Biography - Asaph N. Carpenter
ASAPH NEWTON CARPENTER. He is the son of Asaph and Caroline Carpenter of
Rehoboth, MA where he was born 2 Jun 1828. His parents lived on a farm. Early in
life he manifested a genius for invention, which took the direction of landscape
architecture, and has labored at his chosen art with an intensity of devotion,
without an instructor, until it can be said he is master of it, having conceived
and executed some of the most extensive and beautiful scenic effects in both
private and public grounds to be found in America. His love for his calling
amounts to a fascination and he still plies himself to it with an unabated zeal.
On the 20th of Nov 1853, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Winter. Their family
consists of two daughters. They came to Galesburg in 1854.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
