Individual Details

Lewis Cass Carpenter

(20 Feb 1836 - 6 Mar 1908)

U.S. Congressman. Moving to New Jersey, in the 1850s, he taught school and was appointed New Jersey State inspector of public schools, in 1863. He went to Washington, D.C., in 1864, was a Washington newspaper correspondent and employed in the U.S. Treasury Department. He studied law, graduated from the Columbian University, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Washington, D.C. Relocating to South Carolina, in 1867, he became editor of the Charleston Courier, assisted in establishing the Charleston Republican in 1868 and was secretary to U.S. Senator William H. Buckingham, (1868-73). In 1874, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert B. Elliott, serving until 1875. An unsuccessful candidate for election, he moved to Colorado, in 1878 and edited a Denver newspaper. He was appointed supervisor of the census for Colorado in 1880, served as a United States post office inspector (1881-83) and engaged in the insurance business, (1883-90). He also practiced law until his death at age 72.

Events

Birth20 Feb 1836Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut
Census (family)-shared23 Jul 1850(Lucian Carpenter and Almira Burlingham) Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut
Marriage30 Dec 1864Connecticut - Mary M. Morrison
Census (family)14 Jun 1880Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado - Mary M. Morrison
Census (family)7 Jun 1900Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado - Mary M. Morrison
Death6 Mar 1908Denver, Denver County, Colorado
BurialFairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Families

SpouseMary M. Morrison (1843 - 1910)
ChildMarion Ernest Carpenter (1870 - 1951)
ChildClaude Buckingham Carpenter (1874 - 1945)
ChildAdrian Lewis Carpenter (1875 - 1934)
ChildMary Louisa Antoinette Carpenter (1880 - )
FatherLucian Carpenter (1812 - 1901)
MotherAlmira Burlingham (1815 - 1879)
SiblingIsaac Newton Carpenter (1839 - )
SiblingHelen M. Carpenter (1841 - )
SiblingInez Willett Carpenter (1847 - 1924)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Lucian Carpenter M 38 Massachusetts - Laborer
Almira Carpenter F 34 Connecticut
Lewis Carpenter M 14 Connecticut
Isaac N Carpenter M 11 Connecticut
Helen M Carpenter F 9 Connecticut
Inez V Carpenter F 3 Connecticut

Census (family)

L Cays Carpenter Self M 44 Connecticut - Lawyer
M Mary Carpenter Wife F 37 Ireland - Keeping house
E Marion Carpenter Son M 10 District of Columbia
B Claude Carpenter Son M 6 South Carolina
L Adrian Carpenter Son M 5 South Carolina
M Bridget Harrington Servant F 45 Ireland

Census (family)

Louis C Carpenter Head M 64 Connecticut - Lawyer
Mary M Carpenter Wife F 57 New York
May L Carpenter Daughter F 20 Colorado

Endnotes

1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-TLN : 3 December 2014), Lewis Carpenter, 20 Feb 1836; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown..

2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M681-3Z1 : 12 April 2016), Lewis Carpenter in household of Lucian Carpenter, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing family 6, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..

3. "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7GM-QNB : 31 March 2016), Lewis Carpenter and Mary Morrison, 1864..

4. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFD6-H18 : 29 July 2017), L Cays Carpenter, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 329B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0088; FHL microfilm 1,254,088..

5. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMM-L6T : accessed 11 December 2017), Louis C Carpenter, Precinct 15 Denver city Ward 9, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet 8A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,119..

6. MEMORIAL ID  13079234.