Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Sumter:

Philo W. Carpenter, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Prairie du Sac; son of John and Sarah Francis Carpenter; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855 and located in Sumter, Sauk, Co.; located on the farm where he now resided in the spring of 1865; owns 203 acres of land; resides on a beautiful farm of 120 acres, five and a half miles from the village of Prairie du Sac; farm well improved. Born in Wales, Erie Co., N.Y. Jan. 7, 1830; remained in New York until he was 22 years of age, when he went to Illinois and engaged in farming; after three years, he returned to New York, and, remaining one year, came to Wisconsin. He married Eliza McGinnis, daughter of William and Jane Kyle McGinnis, in Sumter, Sauk Co., Wis., Oct. 20, 1857; had one child - James R., born July 12, 1862. He has held the offices of Supervisor and District Treasurer. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Baragh, County Tyrone, Ireland, July 27, 1833; emigrated to America with her parents in 1847 and settled in Massena, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.; the father of Mrs. Carpenter was born Oct. 13, 1800, and died Sept. 7, 1876; the mother of Mrs. Carpenter was born about 1796, and died April 10, 1876; the father of Mr. Carpenter was born June 25, 1808, at Pompey Hill, Onondaga, Co., N.Y., and died Nov. 28, 1874; the mother of Mr. Carpenter was born Jan. 7, 1811, in Chenango Co., N.Y., and is still living in Wales, Erie Co., N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter belong to the Free Will Baptist Church.

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