Beckwith, H. W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH
Hill, 1881, p.336
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.
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