Carpenter, Rev. Mark, was born at Guildford, Vt., Sept. 23, 1802. He pursued his studies at Amherst College, and at Union College, where he graduated in the class of 1829.

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Carpenter, Rev. Mark, was born at Guildford, Vt., Sept. 23, 1802. He pursued his studies at Amherst College, and at Union College, where he graduated in the class of 1829. He studied theology at Newton, graduating in 1833. He was ordained at Milford, N. H., Feb. 12, 1834, where he remained for six years. His next settlement was at Keene, N. H. He was the pastor of the Baptist church in this place for five years, and then removed to New London, N. H., remaining there four years, and to Holyoke, Mass., where he was pastor ten years. From Holyoke he went to Brattleborough, Vt., in 1861, resigning his charge there in 1867. His next settlements were in West Dummerston, Vt., and South Windham, from which place he removed to Townshend, Vt. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart