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 CITY OF MANSFIELD.

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��Department on the 15th of April, 1861 ; was first con- nected with the 4th 0. V. I., but was afterward appointed Surgeon of the 82d 0. V. I., Col. Cantwell's regiment, and was in active duty in the field till December, 1863, filling the position of Brigade, Divis- ion and Corps Surgeon, as official orders will show ; he participated in more than twenty battles, in all of which he occupied the position of Operating Surgeon. In January, 1864, he was commissioned by President Lincoln Surgeon of the U. S. Volunteers, and assigned to duty by the Surgeon General as Inspector of Hospi- tals, with Washington as headquarters ; in this capacity, he visited all the principal cities, inspecting hospitals, discharging, etc.; returning to duty, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, where he remained till April, 1865, when he was assigned to duty at Columbus, Ohio, as Superintendent of Hospitals, where he remained till the Government property was disposed of and the hospitals closed in October following, when he was mustered out of service, but, by recommendation of the Surgeon General of the U. S. Arpiy, for merit- orious services, he was bi-eveted Lieutenant Colonel, and he now holds a commission, signed by Andrew Johnson and Edwin M. Stanton, conferring upon him that rank. After the war, he went to Alabama and engaged in the planting interests as well as his profes- sion, but has now returned to his native city, where he expects to spend the greater portion of his time during the balance of his life.

CAREY, F. C, proprietor of soap factory ; was born in Ashland Co. (formerly Richland), Perry Township; came to Mansfield recently, and purchased the soap factory, which was established in 1868 and" has been one of the leading enterprises of this city ; the com- pany have the capacity to manufacture 40,000 pounds per month ; they manufacture the following varieties of soap: laundry, toilet, castile, barbers', tar, and also the celebrated coldwater soap ; they are introducing and extending the sale of their soap in a number of States. They exchange soap for grease, also pay the liighest market price for tallow.

CARPENTER, GEORGE F., attorney; was born Aug. 8, 1820, in Worthington Township. Was mar- ried, July 2, 1852, to Jennette L. Reid, of Mans- field ; their children are Reid, Frank, John, Nettie, Dan and Lizzie. Mr. Carpenter came to Mansfield in the fall of 1842, studied law with .James Purdy ; was admitted to the bar in February, 1845, in New Lisbon, Ohio ; entered in partnership with James Purdy; continued till 1847, then formed a partnership with Gen. William McLaughlin ; continued till 1852, then resumed the practice of law alone for several years, after which he formed a partnership with Col. Isaac Gass. Was in the army from April 6, 1863, till Nov. 12, 1865; appointed Paymaster of the Army of the Cumberland ; returned to Mansfield and resumed the practice of law ; in 1874, entered in partnership with H. P. Davis, which continues up to the present time ; office in the Carpenter Block, corner of Third and Main streets.

CARPENTER, W. B., tanner; he was born Sept. 15, 1825, in Worthington Township ; he served as an apprentice at the tanner's trade for three years in New- ville, with T. F. Simmons; at the expiration of this

��time, he went to BuflFalo, N. Y., and completed his trade ; he then returned to Newville and superintended the tannery for his father ; he afterward formed a part- nership with G. F. Carpenter, and remained six years ; in 1852, he dissolved partnership, but he continued the business, making twenty-seven years' continuous work in a tannery. He was married, Sept. 15, 1846, to Eme- line Grove, who was born in 1828, in Montgomery Co., Penn.; they had the following family— Alfred George (married to Alice Boyd), and resides in Cleveland, engaged in the practice of law ; Clara L. (married to Joseph Charlton) ; Electa (married to T. Y. Smiley), and resides in Ashland ; Alice E. (married to Albert Seller) ; Eugene is attending the Ohio University at Del- aware; AdaE.., Otto W. and Jennieare stillat home with their parents ; one daughter — Lucy, is dead. Mr. Car- penter has been a member of the M. E. Church since 16 years of age. Donn A. Carpenter, brother of W. B., was born in 1830 ; he was in the Mexican war ; he was elected State Senator from Jones Co., Iowa, in 1863, and also in the late war ; he died in January, 1864. Mr. Carpenter can trace back his ancestry to 1638 ; they landed at Boston Mass., in early American days, and from there spread over the United States ; Mr. C.'s father came to Ohio in 1818.

CARROTHERS, SAMUEL (deceased), was born in Washington Co., JPenn., in 1780, and was the only son of George and Jane Workman Carrothers, who were old residents of that county, and came to this country before the Revolutionary war. He was married in Washington Co., in the year 1802, to Miss Mary Dye, who was born in 1781 ; they removed to this county in 1815, and were the parents of five children — Susan Lake Carrothers was born in the year 1807, and is now a resident of Linn Co., Iowa; Elizabeth Grant was born Jan. 24, 1809, and is a resident of this city; Jane Workman Hoft'man was born in 1811, is a resident of Olney, 111. ; Rebecca D. McCoUough was born in 1813, and is now living in Olney, 111.; George W. was born in January, 1815 ; Mary Carrothers Ridgeway was born in 1817 ; Samuel Leet Carrothers, the young- est son, was born in 1819 ; he lives in the city, and is a builder and contractor ; Elizabeth Carrothers was married in Mansfield, to Edwin Grant, in 1834; he was born in Fairfield, Conn., in 1797, and came to Rich- land Co. in 1819 ; for many years he carried on a tan- nery, near the corner of First and Main streets, in this city, in which he was quite successful ; he died in 1845, in Mount Carmel, 111.; after liis death Mrs. Grant returned to this city, where she has since remMined ; they were the parents of one child, Esther Ann, the wife of Robert Ray Smith, the well-known painter of this city. They were married March 9, 1858, and are the parents of four children.

CARTER, MERCHANT, County Treasurer; was born in Springfield Township, Richland Co., Oct. 15, 18S'2. jNIarried Nov. 22, 1859, to E. U. Gass. AVas elected County Treasurer in 1877, re-elected in 1879.

CHANDLER, J. M. (deceased), was born in Jerome- ville, now in Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1815, and there received a good common-school education; after- ward studied medicine, and passed through the regular course ; at the early age of 21 years, Mr. Chandler graduated with honor at the Ohio Medical College at

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