Friday, July 25, 2014

Friday Fotos (July 25, 2014) -- Nancy Mason (Carpenter) Garlin

Nancy Mason (Carpenter) Garlin




Nancy Mason Carpenter was born on June 14, 1818 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  She was the third child and first daughter of Joseph Carpenter (1789 - 1880) and his wife, Nancy Mason (Bullock) Carpenter (1783 - 1880).  Joseph and Nancy had 14 children -- nine boys and five girls. 

Nancy Mason Carpenter was the older sister of my 2x great grandfather, Samuel Carpenter (1828 - 1904).  On May 15, 1844 she married Francis Warren Garlin (1817 - 1870) and together they had four children:  Lucy Hale Garlin; Edgar Warren Garlin; Ella Carpenter Garlin; and Anna Carpenter Garlin.  Nancy Mason (Carpenter) Garlin died on August 21, 1901.
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The original photograph is among the Anna Garlin Spencer papers in the Peace Collection of the Swarthmore College Library, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.  Photograph scanned by the author with permission of the library. 
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Copyright 2014, John D. Tew
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