Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — AGED QUAKER PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

AGED QUAKER PASSES AWAY

Notable Figure, Nearly 100 Years Old, Dies at Richmond. Richmond, Ind., Sept 2. —Walter T. Carpenter, nearly 100 years old, is dead. He formerly was superintendent of Earlham college and was well known among American Friends. His official connection with Earlham college covered a period of thirty-five years. Mr. Carpenter also had charge for a time of work among the freedmen, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn., and later at Helena and Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Carpenter died a Tew months ago. she being her husband’s junior by a year and their married life having covered a period of nearly sev-enty-five years.