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The History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, 1919: . Charles Carpenter was among the pioneer settlers of
this township, arriving here as early as [1854]. The principal occupations at that time were farming,
lumbering and river navigation, and of these he chose the first mentioned, securing a tract of land which
he subsequently improved into a good farm. The early years were full of hard labor, for there was
pioneer work to be done in clearing the land and breaking the soil, in addition to its subsequent
cultivation. For years the Indians were the principal neighbors and frequent visitors, usually calling
without the formality of an invitation, and although they were not always welcome, Mr. Carpenter had
the prudence to treat them in a friendly way. He served as chairman of the town board and was locally
prominent in other ways. As a member of the school board of his district he aided in providing such
educational facilities for the younger generation as were then possible, and his public service in
whatever capacity was marked by an earnest and progressive spirit. In short, he was one of the men who
laid the foundation of Stockholm township's present prosperity. His death occurred Sept. 27, 1882. His
wife is still living at Plainview, Minn.
Greive-Haslach Family Tree - Charles Carr Carpenter is my great-grandfather
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Charles Carr Carpenter
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History of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin; 1891-1892
Charles Carr Carpenter (deceased) was born in Newburgh, NY, April 26, 1827, and died in Stockholm,
Wis ., September 27, 1882. His ancestors were living at Newburgh when Gen. Washington made that
place his headquarters. His parents, Wilkins and Millicent (Watkins) Carpenter, had three children:
Phoebe Ann (Mrs. C. Wood), Charles Carr, and Verdine E., who died in the service of his country during
the rebellion. While Charles was still a small boy, his father died, and his mother afterward married
Nathan Lockwood, by whom she also had three children: Submit (Mrs. H. Brewer) Lockwood, Samuel
Lockwood, and George Lockwood, now a practicing physician at Rome, Wis. In 1846 the family
removed to Jefferson County, Wisconsin, settling first in Concord and later at Rome, where Mr. and
Mrs. Lockwood died a few years since. Charles C. received a fair education for those times, and learned
the trade of a weaver in a factory at Newburgh. In 1855 [should be 1854], he came to Stockholm and
purchased 160 acres of wild land, and began to make improvements thereon. He was married at
Concord, Wisconsin July 24, 1860 to Miss Martha Jane Quiner. Her parents, Henry and Charlotte
(Tucker) Quiner, were old settlers in Jefferson County, Wis. Mr. Quiner was a native of Boston. His
mother, then an infant, occupied a cradle in a house into which several shots were fired at the Battle of
Bunker Hill.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter took up their abode at the farm in Stockholm, where
they became the parents of fourteen children, twelve of whom are still living, namely: William
Augustus (deceased), Joseph Q., Lettie Jane, Nancy C., Martha E. (deceased), Millicent Ann, Charles
Carr (who now carries on the homestead farm), Emma B., Etta M., Martha J., Caroline M. and Emeline
M. (twins), and Thomas Quiner and George Lockwood, also twins. Mr. Carpenter spent the remainder
of his life in the improvement and cultivation of the farm, where most of the family still reside. He was
a republican in politics, and served his townsmen as school clerk, supervisor and justice of the peace.
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Martha Jane Quiner and Charles Carr
Carpenter
Charles Carr Carpenter, my great-grandfather (Greive Haslach Family Tree - dorla13), was born April
26, 1827, in Newburgh, Orange County, New York and worked as a weaver until he moved to Concord,
Jefferson County, Wisconsin in 1846. In 1854, Charles acquired 160 acres in Section 7, Stockholm
Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin . For six years, he worked clearing the land and building a cabin. On
July 24, 1860, Charles married Martha Jane Quiner (born November 6, 1837 In Richmond, Wayne
County, Indiana) in Concord, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Years later, Martha wrote of her first trip to
Stockholm, we “took a team to Janesville, Wisconsin, where we took the train to Prairie du Chien,
Wisconsin then went on a large boat to Lake City, Minnesota. Stayed overnight there and the next day
went across the beautiful lake and only walked a mile and a half to the farm to start our life work on
the farm, an honest and upright one, but an old fashioned one.” In November 1860, she wrote “we
moved from our shanty” to their home. Charles served as Justice of the Peace and also as a member of
the Pleasant Corner School Board. From 1878-1879 he was the Chairman of Stockholm Township.
At his death on September 27, 1882, he left the NE 1/4 Sec 7 T23 R15 (160 acres) to “his Martha” and
Lot 12 in Block G of the Village of Stockholm Sec 12 T23 R15 to his son William, along with NE 1/4 of
Sec 31 T116 R45 (160 acres) in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He was buried on the family
homestead, but later his remains were moved to Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Wisconsin. At the time of
his death, Martha was left with 13 children, the youngest twins only four months old. She continued to
run the farm, but at one point was forced to sell 40 acres. That land was later repurchased by the
family.
“On one occasion, the town board came to the farm to hold a meeting to discuss plans for making a
road across the farm leading to Bogue Valley. Mrs. Carpenter was opposed to the proposal. The
meeting was held in Swedish, a language that she did not understand. This, the board felt, was a way
of settling the dispute. Martha was firm in her stand and argued that it was illegal to conduct a meeting
in a foreign language. The road was never constructed.”
Martha remained on the farm until 1908, when she moved to Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota
to live with her daughters, Marion, Myrtie, Nan, and Martha who were all living in Plainview at that
time. She died there January 16, 1927, and was taken across the frozen “beautiful lake” Pepin one last
time for burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Wisconsin. Funeral services were supposed to be held at
the homestead, but weren’t because too much snow made the hill up to the family farm nearly
impassable.
Sources:
Elizabeth Eggers’ [nee Carpenter] Genealogy of the Carpenter-Quiner Family published in 1975
Newspaper article on the 100 year anniversary of the Carpenter homestead
Letter s from Martha Jane Quiner
Charles Carr Carpenter’s will
History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties
Martha Jane Quiner’s Obituary