Biography

09/05/1758 - 03/04/1815

Abraham Carpenter (Federalist4) Lancaster County 1798-1802

Early Life:

Abraham Carpenter, born September 5, 1758, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of John W. and Mary Ferree Carpenter; Revolutionary War veteran; practiced medicine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the only surgeon of his day to successfully perform an operation to remove stones in the bladder; practiced law; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1790-1794; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1795-1798; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate 1799-1802; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1802; built, Spring Valley Sawmill, Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; appointed, commissioners, Lancaster Trading Company, which later became, Lancaster Bank, 1814; married, Salome Smith, children, Susannah Carpenter, Salome VH Carpenter, Daniel Carpenter, Harriet Carpenter, Henry A. Carpenter, John Smith Carpenter, Matilda Carpenter, Mary Carpenter; died, March 4, 1815 (aged 56), Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Carpenters Graveyard, Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1790-1794. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1795-1798. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Lancaster County, 1798-1802.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Lancaster County, 1802; defeated by John Steele.  

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Legacy:

In Memory of Abraham Carpenter Esquire who Departed this Life March 4th 1815 Born 5th of September 1758 Aged 57 years 5 Months and 29 Days.

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Abraham Carpenter (1758-1815) - Find a Grave Memorial