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E. P. Carpenter

Stockbroker/Railroad

Centurion, 1876–1886

Full Name Edward P. Carpenter

Born c. 1836 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 25 December 1886 in Poughkeepsie, New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by Mr. H. Scudder (may refer to Henry J. Scudder or Hewlett Scudder) and Francis H. Weeks

Elected 5 November 1876 at about age forty

Century Memorial

Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.

These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.

Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports