Elisha, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 14, 1834, in Ashford, Conn. In 1845 he was elected judge of probate coiirt and state's attorney in Windham county. Conn.; in 185758 was a member of the state senate; in 1861 was judge of the superior court; and in 1866 was judge of the supreme bench of Connecticut.

Carpenter, Ellen Maria, educator, artist, was born Nov. 38, 1830, in Killingly, Conn. Much of her time was devoted to teaching art in Boston, Mass. Among her works are The Yosemite Valley; Temples of Psestum; Venice, Grand Canal; and numerous portraits. She died July 1, 1908, in Boston, Mass. Carpenter, Esther Bemon, litterateur, au-

was born in 1848 in Ehode Island. She was the author of South Country Neighbors,

thor,

a series of synjpathetic studies in fiction of Rhode Island types of character. She died in 1893 in Rhode Island. Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, painter, author, was bom in 1830 in Homer, N.J. He painted The Emancipation Proclamation in the capitol at Washington, D.C. He was the author of Six Months in the White House with Abraham Lincoln. He died May 33, 1900, in

New York

City.

Carpenter, Francis M., banker, state senator, was born July 10, 1834, in New Castle, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and attended the union academy of Bedford, N.Y. For thirty-two years he was supervisor of New Castle, N.Y. for six years was county treasvirer; and is now serving his second term as a member of the New York state senate. He has been vice-president of the Watkins national bank; vice-president of the Westchester trust company; director of the White Plains national bank; and is now vice-president and treasurer of the Westchester title mortgage company of White Plains, N.Y. Carpenter, Francis W^od, merchant, manufacturer, was born June 34, 1831, in Seekonk, Mass. He is president of the Congo and Carpenter company; and of the Rhode Island Perkins horseshoe company. He is also president of the American national bank. Carpenter, Frank George, journalist, traveler, author, was bom May 8,1855, in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1888-89 he made a trip round the world for a newspaper syndicate and Cosmopolitan Magazine; and in 1891 made a newspaper tour to Mexico; then to Russia, Germany and England in 1893 ; and to China, Japan and Java in 1894. He spent 1898 in South America; and in 1900 traveled in the Philippines, China, Java, Australia and New Zealand. He is the author of Through Asia with the Children; Through North America with the Children; and South America. Carpenter, Frank Oliver, educator, lawyer, author, was bom March 33, 1859, in Milford, Mass. He is the author of French Grammar for the High Schools; and Floods and Their Uses.

Carpenter, Frederick B., soldier, April 31, 1863.

He

was bom

has ben engaged in the

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Insurance business since leaving school. He served in the Massachusetts volunteer militia for eighteen years; and retired in 1907 with the rank of brigadier-general and commissary-general of Massachusetts. Carpenter, Frederick Ives, educator, author, was born Nov. 39, 1861, in Monroe, Wis. Since 1895 he has taught in the university of Chicago, 111. He is the author of

Metaphor and Simile in the Minor Elizabethan Drama. Carpenter, George B., merchant, chandler,

was born March 13, 1834, in Conneaut, Ohio. He became proprietor of the ship chandlery house of Gilbert Hubbard and company, of which his father was part owner. This is now known as the George B. Carpenter and company, of Chicago, in which his sons are

now

associated with him. Carpenter, George Clifton, physician, surgeon, author, was born on Nov. 34, 1843, in Northfield, V, He was educated at Northfield academy; and in the schools of Boston, Mass.. Until 1875 he lived in Northfield, Vt.; then for four years in Boston, Mass.; and since 1880 has been a practicing physician of Lowell, Mass. He is a member of the leading medical associations; and has filled the office of postmaster for two terms. He now only gives half of the year to his general practice, spending the balance in travel. He is now engaged in writing a work on Medical Reform Subjects. Carpenter, George Moulton, lawyer, jurist, was born April S3, 1844, in Portsmouth, R.I. He was appointed one of a board of commissioners to revise the laws of Rhode Island in 1883. He was an associate justice of the supreme court of the state in 1883-85 and was United States district judge for the district of Rhode Island in 1884-96. He died July 31, 1896, in Holland.

Carpenter, George Rice, educator, author, Oct. 35, 1863, on the coast of Labrador. Since 1893 he has been professor of rhetoric at Columbia university of New York City. He is the author of Latham's Letters of Dante; American Prose; and other

was born on

works. Carpenter, George W., merchant, scientist, was born July 31, 1803, in Germantown, Pa. His opinion on subjects in geology was of recognized value. He accumulated a choice collection of minerals; and showed considerable interest in the medical sciences. He died

June

7,

1860, in

Germantown, Pa.

Carpenter, Gilbert Saltonstall, soldier, author, was born April 17, 1836, in Medina, Ohio. During the civil war in 1861-66 he was in the eighteenth regiment United States infantry; and was brevetted captain for gallantry at the battle of Stone River. He served in Indian campaigns; was major of the fourth regiment United States infantry; and lieutenant colonel in the seventh infantry. In 1898 he attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers for gallantry at El Caney; and was subsequently retired as