THOMAS HOWARD CRPENTER

CAPTAIN THOMAS HOWARD CARPENTER III

RETIRED PILOT & LEWES MAYOR

Lewes, Delaware, Monday, January 7, 1957: Wilmington News Journal

Captain John Howard Carpenter, III, retired Delaware River and Bay pilot, former

mayor of Lewes and bank official, died Saturday, January 5, at age 90 at the home of

his daughter, Mrs J. Reese White, Millsboro where he had been living since the death of his

wife in 1944.

Captain Carpenter was one of the last of the river pilots of the sailing vessel era and last of

ten pilots who owned the pilot schooner, Thomas Howard.

After retirement from the sea he was mayor of Lewes for two terms, 1940 to 1944.

He also was head Lewes Trust Company and remained vice chairman until recently.

In 1915, Thomas Howard Carpenter and C. C. Marshall organized the Lewes Amusement

Company which provided the moving picture house, the Auditorium Theater.

He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs Reese White and Mrs S. Chilton Roberts of

Boston.

The Rt. Rev. Arthur McKinstry, former bishop, Episcopal Diocese, conducted the service

with the aid of Rev. Moon, and Rev Baker in the Lewes, St. Peters Episcopal Church

with burial in the church yard.

Honorary pallbearers were offices of the Pilots Association, Lewes Trust Company

directors, John G. Townsent, Jr., Doctors Beebe, Junior and Senior, Dr. G. V. Wood, Louis

Chambers, , Otis Smith and other Lewes pilots.