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Carpenter, Benjamin

patriot, was born in 1726 in Rehoboth, Mass. He was one of the founders of the town of Guilford in 1770, and served during the revolutionary war as a field officer. Later he was a member of the first constitutional convention of Vermont and also a member of the council. In 1778 he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state, and afterward became one of the council of censors. He died March 29, 1823, in Guilford, Vt.

CARPENTER, CHARLES KETCHUM, farmer, state legislator, governor, author, was born Jan. 23, 1826, in Hornellsville, N. Y. He settled in Michigan in 1837.

In 1858 he was elected to the lower branch of the legislature. In 1874 he was nominated as governor by the prohibition party in Michigan; and in 1876 was again nominated for the same office on the first greenback ticket. He was the author of several works. He died Aug. 19, 1884, in Orion, Mich.