Adolphus CARPENTER
Martha MANLEY


Husband:  Adolphus CARPENTER
Birth:  21 Jan 1815, Chatham Twp., Tioga Co., Pennsylvania 
Death:  14 Nov 1868, Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial:
Father:  Abijah CARPENTER
Mother:  Susannah JAY

Marriage:    4 Nov 1846, Boone Co., Illinois

Wife:  Martha MANLEY
Birth:  1829, New York 
Death:  1901, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Burial:  
Father:   
Mother:   

Children:
1. Harriet E. CARPENTER, b: 12 May 1848, Caledonia Twp., Boone Co., Illinois
2. Myron Jay CARPENTER, b: 12 Apr 1850, Caledonia Twp., Boone Co., Illinois
3. Mercy Ann CARPENTER, b: Feb 1852, Caledonia Twp., Boone Co., Illinois
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Notes:

1850 Federal Census Data (M432_0098, Page 60), Caledonia Twp., Boone Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                         Enumeration Date: 3-Oct-1850, Family #70

 NAME

Age

Sex

 Occupation
or Trade

Real Estate

POB

In Sch.

Marr.
W/I Yr.

D, D, B, I,  I, P, or C

 CARPETER, Adolphus

31

M

 Farmer

$450

PA

 

 

 

                      Martha

21

F

 

 

NY

 

 

 

                      Harriet

2

M

  

 

IL

 

 

 

                      Myron

6m

M

 

 

IL

 

 

 

1860 Federal Census Data (M653_0157, Page 579), Caledonia Twp., Boone Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                           Enumeration Date: 7-Aug-1860, Family #1678

NAME

Age

Sex

Col.

Occupation
Or Trade

Real Estate

Pers. Estate

POB

In Sch.

Marr
W/InYr

D, D, B, I,  I, P, C

 CARPENTER, Adolphus

42

M

W

 Laborer

---

---

PA

 

 

 

                      Martha

31

F

W

 

 

 

NY

 

 

 

                      Harriett

12

F

W

 

 

 

IL

 

 

 

                      Myron

10

M

W

 

 

 

IL

 

 

 

                      Mercy

8

F

W

  

 

 

IL

 

 

 

By 1870, Adolphus had died and Martha was living with their daughter Mercy and her family.
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Sources:
1) Marriage:  Boone County Illinois Vital Statistics - Marriages, Vol. A
2) Death - Wife:  Essex County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 516, Page542