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.
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