Background
Meriva Carpenter was a daughter of Doctor Ruggles and Juliana (Pierce) Carpenter.
Meriva Carpenter was a daughter of Doctor Ruggles and Juliana (Pierce) Carpenter.
They settled near the town of Homer, New York, in an area that came to be called Carpenterville, now East River, New New York Eli was a successful miller and dyer, and they were prosperous enough to build a fine house which they filled with art treasures. Meriva Carpenter is interred in Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, New York, the same cemetery where noted artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter, a distant cousin, portraitist of President Abraham Lincoln, is interred.
Many of Carpenter’s works reportedly survive in the Homer community.
