Riley Carpenter
Riley Carpenter was born on August 12, 1821, in Brattleboro, Vermont, to Abner and Nancy Carpenter. He eventually moved to Richmond, Pennsylvania, and married Lovicy Pratt. They had at least eight children: James, born around 1849; Emma, born around 1851; Eva, born around 1853; Lydia, born around 1855; Martin, born around 1858; Lilly, born around 1859; Riley, born around 1862; and Harriet, born around 1868. He worked as a farmer, and by 1860, he owned $3,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 30, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company C of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He mustered out on June 23, 1865.
 
Carpenter returned to Richmond after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $6,000 of real estate and $1,820 of personal property. He applied for a federal pension in July 1890, suffering from rheumatism and chronic diarrhea. He remained in Richmond for the rest of his life, and he died there on July 21, 1910, after fracturing his femur in a fall.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1326)Carpenter, Riley1821-08-121910-07-21
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 27

  • (5154) [recipient] ~ Lovicy Carpenter to Riley Carpenter, 3 May 1863
  • (5159) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 6 February 1865
  • (5160) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Unknown, 7 February 1863
  • (5161) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 18 September 1862
  • (5162) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Unknown, 2 October 1862
  • (5163) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 3 August 1863
  • (5164) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 21 September 1864
  • (5165) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to James E. Carpenter and Lovicy Carpenter, 3 October 1864
  • (5166) [recipient] ~ Lovicy Carpenter to Riley Carpenter, 9 August 1863
  • (5167) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter, 15 August 1863
  • (5168) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Friend, 20 September 1863
  • (5169) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 21 September 1863
  • (5170) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 16 October 1863
  • (5171) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter, 1863
  • (5172) [recipient] ~ Lovicy Carpenter to Riley Carpenter, 17 June 1862
  • (5173) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter and Lillian Carpenter, 24 June 1862
  • (5174) [recipient] ~ Lovicy Carpenter to Riley Carpenter, undated
  • (5175) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter, undated
  • (5176) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 7 November 1863
  • (5177) [recipient] ~ Lovicy Carpenter to Riley Carpenter, 29 July 1863
  • (5178) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter, 1863
  • (5179) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 26 August 1864
  • (5180) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 13 November 1864
  • (5181) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 7 June 1862
  • (5182) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 29 May 1863
  • (5183) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter, 11 March 1863
  • (5184) [writer] ~ Riley Carpenter to Lovicy Carpenter et al., 14 August 1863

People - Records: 7

  • (1326) Carpenter, Riley is the [aunt/uncle of] (1332) Mott, Beecher
  • (1327) Carpenter, Lydia is the [child of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley
  • (1329) Carpenter, Lillian is the [child of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley
  • (1330) Carpenter, Eva is the [child of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley
  • (1331) Carpenter, Lovicy is the [wife of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley
  • (1333) Pratt, Martin H. is the [sibling-in-law of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley
  • (1334) Carpenter, James E. is the [child of] (1326) Carpenter, Riley

Places - Records: 2

  • (77) [birth] ~ Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
  • (1156) [death] ~ Richmond, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (439) [enlisted] [C] ~ 150th Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com.