Lucy Carpenter was born in 1789 to Reuben Carpenter (1762-1830) and Anna (1762-1835). The Carpenter family left Vermont and headed west, settling in Franklin County, Ohio about 1805.

Lucy met and married Thomas Follon of Franklin County, Ohio, in 1813. There were at least 8 children born to Thomas and Lucy: William, Aaron, Augustine, Orlando, Sophia, Reuben, Alvira, and Henry.

After Thomas Follon died in 1841, Lucy left Franklin Co. Ohio for Darlington, Wisconsin, to be near her brother Royal Carpenter and other family members. Several of the Follon children also went to Wisconsin and remained there. Lucy died in Darlington in 1867.

Lucy's mother Anna, was early on to be found as Anna Rood. This is in error as her mother was Anna Stacey. I found a marriage record for Anna Stacey and Reuben Carpenter, although a history book account mentions Reuben of Worthington, Ohio, who married a Rood. But, Reuben's sister Anna Carpenter married Moses Rood. I believe there is a mistake on the history book crediting Anna Carpenter with the marriage to Reuban, as it was Anna Stacey.

There is a marriage record for Reuben Carpenter and Anna Stacy, in Somers, CT in 1788. Lucy's brother Cyrus, has the middle name of Stacy. I feel like the information we found with Anna Carpenter m. a Rood -Moses Rood - is more likely correct and mixed up on the history book account.

I am so very grateful for a wonderful volunteer named Marilyn, who went to the cemetery to take a picture of Lucy's marker for me. She found no marker on Lucy's gravesite, but saw a pile of stones nearby. Marilyn actually dug in the mud, to uncover several markers that were broken. One was Lucy's! Thank you Marilyn! You will never be forgotten for this great find! with the photographs we have of the marker, we may be able to have this replaced.