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Vol. II Perry Francis Powers, Lewis Publishing Co., - 1912 [723-725] WARREN D. CARPENTER. - A business man of prominence and influence at Harbor Springs, Michigan, is WARREN D. CARPENTER, who is here most successfully engaged in the boot and shoe business. MR. CARPENTER was born in McKean county, Pennsylvania, on the 25th of January, 1868, and he is a son of DANIEL F. and CLARA C. (RICE) CARPENTER, both of whom were born in the state of New York, the former in 1834 and the latter in 1831. The father was summoned to the life eternal in 1909, at the venerable age of seventy-five years,and the mother passed away the same year at the age of seventy-one years. Of the eight children born to MR. and MRS. DANIEL F. CARPENTER, WARREN D. was the fifth in order of birth and seven are living, in 1911. DANIEL F. CARPENTER removed from his native place in the old Empire state of the Union to McKean county, Pennsylvania, as a young man and there he engaged in the grocery business. In 1874 he decided to try his fortunes further west and in that year came to Michigan, locating first on a farm some sixteen miles north of Grand Rapids. At that early day the country about Grand Rapids was virgin wilderness but with the passage of time MR. CARPENTER succeeded in literally hewing a farm for himself out of the wilds. In 1878 he became one of the pioneers at what was then called Little Traverse but which is now known as Harbor Springs. He immediately engaged in farming in Emmet county and he passed his declining years at Harbor Springs. At the time of his demise, in 1909, he was the owner of farming property amounting to forty acres. In politics he was originally a Whig but at the time of the organization of the Repub- lican party, in 1858, under the Oaks, in Jackson county, this state, he transferred his allegiance thereto. He was never active in politics but he was ever ready to do all in his power to advance progress and improvement in this section of the state. He and his wife were devout members of the Methodist church, in whose faith they reared their children and to whose good works they were liberal contributors of their time and means. They were citizens of sterling integrity and worth and as a result of their hospitality and innate kindliness of spirit they commanded the confidence and esteem of all with whom they came in contact. WARREN D. CARPENTER was a child of but six years of age at the time of his parents' removal from Pennsylvania to Michigan and he was ten years of age at the time of the establishment of the family home at Harbor Springs. In the public schools of this place he received his early educational discipline, the same consisting of such study as he had time for during the winter sessions. During the busy seasons he was associated with his father and brothers in the work and management of the old homestead farm, in connection with which he waxed strong of mind and body. He later pursued a commercial course in Parsons' Business College, at Kalamazoo, Michigan. He launched out in the business world in 1898, first engaging in the dairy business at Harbor Springs. In 1905 he disposed of his dairy and took a trip to Colorado on account of failing health, traveling for a period of two years. For a time after his return to Harbor Springs he was engaged in clerking in a store but in the latter part of 1907 he again decided to go into business on his own account. In that year, then, he opened up a splendidly equipped establishment, in which he makes a specialty of boots and shoes. His concern has grown in proportions since 1907 and it is now recognized as one of the most up-to-date booteries in northern Michigan, his patronage including some of the most fastidious trade at Harbor Springs and the surrounding country. He is a business man of unusual ability and most tremenduous vitality and solely through his own efforts he has succeeded in building up a fine place for himself in the business world of this section of the state. In politics MR. CARPENTER is an uncompromising advocate of the princi- ples and policies promulgated by the Republican party. He has never given a great deal of attention to local politics, not being an office seeker, but he has served with the utmost efficiency as village treasurer, in discharging the duties of which important office he acquitted himself with all of honor and distinction. In the time-honored Masonic order, he is affiliated with Harbor Springs Lodge, No. 378, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a valued and appreciative member of Harbor Springs Lodge, No. 198, Knights of Pythias, in which he has been keeper of records and seals for the past two years. In religious faith MRS. CARPENTER is connected with the Presbyterian church at Harbor Springs. At Harbor Springs, Michigan, on the 26th of October, 1900, MR. CARPENTER was united in marriage to MISS AMELIA THERRY, who was born at Lowell, Michigan, in the year 1871, and who is a daughter of NICHOLAS and LOUSIA (SMITH) THERRY. MR. THERRY was born in Luxemburg, Germany, whence he emigrated to the United States about the year 1853, proceeding directly to Michigan. As a youth he learned the shoemaker's trade and during the early years of his active career was identified with that line of enter- prise. Later he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and he is now engaged in farming operations in Charlevoix county, this state. Of the four children born to MR. and MRS. THERRY MRS. CARPENTER was the second in order of birth. She was reared and educated in Michigan and she is a woman of most gracious personality, being deeply beloved by all who have come within the sphere of her gentle influence. MR. and MRS. CARPENTER became the parents of two children, - EDITH, who is now a pupil in the public school at Harbor Springs; and ELOISE, who died in infancy. ================================================================================ If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ================================================================================