Background
Carpenter, William E. was born on November 17, 1857 in Cloverland, Clay County, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob A. and Evelyn V. (Grass) Carpenter.
Carpenter, William E. was born on November 17, 1857 in Cloverland, Clay County, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob A. and Evelyn V. (Grass) Carpenter.
Educated Westfield (Illinois) College and Terre Haute (Indiana) Business College.
And director, The Brazil Trust Company Trustee Northwest Indiana Conference, DePauw University, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Member board of managers Preachers’ Aid Society. Director Battle Ground Camp Meeting Association.
Member board of managers Preachers’ Aid Society. Member General Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church, 6 times to 1932. Member General Mississippi Committee and Board Sunday Schools, Methodist Episcopal Church, also of General Education Committee and The Men's Brotherhood.
Member commission appointed by American Committee for Relief in Near East to visit Armenia in Turkey.
Delaware Ecumenical Mechanical Engineering Conference of the World, London, 1921. Member Committee Conservation and Advance and Administration Committee, Methodist Episcopal Church.
Married Mary B. Price, January 31, 1884. Children: Jay V., Guy O., Don P., Van West. Organized, July 1899, and was secretary, manager.