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Descendants of William Carpenter

Generation No. 10

      512. John Henry¹⁰ Carpenter (John⁹, Nicholas⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Thomas⁵, Oliver⁴, Abiah³, William², William¹, Robert^A, Willam^B, Robert^C, Richard^D, William^E, John the younger^F, John the Elder^G, Richard^H, John^I Carpenter, Maurice^J, Jean^K) was born October 01, 1855 in Trenton, Maine, and died February 27, 1923 in Enfield, Maine. He married Zettie Barbara Romer August 24, 1885 in Trenton, Hancock, Maine. She was born August 20, 1859 in Trenton, Maine, and died September 13, 1940 in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Notes for John Henry Carpenter:
John Henry was a sailor for 18 years and "seasick for 15 of those years." When Karl and Herbert were grown, he bought a farm with them in West Enfield. With the older boys grown, Zettie took Harry and Mildred to the Boston area to be near her oldest daughter, May. 4 Aug 1909, John H. and Zettie B. Carpenter sell land in Trenton to Rita J. Grant. (461, 454, Hancock Co. deeds)

John Henry went out west for his health, about the time his son Karl did. They worked on a dam there. Jerry Carpenter remembers: It was in Wyoming and there was a terrible sickness that invaded the camp. Many of the camp members didn't survive, but Karl did and returned to Maine. I think this was about 1909-1910. Karl corresponded with one of his camp mates, Charles Caldwell up until Karl died in 1971.

John Henry's death certificate lists tuberculosis as the cause of death. John Henry gave his sons middle names that could be used as last names, should they ever want or need to drop the last name of Carpenter. It was never known just why we might need to drop the name of Carpenter? Once when he was pulling little Karl Harrison on a sled, Karl fell off. John picked him up and said, "I wouldn't want to lose my little president, now would I?" This seems to say that Karl's middle name was chosen from the president William Henry Harrison.

The old picture on the front of this book is of John H. taken in 1882, when he was 27. he had just returned from a voyage to Germany as first mate on a square rigger.

1880 census lists John H. as a sailor, living with his widowed mother in Trenton.
1900 census lists him as a farmer, owned his farm, no mortgage. Sons Herbert and Karl were in school 8 months of the year, could read and write.

From Ellsworth American, May 22, 1883 "Luther P. Joy, son of the late Horatio N. Joy committed suicide at his residence this morning. Mr. Joy was about 28 years of age and a very industrious and upright young man. He leaves a widow and one child.

Zettie B. Romer sells land in Ellsworth, homestead of Horatio N. Joy, as widow of Luther P. Joy, December 24, 1889 (232,469 Hancock Co. deeds). the Joy homestead "Joyville" outside Ellsworth, maybe toward Mariaville. (V.C.C.)

When Zettie was living in Massachusetts, her grandson Hervey recalls his father Karl packing up barrels of vegetables to send to her in the fall. She'd come to visit in the summer.

Prior to her final illness, she resided at 5 Morse's Pond in Wellesley, Mass. She died in Westborough State hospital of myocardial failure due to arteriosclerosis.

Zettie and Luther's child.

1. Mary "Aunt May" never married, lived in Wellesley, wrote verses for a Boston paper, worked at a library, maybe the state library. She gave Gramp Karl The Leatherstocking Tales, volumes 1-5 published in 1876. Gramp Karl gave Aunt May's gold beads to Laurie Carpenter Rowan when Uncle Harry died. Gramp Karl was on his way home from the funeral. (L.C.R.)

Zettie and John Henry's children

2. Herbert and Ella Merrifield Carpenter - Herbert owned a farm on the Dodlin, later worked on a horse farm in Orono. He enjoyed sulky racing.
      a. Emily May (1914-1955)

3. Karl and Vera

4. Harry and Helen Nickerson Carpenter
      a. Janice Marie (June 10, 1935)

5. Mildred and Raymond Wells
      a. Barbara adopted, resides in Holliston, Mass
      b. Herbert adopted, maybe resides in Wellesley, Mass.

Harry was a sailor either in the Navy or the Merchant Marine. He wore a uniform, sent postcards from Germany, and brought back skis from Switzerland. He married a woman named Antoinette, who had two children. He married Helen later. In his younger days, he had gone out west with Karl and John Henry.


Children of John Carpenter and Zettie Romer are:

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Karl Harrison¹¹ Carpenter, born October 04, 1889 in Trenton, Maine; died January 17, 1971 in West Enfield, Maine. He married Vera Eunice Cole December 28, 1914 in Lee, Maine; born November 17, 1891 in Lee, Maine; died December 31, 1983 in Lincoln, Maine.

Notes for Karl Harrison Carpenter:
Gram and Gramp met at a dance in South Lincoln. Grampie Karl was just back from Wyoming. He walked Gram Vera home. Will Averill, justice of the peace, married them in Lee, Maine, December 27, 1914. (Aug 1981)

When Grampie Karl worked for the railroad and Helen was little, they rented a kitchen, one room off a house with dormer windows up high. Grampie worked nights. Gram Vera said little Helen would look up at the windows at night and ask, "Dark, hurt it?"

Grampie's brother, Herb, owned a farm on the Dodlin Road. Gram met Gramp when she was 19 skating. They were married when she was 23 and he was 25. (July 1976, V.C.C.)

Their children are named for:
Helen Janet - Nettie (Sarah Janet Cole, grandmother)
Henry John - John Henry Carpenter (grandfather)
Hervey Benjamin - Hervey Romer, (uncle) Ben Cole (grandfather)
Barbara Matilda - Zettie Barbara Romer Carpenter (grandmother)
Mary Eunice - Mary (Aunt May) Vera Eunice Cole Carpenter
Charles Carleton - Charles Caldwell (the friend of Karl's from Wyoming)
Carolyn Bertha - Carolyn Mildred Carpenter, Bertha Cole
Jacqueline - herself

When Gram Vera was about ten, her father gave her a little organ and taught her to play chords on it. She played with him for dances and they'd spend the night. Asked if she was scared playing before all those people, she replied, "No, I felt pretty grown up playing with my father." (Aug 1981)

Gram Vera spent her 14th(sic) birthday in her house on the Mohawk. She and Gramp moved there in 1921 when Grampie bought it from Clad Dunham. She and Gramp had been living in the little house on the Dodlin. (May 1982)

Gram attended Lee Academy for two years. The first year she lived with Aunt Amanda and Uncle Hersey Merrill and walked to school with Aunt Blanche and Aunt Alyce Ludden who lived across the road. Gram still has her recommendations for her teaching at the model school and from the superintendents she worked under. A Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins lived at the dormitory at Lee Academy, while Mr. Stebbins ran a lumber operation. He once took everyone out to see a Lombard log-hauler. (summer 1980)

Gram taught school 3 years and loved it. At the age of 16, she and Aunt Blanche Ludden Delano went off to teach. Blanche's father Fred Ludden took them to the train. Gram went to Drew plantation, there briefly met Cora Furraigh who was also teaching in that area. Gram had 3 students there - an 8th grader, a 3rd grader, and a beginner. She also taught at Baker's island, one of the Cranberry Islands, where her Aunt Mary and her husband ran a lighthouse. She also spent one summer doing chambermaid work at Northeast Harbor for two old ladies. (Sept 1987)

Notes for Vera Eunice Cole:
When Gram Vera was about ten, her father gave her a little organ and taught her to play chords on it. She played with him for dances and they'd spend the night. Asked if she was scared playing before all those people, she replied, "No, I felt pretty grown up playing with my father." (Aug 1981)

Gram Vera spent her 14th(sic) birthday in her house on the Mohawk. She and Gramp moved there in 1921 when Grampie bought it from Clad Dunham. She and Gramp had been living in the little house on the Dodlin. (May 1982)

Gram attended Lee Academy for two years. The first year she lived with Aunt Amanda and Uncle Hersey Merrill and walked to school with Aunt Blanche and Aunt Alyce Ludden who lived across the road. Gram still has her recommendations for her teaching at the model school and from the superintendents she worked under. A Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins lived at the dormitory at Lee Academy, while Mr. Stebbins ran a lumber operation. He once took everyone out to see a Lombard log-hauler. (summer 1980)

Gram taught school 3 years and loved it. At the age of 16, she and Aunt Blanche Ludden Delano went off to teach. Blanche's father Fred Ludden took them to the train. Gram went to Drew plantation, there briefly met Cora Furraigh who was also teaching in that area. Gram had 3 students there - an 8th grader, a 3rd grader, and a beginner. She also taught at Baker's island, one of the Cranberry Islands, where her Aunt Mary and her husband ran a lighthouse. She also spent one summer doing chambermaid work at Northeast Harbor for two old ladies. (Sept 1987)

581	ii.	Herbert Byron Carpenter, born May 25, 1886 in Trenton, Hancock, Maine; died 1942. He married Ella Merrifield.
582	iii.	Harry Earl Carpenter, born December 02, 1890 in Trenton, Hancock, Maine; died September 24, 1960 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, Maplewood Cemetery. He married Helen Gertrude Nickerson August 31, 1931 in Orono, Penobscot, ME; born July 08, 1896 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; died January 30, 1973 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, Maplewood Cemetery.
583	iv.	Carolyn Mildred Carpenter, born September 18, 1896 in Trenton, Maine. She married Raymond Wells Abt. August 1918; born Abt. July 09, 1896; died May 09, 1983.

514. Lydia Caroline¹⁰ Carpenter (John⁹, Nicholas⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Thomas⁵, Oliver⁴, Abiah³, William², William¹, Robert^A, Willam^B, Robert^C, Richard^D, William^E, John the younger^F, John the Elder^G, Richard^H, John^I Carpenter, Maurice^J, Jean^K) was born December 12, 1859 in Trenton, Maine. She married Edgar J. Lord January 13, 1882.

Children of Lydia Carpenter and Edgar Lord are:

584	i.	Cecil A.¹¹ Lord, born 1883.
585	ii.	Leon A. Lord, born 1889.
586	iii.	Crowell F. Lord, born 1890.

515. Byron L.¹⁰ Carpenter (John⁹, Nicholas⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Thomas⁵, Oliver⁴, Abiah³, William², William¹, Robert^A, Willam^B, Robert^C, Richard^D, William^E, John the younger^F, John the Elder^G, Richard^H, John^I Carpenter, Maurice^J, Jean^K) was born June 1862, and died 1952. He married Hattie R. Mayo 1892.

Children of Byron Carpenter and Hattie Mayo are:

587	i.	Alice J.¹¹ Carpenter, born 1893.
588	ii.	Jesse P. Carpenter, born 1894. He married Alice ? Unknown in Southwest Harbor?.
589	iii.	Richmond Kitteredge Carpenter, born January 23, 1895; died April 04, 1956 in Calais, ME, buried Calais cemetery. He married Teresa Cody; born December 28, 1897 in Milltown, N.B., Canada; died September 01, 1984.
590	iv.	Rachel E. Carpenter, born May 06, 1896.

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