Carpenter, Rev. John M., was born Sept. 30, 1804, at Mechaniestown, Orange Co., N.Y.

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Carpenter, Rev. John M., was born Sept. 30, 1804, at Mechaniestown, Orange Co., N.Y. He was converted and baptized when about twenty ; he was licensed to preach in 1836, and was immediately appointed by the board of the New Jersey Baptist State Convention to labor at Schooley’s Mountain. He was ordained in 1837. Mr. Carpenter was pastor for thirteen years at Jacobstown, N. J., and has filled other important pastorates. As sec- retary of the Convention for seventeen years, and in other services for the board, he has been very useful, His thorough knowledge of the denoimi- national statistics, and his memory of Baptist his- tory in New Jersey, make him the source of infor- mation for all who wish to obtain facts and figures on those topics. Mr. Carpenter’s library is rich in associational minutes, pamphlets, and works per- taining to the Baptists. He is a logical thinker and sermonizer, and an energetic preacher. He may be aptly called ‘‘ The living Baptist Cyclo- pedia of New Jersey.” From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart