I've been going through my great grandmother's scrapbook, which begins in 1882. In it, I found the obituary of her little boy, Joseph Neibert Carpenter Grafton, who died at 4 years old. Later, I found clipping of his birth and what a beautiful baby he was.
After Captain Thomas Rose's (her father) suicide, she and her sisters sold firewood out of a wheelbarrow to make ends meet. With Elodie and Mr. Carpenter's daughter, Camille, best friends, Carpenter took pity on the family and bought them a house on Washington Street, furnished it and took care of them for the rest of his life. So that explains a Carpenter name in the Grafton family.
Lots of clippings about social events of the day as well as obituaries of people who were important to her.
Elodie, you are lucky to have evidence of so much of your family history. Thank you for sharing this with us!
ReplyDeleteLove, Love, Love the memorabilia of our family. Thanks so much for positing this. You our the Grafton family historian!!
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