History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . g the RevolutionaryWar. His son James, theseventh in descent, wasborn January 3, wife was Eliza-beth Totten. He resid-ed for many years onthe place where his sonZopher, afterward lived,but spent the last of hislife at the place whichwas formerly the site of Jesse Bradys tavern, and till lately owned by hisgrandson, Azariah Carpenter. The next in the direct line is Zopher, who was bornin New Castle, August 5, 1805, and has lived in thattown for the
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . g the RevolutionaryWar. His son James, theseventh in descent, wasborn January 3, wife was Eliza-beth Totten. He resid-ed for many years onthe place where his sonZopher, afterward lived,but spent the last of hislife at the place whichwas formerly the site of Jesse Bradys tavern, and till lately owned by hisgrandson, Azariah Carpenter. The next in the direct line is Zopher, who was bornin New Castle, August 5, 1805, and has lived in thattown for the greater part of his life. For severalyears past he has resided just across the line in thetown of Bedford, in the village of Mount Kisco. Hewas several times supervisor of New Castle. He hasbeen an energetic and successful business man, andat his present age, though retired from business, isactive and capable. His wife, who is also living, wasPhebe Marshall, daughter of James Marshall, whosefamily were old residents in this vicinity. Their eldest son, Francis Marshall Carpenter, wasborn in New Castle, July 10, 1834. A year later his. F. M. ( A I! IEXTKK. parents removed to the farm on the Sing Sing road,which was their home for many years, and which hadbeen also the home of his grandfather. There hespent his boyhood. His early education was obtainedat the district schools, and later at Union Academy,in Bedford, under the direction of Alex. G. the age of nineteen he engaged as clerk in a gen-eral store at Mount Kisco, in which he became part-ner the next year, in company with John T. Carpen-ter and H. Young, under the firm-name of Carpenter,Young & Co. After a time he continued the busi-ness alone, and later, in partnership with his brother,under the title of F. M. & J. T. Carpenter. Abandon- .ing the store* in 1862, he bought the farm where hewas brought up, and was a farmer till 1873, when he sold the place. Since1874 he has been engag-ed in the coal trade inNew Yo
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