I have come to the conclusion that the Alonzo Carpenter that has been attributed as the
son of Amos Carpenter is not the Alonzo Curtis Carpenter that is in my family tree. A
couple of reasons for my conclusion:
1. Amos would have been about 17 when Alonzo was born (based on estimated birth of
1819/1820).
2. Other relatives who have been researching independently of me have his father as
possibly Jesse, born around 1771.
3. A page managed by Rick Lakin on
www.geni.com shows an Alonzo Carpenter with all of the
siblings previously attributed to AC Carpenter. Only this Alonzo was born about 1825 and
died in 1852 in Steuben Co, IN. We know that AC Carpenter died around 1915/16 in
Codington, SD.
BTW, Amos Carpenter's wife's name appears to be Phoeba Scofield, born about
4/24/1800 in NY, died 2/7/1853 in Steuben County, IN.
Carl Carpenter