Born: July 10, 1865
Died: February 28, 1942
Married: Cyril Carpenter
Children:
Frances L. Carpenter was a business associate of Wallace Murray.
Tony Goodwin, in a short biography of Wallace Murray, writes
In 1916, Wallace Murray and Frances L. Carpenter bought what was then still known as the "Phineas Norton Farm" from Lewis and Mary Shovan... This transaction with Shovan was the first transaction that included Frances Carpenter, wife of Cyril Carpenter, who had managed Murray's Riverside Inn. In the years to come, Frances Carpenter would have many dealings with Murray, and ended up inheriting much of his property at the time of his death. When I started to come across Carpenter's name in my earlier research, I asked Anita Washburn who Frances L. Carpenter was. Taking a deep breath, she replied, "Well, he always said she was his 'business partner'." Her tone of voice indicated that many believed their relationship involved more than just "business".
Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post, March 5, 1942
Mrs. F. L. Carpenter, Saranac Lake, Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances L. Carpenter, 76, pioneer resident of Saranac Lake, took place Monday at her home in Pine street, Rev. Theodore R. Bundy officiating, and interment was in Keene. Mrs. Carpenter died early Friday morning of a heart ailment.
She was an extensive property owner in Saranac Lake. Her holdings included the Murray block at Main and River streets, several small private buildings and her home. She also held interests in many other projects.
Mrs. Carpenter was born July 10, 1865, at Mooers, a daughter of the late John and Jane Armstrong Kiernan. She attended schools in Mooers and was married to Cyril Carpenter of that village. After their marriage in 1890, the couple went to Saranac Lake in the development of which Mr. Carpenter took an active part. He was connected with the old Riverside Inn, the early electric light plant there and numerous other projects. He was employed for several years by Wallace Murray, as manager of the lighting company at Port Henry, a position he held until his death eight years ago.
