Date of Death: 20 Apr 1875
Subject: Elizabeth Ann (Marr) Carpenter
Source: Andrew County Republican, 23 Apr 1875, p. 8
Died.-- Of consumption, at her residence, in Savannah, Mo., April 20th 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carpenter, aged four one years, four moths [sic] and one day. Mrs. Carpenter was a very estimable lady and loved by all who knew her. The funeral rites were performed on the 21st, attended by a large number of sympathizing friends. She leaves a family of two girls and three boys and a large circle of warm friends to mourn her loss.
"On earth thou wert all but divine, As thy should shall immortality be; And our sorrow may cease to repine, When we know that thy God is with thee; For why should we mourn for the blest."