Ensley A. Carpenter

Ensley A. Carpenter (about 1819 – before 1910), was a country doctor for whom the town of Carpenter, Kentucky was named.[1] He moved to Whitley County, Kentucky shortly after the American Civil War from neighboring Claiborne County, Tennessee.[1] Carpenter practiced medicine in Whitley County, Bell County, Kentucky, and Knox County, Kentucky from about 1868 into the early 1900s.[2]

The town of Carpenter, Kentucky, where he was the postmaster and town doctor, was named after him.[1]

References
  1. Robert M. Rennick: Kentucky Place Names, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1984, p. 50, https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=Carpenter#v=snippet&q=Carpenter&f=false, retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009 (DVD format), http://carpentercousins.com/CE2009.htm, subject is RIN 120906.


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