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Dewitt Carpenter

Dewitt Carpenter

Male 1848 - 1908  (59 years)


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  • Name Dewitt Carpenter  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 4 Jun 1848  German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Apr 1908  Orwell, Oswego County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Orwell, Oswego County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I72497  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Artemas Carpenter,   b. 20 Mar 1820, German Flats, Herkimer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1897, Lyons, Mills, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Keller,   b. 19 Feb 1822, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1913, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1846 
    Family ID F24306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abby A. Stevens,   b. 13 Jul 1852, UNited States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1925, Orwell, Oswego County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1867  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Ruth Carpenter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Charles Ezra Carpenter,   b. 15 Oct 1871   d. 25 Nov 1950 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Ralph Carpenter,   b. Abt 1879   d. 1959 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Edith Mae Carpenter,   b. Abt 1895, UNited States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1939, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Dewitt Carpenter - June 4, 1848 - April 11, 1908. Military Service: Veteran of the Civil War; Enlisted February 23, 1865 at Orwell, New York, for a term of three years; Mustered in March 1, 1865 as a Private in Company G, 24th New York Cavalry Volunteers; Discharged August 5, 1865 with the rank of Private. Son of Artemus and Nancy Keller Carpenter. Husband of Abby A. Stevens Carpenter.
      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, April 15, 1908 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Dewitt Carpenter, who died April 11, 1908, was born in the Town of German Flats, Herkimer County, New York June 4, 1848 and came to Orwell in the winter of 1849 with his parents who settled in the eastern part of the town. His boyhood days were spent helping his father in clearing land, he attended the District school very little, when he could be spared from work. February 23, 1865 he enlisted in Company G, 24th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry and served until the close of the war. On September 12, 1867 he married Abbey A. Stevens who survives him, also four daughters and two sons. Mr. Carpenter was a Republican in politics and was prominently connected in all matters of interest to his town and always ready to help any good cause and to oppose anything not good for the community. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1882 which office he held until 1889 when he was elected Supervisor which office he held for five years when he was again elected Justice, which office he held at the time of death. He was a member of the G.A.R. Post S. M. Olmstead, No. 387, and always took a great interest in it and was chosen commander for a number of years, was also a member of F. & A.M. Lodge, No. 415, of Pulaski, New York.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1314] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1905, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Orwell; County: Oswego; Page: 17.

    2. [S1191] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S1308] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Orwell, Oswego, New York; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0118; FHL microfilm: 1241143.

    4. [S1950] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia.