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Marque L. Carpenter
Source:
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County
Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol III. Published by The
Lewis Publishing Company 1907
Page 281
Abbie Louise Warden, daughter of John Warden, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts,
January 7 1840, She was educated in the public schools. She is a member of the Methodist
church. She married, October 10 1860, Charles H. Carpenter, son of Seba and Melinda
Carpenter. He was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, October 4 1839, and traces his American
ancestry through eight generations to William Carpenter of Rehoboth, 1638. He came to
Worcester when a boy and was educated in the public schools there. He became a clerk in
the fancy dry goods store of Henry O. Clark and of Martin Stowe, who succeeded to the
business. Then he went to work for Josiah H. Clark. In 1882 he became a partner of Mr.
Clark, and in 1896 with two others formed the firm of Johnson, Carpenter & Co., and
has since been connected with this firm.
He belongs to the Methodist denomination and was on the first official board of the Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church when that church was organized in 1870. He was a steward and
trustee of that church from the first until 1899. He was one of the charter members of the
Young Men's Christian Association. He is a life member of the Worcester County
Mechanic's Association and of Montacute Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He is a
member of the Board of Trade. In politics he is a Republican. Children of Charles H. and
Abbie Louisa (Warden) Carpenter are: 1. Miniola Louisa, born July 6, 1865, died June 15
1884, and an adopted daughter named Lillian Gertrude Carpenter, born November 17 1880,
died 1904.