CARPENTER-Jacob - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Jacob Carpenter, farmer, Veedersburg, was born in 1843, native of Fountain county; is son of Benjamin H. and Sophia (Strader) Carpenter. They both are natives of Ohio, and emigrated to Fountain county in 1825, where they have since lived. They raised a family of five children, four boys and one daughter, and what is remarkable, their birthdays, all but one, come in the same month of the year. He and his wife are long-time members of the New Light Christians. Till 1856 he was a democrat; since that time he has been a radical republican. When he came to this country he possessed a very meager supply of this world's goods, beyond energy, and a firm determination to make his own success; the result of which is that he has a fine farm and comfortable home, in the northeast part of Van Buren township, where he still pursues his favorite vocation, farming. Jacob Carpenter is the only one of his brothers now resident of Van Buren township He was married in 1864, to Sarah J. Reed, native of Fountain county. In 1875 she died, aged twenty-nine years, leaving one child, Mary E. He was married a second time, in 1878, to Laurence Fole, native of Fountain county, by whom he has one child, Byron. His wife is a member of the Christian church at Veedersburg. in politics he is a republican of the first rank. Jacob Carpenter began life with such preparation as he was able to get on the farm of his father, and in the log schoolhouse of his neighborhood, and a good degree of business judgment and plenty of energy. He has a fine farm of 286 acres of well-improved land, well stocked with a good grade of farm stock of all kinds.