According to the 1880 US Census for Flagg, Ogle County, Illinois, Florence J. Carpenter was the twelve-year-old daughter of Josiah and Carrie E. Carpenter of Flagg. Like her brothers, Florence attended school.
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, 1878, reports that Florence Julia's birth date was
Jan. 18, 1868.
Sources
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 653.
1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 80A
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