Person:Benjamin Carpenter (34)

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Benjamin Owen Carpenter, M.D.
b.Abt 1801 Pennsylvania, United States
d.Abt 1845 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
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  • H.  Benjamin Owen Carpenter, M.D.Abt 1801 - Abt 1845
  • W.  Matilda SylvesterAbt 1804 -
m. 10 Oct 1822
  1. Elizabeth J Carpenter1827 - 1912
  2. Mary A Carpenter1835 - 1881
  3. James Walling Carpenter1835 - 1895
  4. Harriett V Carpenter1836 - 1918
  5. Benjamin Owen CarpenterAbt 1840 - 1883
  6. John S CarpenterAbt 1841 -
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Name[2] Benjamin Owen Carpenter, M.D.
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1801 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 10 Oct 1822 Franklin, Ohio, United Statesperformed by Jacob Smith
to Matilda Sylvester
Death[2] Abt 1845 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
References
  1.   A Standard history of Ross County, Ohio: an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1917)
    360.

    ... His successor was Dr. Benjamin O. Carpenter, who took possession of the office and paper April 23, 1834, issuing the paper under his own name and that of W.C. Howells, who was designated as "Printer." Doctor Carpenter had been described as "a man of considerable mind, but a wonderfully gassy fellow, and apparently of a rather wild and flighty disposition." On taking charge of the paper he announced in his salutatory that, "wishing the name to correspond with the character," he "had taken the liberty to add, 'and Independent Whig,' to the venerable cognomen The Scioto Gazette."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross County Genealogical Society (Ohio), and Henry Holcomb Bennett. State centennial history of the County of Ross (Ohio): a limited reprint of the 1902 edition, Henry Holcomb Bennett, editor ; plus a new name index and lists of soldiers & organizations compiled by Ross County Genealogical Society. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, 1981)
    204.

    ... Dr. Benjamin Owen Carpenter was in the practice at Bainbridge for several years prior to 1834, when he removed to Chillicothe and became the editor and proprietor of the Scioto Gazette. A year later he resumed the duties of his profession. He was president of the Ross county medical society and of the Scioto Valley medical association and one of the leading physicians of the county. He died in the time of the Harrison-Tyler administration.

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