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Nathaniel L. Carpenter was a son of Joseph and Sarah (Buell) Carpenter, natives of Connecticut, of the Rehoboth Carpenter family of English descent.
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They were the parents of four children. Descendants still lived in Natchez in the early 1900s. In 1809, Carpenter"s parents moved to Lancaster, New York, where they owned extensive property in what is now the city of Buffalo.
He was raised and educated in Lancaster and first went into the stage line and hotel business there.
In 1833 he went to Natchez, Mississippi and began working as a builder. He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to Saint Louis, Missouri, then to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1835.
He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats, a successful cotton trader, and active many other private and public concerns. He owned Myrtle Terrace town home in Natchez city, and nearby Dunleith plantation, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours.
He was well traveled, journeying throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands.
In 1909 his immediate descendents built and donated to the city of Natchez the Carpenter Schools.
