Mrs. O.H. Carpenter.
The following, from a gentleman in Washington, has been handed us for publication:
You have heard of the death of Mrs. Carpenter, widow of the late Otis H. Carpenter, of Manitowoc. She died at the residence of her only remaining daughter, Mrs. Sherman Platt, on the 27th of March, and was buried by the side of her two daughters, Mary and Hattie, in the Congressional Cemetery.
To all who retain recollections of Mrs. Carpenter during her residence in Manitowoc; of her hospitable and happy home with its unbroken family circle; of her readiness to aid in every good work, charitable or social; of her sympathy and comfort for all those who were in "trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity," the knowledge of her death will come with a weight of sadness and regret.
The those who knew her in her western home, and kept up an unbroken intimacy in Washington, there is a keener and far more realizing sense of grief.
The life of Mrs. Carpenter was a beautiful life; beautiful in its simplicity and the genuineness of her good deeds; beautiful in the discharge of daily duties which she imposed upon herself; beautiful in her love and devotion to her children; and her long illness was a beautiful example of patience and of christian courage; and her death was a beautiful exemplification of faith, and hope, and trust.
She had known for months that her end was not far off, but her approach to it was very gradual. Each day denoted a diminution of her strength, while friends watched beside her and waited for the expected hour that would liberate her spirit that longed for a reunion with the loved ones who had gone before. She was conscious and intelligent to the latest hour,and when strength and speech failed her, she indicated by a single word her desire to have repeated the beautiful hymn-
Jesus, Savior of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly-
and when that was done the glory of the future was revealed to her.
When Hattie died, only three months since, Mrs. Carpenter was a helpless invalid, but the certainty that she would soon rejoin he beloved child sustained her during the intervening hours of waiting and weariness.
She lived to survive her husband and all her children save one. She lived to enjoy the unremitting love and devotion of that one, and to leave a mother's blessing and love as the dearest and most priceless legacy that a child can inherit. And that one true heart has this thought to comfort and sustain her-that there is not an angel added to the Host of Heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here.
Manitowoc Tribune, April 4, 1878 P. 3
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Her husband is in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc WI
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(1860 Manitowoc WI census:
15 33 117 115 O.H. Carpenter 44 M Machinist 7000 1000 Vermont
15 34 117 115 C.B. Carpenter 40 F -- -- -- New York
15 35 117 115 Ione Carpenter 16 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 36 117 115 Emma C. Carpenter 13 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 37 117 115 Mary E. Carpenter 10 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 38 117 115 Harriett Carpenter 5 F -- -- -- Wisconsin)
Biographical information provided by Contributor Shari Milks (49043446) •
The following, from a gentleman in Washington, has been handed us for publication:
You have heard of the death of Mrs. Carpenter, widow of the late Otis H. Carpenter, of Manitowoc. She died at the residence of her only remaining daughter, Mrs. Sherman Platt, on the 27th of March, and was buried by the side of her two daughters, Mary and Hattie, in the Congressional Cemetery.
To all who retain recollections of Mrs. Carpenter during her residence in Manitowoc; of her hospitable and happy home with its unbroken family circle; of her readiness to aid in every good work, charitable or social; of her sympathy and comfort for all those who were in "trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity," the knowledge of her death will come with a weight of sadness and regret.
The those who knew her in her western home, and kept up an unbroken intimacy in Washington, there is a keener and far more realizing sense of grief.
The life of Mrs. Carpenter was a beautiful life; beautiful in its simplicity and the genuineness of her good deeds; beautiful in the discharge of daily duties which she imposed upon herself; beautiful in her love and devotion to her children; and her long illness was a beautiful example of patience and of christian courage; and her death was a beautiful exemplification of faith, and hope, and trust.
She had known for months that her end was not far off, but her approach to it was very gradual. Each day denoted a diminution of her strength, while friends watched beside her and waited for the expected hour that would liberate her spirit that longed for a reunion with the loved ones who had gone before. She was conscious and intelligent to the latest hour,and when strength and speech failed her, she indicated by a single word her desire to have repeated the beautiful hymn-
Jesus, Savior of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly-
and when that was done the glory of the future was revealed to her.
When Hattie died, only three months since, Mrs. Carpenter was a helpless invalid, but the certainty that she would soon rejoin he beloved child sustained her during the intervening hours of waiting and weariness.
She lived to survive her husband and all her children save one. She lived to enjoy the unremitting love and devotion of that one, and to leave a mother's blessing and love as the dearest and most priceless legacy that a child can inherit. And that one true heart has this thought to comfort and sustain her-that there is not an angel added to the Host of Heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here.
Manitowoc Tribune, April 4, 1878 P. 3
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Her husband is in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc WI
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(1860 Manitowoc WI census:
15 33 117 115 O.H. Carpenter 44 M Machinist 7000 1000 Vermont
15 34 117 115 C.B. Carpenter 40 F -- -- -- New York
15 35 117 115 Ione Carpenter 16 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 36 117 115 Emma C. Carpenter 13 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 37 117 115 Mary E. Carpenter 10 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 38 117 115 Harriett Carpenter 5 F -- -- -- Wisconsin)
Biographical information provided by Contributor Shari Milks (49043446) •
Mrs. O.H. Carpenter.
The following, from a gentleman in Washington, has been handed us for publication:
You have heard of the death of Mrs. Carpenter, widow of the late Otis H. Carpenter, of Manitowoc. She died at the residence of her only remaining daughter, Mrs. Sherman Platt, on the 27th of March, and was buried by the side of her two daughters, Mary and Hattie, in the Congressional Cemetery.
To all who retain recollections of Mrs. Carpenter during her residence in Manitowoc; of her hospitable and happy home with its unbroken family circle; of her readiness to aid in every good work, charitable or social; of her sympathy and comfort for all those who were in "trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity," the knowledge of her death will come with a weight of sadness and regret.
The those who knew her in her western home, and kept up an unbroken intimacy in Washington, there is a keener and far more realizing sense of grief.
The life of Mrs. Carpenter was a beautiful life; beautiful in its simplicity and the genuineness of her good deeds; beautiful in the discharge of daily duties which she imposed upon herself; beautiful in her love and devotion to her children; and her long illness was a beautiful example of patience and of christian courage; and her death was a beautiful exemplification of faith, and hope, and trust.
She had known for months that her end was not far off, but her approach to it was very gradual. Each day denoted a diminution of her strength, while friends watched beside her and waited for the expected hour that would liberate her spirit that longed for a reunion with the loved ones who had gone before. She was conscious and intelligent to the latest hour,and when strength and speech failed her, she indicated by a single word her desire to have repeated the beautiful hymn-
Jesus, Savior of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly-
and when that was done the glory of the future was revealed to her.
When Hattie died, only three months since, Mrs. Carpenter was a helpless invalid, but the certainty that she would soon rejoin he beloved child sustained her during the intervening hours of waiting and weariness.
She lived to survive her husband and all her children save one. She lived to enjoy the unremitting love and devotion of that one, and to leave a mother's blessing and love as the dearest and most priceless legacy that a child can inherit. And that one true heart has this thought to comfort and sustain her-that there is not an angel added to the Host of Heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here.
Manitowoc Tribune, April 4, 1878 P. 3
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Her husband is in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc WI
*********
(1860 Manitowoc WI census:
15 33 117 115 O.H. Carpenter 44 M Machinist 7000 1000 Vermont
15 34 117 115 C.B. Carpenter 40 F -- -- -- New York
15 35 117 115 Ione Carpenter 16 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 36 117 115 Emma C. Carpenter 13 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 37 117 115 Mary E. Carpenter 10 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 38 117 115 Harriett Carpenter 5 F -- -- -- Wisconsin)
Biographical information provided by Contributor Shari Milks (49043446) •
The following, from a gentleman in Washington, has been handed us for publication:
You have heard of the death of Mrs. Carpenter, widow of the late Otis H. Carpenter, of Manitowoc. She died at the residence of her only remaining daughter, Mrs. Sherman Platt, on the 27th of March, and was buried by the side of her two daughters, Mary and Hattie, in the Congressional Cemetery.
To all who retain recollections of Mrs. Carpenter during her residence in Manitowoc; of her hospitable and happy home with its unbroken family circle; of her readiness to aid in every good work, charitable or social; of her sympathy and comfort for all those who were in "trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity," the knowledge of her death will come with a weight of sadness and regret.
The those who knew her in her western home, and kept up an unbroken intimacy in Washington, there is a keener and far more realizing sense of grief.
The life of Mrs. Carpenter was a beautiful life; beautiful in its simplicity and the genuineness of her good deeds; beautiful in the discharge of daily duties which she imposed upon herself; beautiful in her love and devotion to her children; and her long illness was a beautiful example of patience and of christian courage; and her death was a beautiful exemplification of faith, and hope, and trust.
She had known for months that her end was not far off, but her approach to it was very gradual. Each day denoted a diminution of her strength, while friends watched beside her and waited for the expected hour that would liberate her spirit that longed for a reunion with the loved ones who had gone before. She was conscious and intelligent to the latest hour,and when strength and speech failed her, she indicated by a single word her desire to have repeated the beautiful hymn-
Jesus, Savior of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly-
and when that was done the glory of the future was revealed to her.
When Hattie died, only three months since, Mrs. Carpenter was a helpless invalid, but the certainty that she would soon rejoin he beloved child sustained her during the intervening hours of waiting and weariness.
She lived to survive her husband and all her children save one. She lived to enjoy the unremitting love and devotion of that one, and to leave a mother's blessing and love as the dearest and most priceless legacy that a child can inherit. And that one true heart has this thought to comfort and sustain her-that there is not an angel added to the Host of Heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here.
Manitowoc Tribune, April 4, 1878 P. 3
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Her husband is in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc WI
*********
(1860 Manitowoc WI census:
15 33 117 115 O.H. Carpenter 44 M Machinist 7000 1000 Vermont
15 34 117 115 C.B. Carpenter 40 F -- -- -- New York
15 35 117 115 Ione Carpenter 16 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 36 117 115 Emma C. Carpenter 13 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 37 117 115 Mary E. Carpenter 10 F -- -- -- Ohio
15 38 117 115 Harriett Carpenter 5 F -- -- -- Wisconsin)
Biographical information provided by Contributor Shari Milks (49043446) •
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