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Born 1852
From Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri (1901), Encyclopedia of the history of St. Louis, a compendium of history and biography for ready reference (v. 1) (1899)
Carpenter, George Oliver, who has been for some years at the head of one of the great industries of St. Louis, and whose activities have covered a wide and varied field of usefulness, was born February 17, 1852, in Wakefield, formerly known as South Reading, a town ten miles from Boston, Massachusetts. His father was George O. Carpenter, of the firm of George О. Carpenter & Son, and also {ог many years president of the Carpenter- Morton Company, of Boston, who died December 25, 1896. His mother, who was born Maria J. Emerson, and who is still living in Boston, was the daughter of ‘Thomas Emerson, of South Reading, and her grandfather and great-grandfather, bearing the same name, were among the “minute men" who participated in the earliest conflicts of the Revolution at Concord and Lexington. Мг. Саг- center's middle name, Oliver, is a family name handed down to him as one of the descendants of Nathaniel Oliver. who was born in Boston in 1652. When Mr. Carpenter was ten years old the elder Carpenter removed his family to Boston, and the son grew to manhood and completed his education in that city. Не attended the Park Latin School and English High School, and had the distinction of being what is known as a "Franklin Medal Scholar" at the last named institution. It should be explained, in this connection, that the philosopher and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, always a patron and friend of education, made provision in his will for the setting aside of a fund of five hundred dollars, the interest from which should be used, from time to time, for the purchase of medals to'be awarded to. pupils of the Boston schools who should. earn the honors by their studiousness and proficiency. The medals thus provided for are awarded each year to а few members of the graduating classes of the Boston high schools, and Mr. Carpenter was one of the members of his class who earned this distinction. After graduating from the high school. he took a special course in chemistry at the Massachusetts School of Technology, and then came West to enter upon a business career in St. Louis. He arrived here in September of 1870, and was first employed as an entry clerk in the office of the St. Louis Lead & Oil Company. He filled successively all the office positions in connection with that establishment, and finally became secretary of the company. In 1877 he was made vice-president of the corporation, and in 1890 succeeded to the presidency. In 1891 this company, together with the Southern and Collier Lead & Oil Companies, of St. Louis, amalgamated their interests with those of the National Lead Company, and Mr. Carpenter was then placed in charge of all the interests of this great corporation in St. Louis. A man of broad business capacity and superior
As printed in Encyclopedia of the history of St. Louis, a compendium of history and biography for ready reference (v. 1) (1899). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Carpenter, Georje Oliver, was born February 17, 1852, in Wakefield, formerly known as South Reading, a town ten miles from Boston, Massachusetts. When he was ten years old the elder Carpenter removed his family to Boston, and the son grew to manhood and completed his education in that city. He attended the Park Latin School and English High School, and had the distinction of being what is known as a "Franklin Medal Scholar" at the last named institution. After graduating from the high school he took a special course in chemistry at the Massachusetts School of Technology, and then came West to enter upon a business career in St. Louis. He arrived there in September of 1870, and was first employed as an entry clerk in the office of the St. Louis Lead & Oil Company. He filled successively all the office positions in connection with that establishment, and finally became secretary of the company. In 1877 he was made vice president of the corporation, and in 1890 succeeded to the presidency. In 1891 this company, together with the Southern and Collier Lead & Oil Companies, of St. Louis, amalgamated their interests with those of the National Lead Company, and Mr. Carpenter was then placed in charge of all the interests of this great corporation in St. Louis. A man of broad business capacity and superior executive ability, his activities during the later years of his life have covered a wide field of enterprise, and besides giving attention to the affairs of the National Lead Company, he is at the present time interested in and officially identified with the National Bank of Commerce, of St. Louis; the Tudor Iron Works, the St. Louis Safe Deposit & Savings Bank, the St. Louis Smelting & Refining Company, the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway, and the Madison Coal Company, corporations representing, in the aggregate, large commercial, industrial and financial interests.. April 7, 1880, he married Miss Caroline G. Greeley, daughter of A. G. (Greeley, of Boston, and has two sons, George Ohver Carpenter, Jr., and Kenneth Greeley Carpenter. Mrs. Carpenter is well know as an active participant in the work of the leading literary and benevolent organizations of women in St. Louis.
As printed in Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Thomas Haynes (b. 1827)
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