Two Deaths

Mrs. Persia C. French, a former resident of this community, died last week at the age of 63 years and was buried on Sunday.

Wm. Carpenter, an old soldier, aged 65, died on Friday and was buried in the New England Cemetery on Sunday.

The Tribune has been unable to get any particulars of either of these deaths.

#2 Printed in The Enterprise, February 14, 1913

(veteran)

Mr. Carpenter, whose death was noted in last week’s Enterprise, had a warm friend and admirer in S. F. Anderson. They were intimate friends for many years and Mr. Anderson accords the deceased many virtues.

He says that his old friend was a direct descendant, on his mother’s side, of the Marsh family who came over in the Mayflower; that he had in his possession during his life documents signed by the historical Governor Bradford and that he always kept these document and his discharge papers from his service in the Civil War in a package together.

He served three years in the infantry service and enlisted in the navy and served till the close of the war.

While in the service he was quite severely wounded but could never be persuaded to make application for a pension, though he was justly entitled to one and could have procured it for the asking.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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