He was the fourth of eleven children born to Nathaniel and Philura (Holcomb) Carpenter. He graduated from Williams College in 1824 and from Berkshire Medical College in 1827. Soon after, he and his brother George purchased a hotel in Troy, New York, and while George operated the hotel, Dr. Carpenter practiced medicine. A few months later the hotel was destroyed by fire, and the insurance coverage was insufficient to cover their losses. He abandoned his medical practice and became a stockholder in The Brattleboro Typograph Company of Vermont, engaged in selling one of their proposed works entitled "The Comprehensive Commentary" which was sold by subscription in advance of its actual publication. In 1836 he came to Rockton and was an original deed holder to lands west of the village, however he returned to the East and continued selling the "Commentary". He was successful in this, but the company who proposed to publish the work failed, and he ended up having little money to show for his efforts. He then returned to Rockton in 1845, and while he resided on a farm with his brother David, he did not do any farming, rather in those years he worked for the American Bible Society in Illinois and Wisconsin. He was a member of the Congregational church for some fifty years and a deacon for nineteen years. He was especially active in the temperance and anti-slavery movements. He died unmarried.
He was the fourth of eleven children born to Nathaniel and Philura (Holcomb) Carpenter. He graduated from Williams College in 1824 and from Berkshire Medical College in 1827. Soon after, he and his brother George purchased a hotel in Troy, New York, and while George operated the hotel, Dr. Carpenter practiced medicine. A few months later the hotel was destroyed by fire, and the insurance coverage was insufficient to cover their losses. He abandoned his medical practice and became a stockholder in The Brattleboro Typograph Company of Vermont, engaged in selling one of their proposed works entitled "The Comprehensive Commentary" which was sold by subscription in advance of its actual publication. In 1836 he came to Rockton and was an original deed holder to lands west of the village, however he returned to the East and continued selling the "Commentary". He was successful in this, but the company who proposed to publish the work failed, and he ended up having little money to show for his efforts. He then returned to Rockton in 1845, and while he resided on a farm with his brother David, he did not do any farming, rather in those years he worked for the American Bible Society in Illinois and Wisconsin. He was a member of the Congregational church for some fifty years and a deacon for nineteen years. He was especially active in the temperance and anti-slavery movements. He died unmarried.
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