dau of William Henry Bennett / Mary Ann Wood
Union Colony Pioneer
married LeRoy Swanstedt "Roy" Carpenter
They had 3 children - Martha gave birth to each of her sons in the same 5 room house that LeRoy and his father built a mile north of Greeley.
Alfred Bennett 6 Mar 1873
*Delphus "Delph" Emory" 13 May 1877
Fred George 15 Aug 1881
*Find a Grave Declined to update/link
Contributed by: BluMoKitty
The Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, Iowa, November 20, 1930
PIONEER CEDAR CO. WOMAN DIES IN WEST
Mrs. Martha Carpenter, wife of Roy Carpenter, passed away last Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at the hospital in Greeley, Colorado, where she had been taken the preceding Monday with a serious attack of double pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at the Methodist church, with interment at Linn Grove.
Her husband, Roy Carpenter, was a son of Daniel Carpenter, who settled in Cedar county, Iowa, about 1850-probably a year or two earlier, on the farm now owned by Alfred F. Reeder. Mr. Carpenter lived, as all the pioneers, in a log hut, and one winter back in the '50's fourteen people found shelter in his hut. He moved to Greeley before there was a railroad to Tipton, going by team to Mechanicsville, and from there by rail as far as railroads extended. Roy, Silas and Mattie, his children, accompanied him. Their neighbors with their teams moved the family and household goods to Mechanicsville in '71 or '72. Martha Bennett was the wife of LeRoy (Roy to old time neighbors) and they settled in the irrigated district and prospered raising famous potatoes and sugar beets. Mrs. Carpenter made occasional visits to her people in the East and stopped to visit here. She was in many respects a remarkable woman, of pleasing personality, was intellectual and refined.
Mrs. Carpenter has made her home with Mrs. Fred L. Reeder for the past several months. Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, she awoke with a chill. At noon she was removed to a hospital, and on Nov. 13th she passed away.
She spent her life helping others-a noble woman.
An account in the Greeley, Colo., newspaper, sent by Mr. Reeder to the Advertiser, says: Mrs. Carpenter has been a resident of this community since June, 1872, coming here as the bride of Leroy S. Carpenter. She was born April 19th, 1854, in Brownsville, Pa., moving to Clinton, Ia. in 1855 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bennett. Here she married April 25, 1872, coming later to Greeley with her husband, who had joined the Union Colony in 1871, selected his homestead, filed on the land and built the five-room frame house which was to be their home for 55 years.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by three sons, Delph Carpenter of Greeley, Alfred B. of Platteville, and Fred G. of Gill; and by a sister Mrs. Marshall Fox, of Odebolt, Iowa.
Union Colony Pioneer
married LeRoy Swanstedt "Roy" Carpenter
They had 3 children - Martha gave birth to each of her sons in the same 5 room house that LeRoy and his father built a mile north of Greeley.
Alfred Bennett 6 Mar 1873
*Delphus "Delph" Emory" 13 May 1877
Fred George 15 Aug 1881
*Find a Grave Declined to update/link
Contributed by: BluMoKitty
The Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, Iowa, November 20, 1930
PIONEER CEDAR CO. WOMAN DIES IN WEST
Mrs. Martha Carpenter, wife of Roy Carpenter, passed away last Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at the hospital in Greeley, Colorado, where she had been taken the preceding Monday with a serious attack of double pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at the Methodist church, with interment at Linn Grove.
Her husband, Roy Carpenter, was a son of Daniel Carpenter, who settled in Cedar county, Iowa, about 1850-probably a year or two earlier, on the farm now owned by Alfred F. Reeder. Mr. Carpenter lived, as all the pioneers, in a log hut, and one winter back in the '50's fourteen people found shelter in his hut. He moved to Greeley before there was a railroad to Tipton, going by team to Mechanicsville, and from there by rail as far as railroads extended. Roy, Silas and Mattie, his children, accompanied him. Their neighbors with their teams moved the family and household goods to Mechanicsville in '71 or '72. Martha Bennett was the wife of LeRoy (Roy to old time neighbors) and they settled in the irrigated district and prospered raising famous potatoes and sugar beets. Mrs. Carpenter made occasional visits to her people in the East and stopped to visit here. She was in many respects a remarkable woman, of pleasing personality, was intellectual and refined.
Mrs. Carpenter has made her home with Mrs. Fred L. Reeder for the past several months. Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, she awoke with a chill. At noon she was removed to a hospital, and on Nov. 13th she passed away.
She spent her life helping others-a noble woman.
An account in the Greeley, Colo., newspaper, sent by Mr. Reeder to the Advertiser, says: Mrs. Carpenter has been a resident of this community since June, 1872, coming here as the bride of Leroy S. Carpenter. She was born April 19th, 1854, in Brownsville, Pa., moving to Clinton, Ia. in 1855 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bennett. Here she married April 25, 1872, coming later to Greeley with her husband, who had joined the Union Colony in 1871, selected his homestead, filed on the land and built the five-room frame house which was to be their home for 55 years.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by three sons, Delph Carpenter of Greeley, Alfred B. of Platteville, and Fred G. of Gill; and by a sister Mrs. Marshall Fox, of Odebolt, Iowa.
dau of William Henry Bennett / Mary Ann Wood
Union Colony Pioneer
married LeRoy Swanstedt "Roy" Carpenter
They had 3 children - Martha gave birth to each of her sons in the same 5 room house that LeRoy and his father built a mile north of Greeley.
Alfred Bennett 6 Mar 1873
*Delphus "Delph" Emory" 13 May 1877
Fred George 15 Aug 1881
*Find a Grave Declined to update/link
Contributed by: BluMoKitty
The Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, Iowa, November 20, 1930
PIONEER CEDAR CO. WOMAN DIES IN WEST
Mrs. Martha Carpenter, wife of Roy Carpenter, passed away last Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at the hospital in Greeley, Colorado, where she had been taken the preceding Monday with a serious attack of double pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at the Methodist church, with interment at Linn Grove.
Her husband, Roy Carpenter, was a son of Daniel Carpenter, who settled in Cedar county, Iowa, about 1850-probably a year or two earlier, on the farm now owned by Alfred F. Reeder. Mr. Carpenter lived, as all the pioneers, in a log hut, and one winter back in the '50's fourteen people found shelter in his hut. He moved to Greeley before there was a railroad to Tipton, going by team to Mechanicsville, and from there by rail as far as railroads extended. Roy, Silas and Mattie, his children, accompanied him. Their neighbors with their teams moved the family and household goods to Mechanicsville in '71 or '72. Martha Bennett was the wife of LeRoy (Roy to old time neighbors) and they settled in the irrigated district and prospered raising famous potatoes and sugar beets. Mrs. Carpenter made occasional visits to her people in the East and stopped to visit here. She was in many respects a remarkable woman, of pleasing personality, was intellectual and refined.
Mrs. Carpenter has made her home with Mrs. Fred L. Reeder for the past several months. Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, she awoke with a chill. At noon she was removed to a hospital, and on Nov. 13th she passed away.
She spent her life helping others-a noble woman.
An account in the Greeley, Colo., newspaper, sent by Mr. Reeder to the Advertiser, says: Mrs. Carpenter has been a resident of this community since June, 1872, coming here as the bride of Leroy S. Carpenter. She was born April 19th, 1854, in Brownsville, Pa., moving to Clinton, Ia. in 1855 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bennett. Here she married April 25, 1872, coming later to Greeley with her husband, who had joined the Union Colony in 1871, selected his homestead, filed on the land and built the five-room frame house which was to be their home for 55 years.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by three sons, Delph Carpenter of Greeley, Alfred B. of Platteville, and Fred G. of Gill; and by a sister Mrs. Marshall Fox, of Odebolt, Iowa.
Union Colony Pioneer
married LeRoy Swanstedt "Roy" Carpenter
They had 3 children - Martha gave birth to each of her sons in the same 5 room house that LeRoy and his father built a mile north of Greeley.
Alfred Bennett 6 Mar 1873
*Delphus "Delph" Emory" 13 May 1877
Fred George 15 Aug 1881
*Find a Grave Declined to update/link
Contributed by: BluMoKitty
The Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, Iowa, November 20, 1930
PIONEER CEDAR CO. WOMAN DIES IN WEST
Mrs. Martha Carpenter, wife of Roy Carpenter, passed away last Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at the hospital in Greeley, Colorado, where she had been taken the preceding Monday with a serious attack of double pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at the Methodist church, with interment at Linn Grove.
Her husband, Roy Carpenter, was a son of Daniel Carpenter, who settled in Cedar county, Iowa, about 1850-probably a year or two earlier, on the farm now owned by Alfred F. Reeder. Mr. Carpenter lived, as all the pioneers, in a log hut, and one winter back in the '50's fourteen people found shelter in his hut. He moved to Greeley before there was a railroad to Tipton, going by team to Mechanicsville, and from there by rail as far as railroads extended. Roy, Silas and Mattie, his children, accompanied him. Their neighbors with their teams moved the family and household goods to Mechanicsville in '71 or '72. Martha Bennett was the wife of LeRoy (Roy to old time neighbors) and they settled in the irrigated district and prospered raising famous potatoes and sugar beets. Mrs. Carpenter made occasional visits to her people in the East and stopped to visit here. She was in many respects a remarkable woman, of pleasing personality, was intellectual and refined.
Mrs. Carpenter has made her home with Mrs. Fred L. Reeder for the past several months. Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, she awoke with a chill. At noon she was removed to a hospital, and on Nov. 13th she passed away.
She spent her life helping others-a noble woman.
An account in the Greeley, Colo., newspaper, sent by Mr. Reeder to the Advertiser, says: Mrs. Carpenter has been a resident of this community since June, 1872, coming here as the bride of Leroy S. Carpenter. She was born April 19th, 1854, in Brownsville, Pa., moving to Clinton, Ia. in 1855 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bennett. Here she married April 25, 1872, coming later to Greeley with her husband, who had joined the Union Colony in 1871, selected his homestead, filed on the land and built the five-room frame house which was to be their home for 55 years.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by three sons, Delph Carpenter of Greeley, Alfred B. of Platteville, and Fred G. of Gill; and by a sister Mrs. Marshall Fox, of Odebolt, Iowa.
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