Carpenter, Erasmus Irvin

Carpenter, Erasmus Irvin a Congregational minister, was born at Waterford, Vt., April 29, 1808. He received his preparatory education at Peacham Academy; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1837, and was one year (1841) at Andover. He was ordained at Littleton, N.H., Dec. 13, 1842; was installed at Barre, Vt., Dec. 25,1857; and March 6, 1867, became acting pastor at Berlin. In 1869

he removed to White River Junction, and was appointed agent of the Vermont Bible Society. He became acting pastor at Swanzey, N.H., in 1874; and died Feb. 10, 1877. (W.P.S.)