Sumner Carpenter was born in 1824, married Clarissa daughter of Joseph
Stickney in 1849, and thier two sons are A. B. Carpenter of Fairfax and J.S.
Carpenter of Morristown.
The Children of Sumner and Hulda (Goodrich) Carpenter were : Oliver G.
,Ella M. of Lynn, Massachusetts;
Effie A. of Cambridge, Elsie D. of Westford, and Olney S. of Fletcher.
Sumner moved to the present farm, two miles from Cambridge, in 1867, and
his aged parents resided with him. By his death in 1877, the town of
Fletcher lost a prominent and esteemed Citizen.
The Carpenter Farm of 164 acres is one of the most productively and
desiresable in the county The majestic form of Mt. Mansfield, with a beautiful
foreground of the village, meadow and forest farms, is a scenic picture of
Surpassing beauty. Mr Carpenter erected his commodious barns , including two
silos, in 1894. The main barn is 46 X 100 feet, with gable driveway, and
deep bays and the ell is 30 X 40. The barns contain 70 head of cattle,
including 40 as fine grade Jersey and thoroughbred cows as the county
contains. In 1904 40 cows averaged 325 pounds of butter, which sold at 21.89 cents
per pound, brining $70.14 per cow. In 1905 39 cows averaged 295 pounds
each, which at 241/2 cents per pound, brought the owner $72.27 per cow. This
is successful farming.The farm also contains a fine sugar place of 1,000
trees, with modern equipment.
SOURCE:
Successful,Vermonters of Lamoille,Franklin,and Grand Isle Counties
By William H Jefferies
of the Vermont Historic Society
The Historical Publishing Co. East Burke,Vermont
1907
pages 186 - 187