Family
Carpenter was born to Asaph Harmon and Almira Clark (1801-1885). He was one of nine children.
On January 6, 1853 Francis married Augusta Herrick Prentiss (1831-1926). Francis and Augusta had the following children:
- Florence Trumbell Carpenter was born on March 10, 1854 in Homer, Cortland, NY. She died on December 30, 1899. She is number 6550 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Florence married Albert Chester Ives on May 12, 1877 in New York. Albert was born about 1854 in Buffalo, NY.
- Herbert Sanford Carpenter was born on May 22, 1862 in Homer, Cortland, NY. He is number 6551 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Family on page 654 (# 1478). Herbert married Cora Anderson on February 13, 1894 in NY. Cora was born on April 3, 1860(3) in of Louisville, KY. She died in 1923 and was buried in Glenwood Cem., Homer, Cortland, NY. Her tombstone indicates she was born in 1860 in the Carpenter Memorial gives 1863.
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