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Alexander Hamilton Carpenter

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Alexander Hamilton Carpenter

Birth
Chestertown, Warren County, New York, USA
Death
2 Jan 1909 (aged 74)
Oroville, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Plot
Sec 4,A Lot 167 sp 1
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Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, January 5, 1909, pg 7 col 5: Passing of Pioneer Alex Carpenter in Oroville. Alex Carpenter, a pioneer of the fifties and a well known resident of this county, died Saturday at his home in this city. Had he lived, Mr. Carpenter would have been 78 years of age on the thirteenth of this month. Death was due to the infirmities of old age.

Mr. Carpenter was born in Chester, Warren county, New York, and came to California with the gold-seekers in the early fifties. He lived for some time in Grass Valley and Nevada City, but finally settled in this county, locating in this city. He was married in Cherokee in 1870.

In the fall of 1891 he removed to Oroville.

Besides the widow, three sons – F.P. Carpenter of San Diego, Joseph Carpenter of Dulzura, and Ralph Carpenter of Oroville – and one daughter, Miss Margaret Carpenter of Oroville survive the deceased.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1 o’clock from the family residence in Oroville. The interment will be in the Chico cemetery, the funeral leaving Oroville on the 2:15 car.
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Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, January 6, 1909, pg 4 col 5: Carpenter Funeral. The funeral of the late Alexander Carpenter, pioneer of Butte County, well known in Chico, was held yesterday afternoon. The body arrived in Chico from Oroville shortly after 3 o’clock yesterday over the Northern Electric and the funeral cortege was formed from the Northern Electric depot.
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75-year-old Alexander H. Carpenter was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on January 5, 1909.
Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, January 5, 1909, pg 7 col 5: Passing of Pioneer Alex Carpenter in Oroville. Alex Carpenter, a pioneer of the fifties and a well known resident of this county, died Saturday at his home in this city. Had he lived, Mr. Carpenter would have been 78 years of age on the thirteenth of this month. Death was due to the infirmities of old age.

Mr. Carpenter was born in Chester, Warren county, New York, and came to California with the gold-seekers in the early fifties. He lived for some time in Grass Valley and Nevada City, but finally settled in this county, locating in this city. He was married in Cherokee in 1870.

In the fall of 1891 he removed to Oroville.

Besides the widow, three sons – F.P. Carpenter of San Diego, Joseph Carpenter of Dulzura, and Ralph Carpenter of Oroville – and one daughter, Miss Margaret Carpenter of Oroville survive the deceased.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1 o’clock from the family residence in Oroville. The interment will be in the Chico cemetery, the funeral leaving Oroville on the 2:15 car.
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Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, January 6, 1909, pg 4 col 5: Carpenter Funeral. The funeral of the late Alexander Carpenter, pioneer of Butte County, well known in Chico, was held yesterday afternoon. The body arrived in Chico from Oroville shortly after 3 o’clock yesterday over the Northern Electric and the funeral cortege was formed from the Northern Electric depot.
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75-year-old Alexander H. Carpenter was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on January 5, 1909.

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