Content
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Identity
Canonical identity
Catherine Spears Frye Carpenter. Normalized sort name: Carpenter, Catherine Spears Frye.
Disambiguation
A Kentucky woman documented in the Carpenter Family Papers finding aid. Her second husband Adam Carpenter died in 1806.
Authority summary
The KHS finding aid states that she began distilling whiskey as one source of income after Adam’s death. Use the precise evidence-backed description rather than a superlative or unsupported occupational title.
