James Henry Carpenter

James Henry Carpenter was a 19thcentury American engineer and industrialist who founded the Carpenter Steel Company . Born in Brooklyn, New York, he joined the Union Navy as a sailor at ageduring the American Civil War, during which he was wounded in action. He was promoted to masters mate in the United States Navy for meritorious conduct and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at age 16. He resigned from the US Navy in 1865, aged 19, and studied engineering in New Jersey.

James Henry Carpenter was born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on September 14, 1846, to Charles H. Carpenter and Elizabeth Mary Baylis. His father was a descendant of Rehoboth Carpenter family and of its founder William Carpenter , who migrated to America in 1638 on the Bevis. His mother was a descendant of John Bayles , an indentured servant who migrated to America in 1635 on the Truelove. Carpenter was the first of at least five children. His only brother became a doctor and worked with Carpenter at the Carpenter Steel Company.

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