. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. arid nation, likeother branches, with many prominentmembers of the medical profession,among whom may be numbered theeminent Dr. Henry Carpenter, physi-cian of President Buchanan and DR. HENRY CARPENTER Thaddeus Stevens: another descdaut was the founder of the LancasMedical Society, and still aithe distinguished educator Thomas , the Father oi the Penn-sylvania School Sys; Daniel Carpenter, bom in 1716,(fifth soil an


. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. arid nation, likeother branches, with many prominentmembers of the medical profession,among whom may be numbered theeminent Dr. Henry Carpenter, physi-cian of President Buchanan and DR. HENRY CARPENTER Thaddeus Stevens: another descdaut was the founder of the LancasMedical Society, and still aithe distinguished educator Thomas , the Father oi the Penn-sylvania School Sys; Daniel Carpenter, bom in 1716,(fifth soil and sixth child oithe pioneer settler,) marriedlena Forney, and pure . -the pioneer Franciscus near LamSquare; Daniel erected there a - 74 THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN stantial dwelling about 1750. The lo-cality carries the tradition that Eran-ciscus life was preserved at thatplace by the timely arrival of hisdaughter who killed a wolf which hadferociously attacked and almost over-come her father. Daniel was identi-fied with the colonial militia, and par-ticularlv with the expedition of Col-onel Boquet on the latters march toFort Pitt, and the affair at BushyRun in 1763. Daniel Carpenter died intestate in1827. and his children were: 1. Mary,2. Christian, 3. Susannah. 4. Salome,5. Daniel, 6. Elizabeth, 7. John, and8. Benjamin. 1. Mary Carpenter marri


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