Dear John and List, Thank you for passing that information on to us. Can anyone give us a county location on this, or did I somehow miss it? Phoebe In a message dated 11/13/1999 7:03:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, jrcrin001@home.com writes: << Marcia Buffett wrote: > > Just digging around and found this tidbit. It doesn't fit into anything I > have but thought maybe you might be able to fit it into your Carpenter > Puzzle somewhere: > > Union Mills is a village of about 100 habitants situated on Fisherman's > Creek near the east line of the town of Broadalbin, NY. Seymour Carpenter > was the first man to locate on or near the site of the village and he built > a saw-mill there in 1827. A paper-mill was built about 1828 by John > Carpenter, John Schoonmaker, John Clark and Richard P. Clark. They > continued the business until 1840 at which time the mill was destroyed by > fire. It was rebuilt the following year by John Clark and was again burned > in 1867. John Shoonmaker also owned the first store (1828). > > As Broadalbin is a bicycle ride from here I'll try to find out more about > his paper mill. It is also close to Hope and Northville. > > It kind of caught my eye because Robert N. Carpenter my ancester married > Betsey Clark. > > Do either of you have info on this Seymour or this particular John R. > Carpenter???? > >>