Since there is no place to post obits for Rhode Island, I thought I would share this with you. I've been looking for info on this gentleman (my grandmother's grandfather) for over 30 years. I sincerely hope this information will help someone else find a link. Jan Robison Casselberry, FL The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914. MR. CARPENTER FAILING Doubtful if Ashaway Man Can Recover from Injuries. Little hope is being entertained for the ultimate recovery of George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, who was thrown from a carriage which collapsed as one of the wheels came off, and hurled him headlong with such force against a rock by the roadside that he received an ugly cut just above his left eye, a fracture of the skull, besides suffering hemorrhages of the ears and nose. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in an unconscious condition, from which he has failed to rally, and is being attended by Dr. A. B. Briggs, but as his left side is paralyzed and his condition still grave, it is quite doubtful if he recovers. Mr. Carpenter, who is moderator for the town of Hopkinton, was on his way in company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, to Hopkinton City to attend the annual financial town meeting. The accident happened near the Hopkinton town farm as the two gentlemen were driving along the highway and was without the least warning. The Westerly Sun -- DIED. CARPENTER -- In Ashaway, May 23, 1914, Hon. George B. Carpenter, in the seventy-second year of his age. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock to be followed by interment at the First Hopkinton cemetery. No flowers. The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914. G. B. CARPENTER PASSES AWAY Prominent Ashaway Man Fails to Recover from Accident CIVIL WAR VETERAN Made Brilliant Record While Fighting in Defense of Country -Wounded in Battle -- Served in Many Public Offices -- Six Years in State Legislature Hon. George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, a prominent citizen of Hopkinton and well and favorably known in this section, who received fatal injuries Thursday afternoon when he was hurled from the carriage in which he was riding as one of the wheels came off, died at his home Saturday morning. Mr. Carpenter, in company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, was on his way to Hopkinton Coty, where he was to act as moderator at the annual financial meeting, when the carriage collapsed and the unfortunate man was thrown so violently against a rock in the highway that he failed to regain consciousness after the accident. Although his decease came as a shock to the community it was not entirely unexpected as little hope was entertained for his ultimate recovery. George Bradford Carpenter was born in Westerly, November 8, 1842, and was taken into the Potter family at Potter Hill, his father having been killed in the winter of 1847 while engaged in taking down the frame of the Potter Hill mill which had been burned. At the age of nineteen years with 10 classmates he left the academy at his home where he received his early education, and responded to the call of Abraham Lincoln for volunteers, enlisted in Company D, 4th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry, September 23, 1861, being promoted to corporal June 20, 1862, and then sergeant on Nov. 1, of the same year. Mr. Carpenter participated in many skirmishes. He was wounded at the battle of Petersburg at the explosion of the mines, July 30th, 1864, and sent to the field hospital where his right arm was amputated. Even though in a very weakened condition, he desired to come back to his home, in order to cast his first vote for Lincoln, which permission was granted, when he returned for the election that fall. On September 26, 1861, before departing for the front with his regiment he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Covey in Ashaway. The winter after his return from the army Mr. Carpenter engaged in the general mercantile business in his home town until 1869. From 1866 until 1872 he was postmaster at Ashaway and then went to Philadelphia where he represented some Rhode Island and Connecticut woolen manufacturers, and until 1880 was engaged in the woolen business. For twenty-two years he was treasurer of the Ashaway Line and Twine company, resigning in 1902, but still retaining a financial interest in the concern. For over thirty years he has been moderator of the town of Hopkinton and overseer of the poor. Besides having served on the town council and board of assessors, he was representative of his town in the state legislature from 1879 to 1884, refusing to accept a nomination as senator. He belonged to the John A. Logan post, G. A. R., was president of the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist church, a member of the board of managers of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary society and for several years president of the Ashaway Free Library and Reading Room association, besides having held other offices. Mr. Carpenter is survived by a widow, and four children, Mrs. Harriet Wells Van Horn of Dodge Center, Minn., Edwin G. Carpenter of Georgetown, S. C., Mrs. Frances Adell Randolph of Alfred, N. Y., and Miss Ruth Marion Carpenter, who made her home with her parents, as immediate relatives. The funeral is to be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be followed by interment at the First Hopkinton cemetery.