Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County IL, 1878 Mrs. B. CARPENTER, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O. Monee; one of our early settlers; was born in Maryland Jan. 6, 1815; came to Illinois and settled in Will Co. in 1854; she is the widow of the late Daniel F. CARPENTER, deceased; they were married Sept. 13, 1835; they have had fifteen children, seven of whom are living, viz., Catharine J., John, Kezia C., Henry, Daniel B., Sarah N. and Jemima I.; decesed, Samuell, Daniel, William, Benjamin, Lydia B., Barbara V., Samuel and Kerenhapuch. The farm of Mrs. CARPENTER consists of eighty acres, valued at $4,000. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.