Francis Bicknell Carpenter. Francis Bicknell Carpenter was an American painter born in Homer, New York.
Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published his one volume memoir Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln.
Carpenter was a descendant of the New England Rehoboth Carpenter Family. Carpenter was born to Asaph Harmon and Almira Clark.
He was one of nine children. On January 6, 1853 Francis married Augusta Herrick Prentiss.
Francis and Augusta had the following children: Florence Trumbell Carpenter was born on March 10, 1854 in Homer, Cortland County, NY. She died on December 30, 1899. She is number 6550 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Florence married Albert Chester Ives on May 12, 1877 in New York. Albert was born about 1854 in Buffalo, NY. Herbert Sanford Carpenter was born on May 22, 1862 in Homer, Cortland, NY. He is number 6551 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Family on page 654. Herbert married Cora Anderson on February 13, 1894 in NY. Cora was born in Louisville, KY in 1863. She was active in the women's suffrage movement, marching in NYC suffrage demonstrations as a flagbearer from 1913-1917. Herbert died in 1926; Cora lived until 1960. In 1844, after showing his father a painting o
Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published his one volume memoir Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln.
Carpenter was a descendant of the New England Rehoboth Carpenter Family. Carpenter was born to Asaph Harmon and Almira Clark.
He was one of nine children. On January 6, 1853 Francis married Augusta Herrick Prentiss.
Francis and Augusta had the following children: Florence Trumbell Carpenter was born on March 10, 1854 in Homer, Cortland County, NY. She died on December 30, 1899. She is number 6550 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Florence married Albert Chester Ives on May 12, 1877 in New York. Albert was born about 1854 in Buffalo, NY. Herbert Sanford Carpenter was born on May 22, 1862 in Homer, Cortland, NY. He is number 6551 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 645. Family on page 654. Herbert married Cora Anderson on February 13, 1894 in NY. Cora was born in Louisville, KY in 1863. She was active in the women's suffrage movement, marching in NYC suffrage demonstrations as a flagbearer from 1913-1917. Herbert died in 1926; Cora lived until 1960. In 1844, after showing his father a painting o
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