Cumberland County, Maine - Joseph Hall Carleton
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Biography
Joseph Hall Carleton
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 183


Joseph Hall Carleton, the only resident member of the well-known firm of
Carleton Brothers & Co., of Portland, wholesale and retail dealers in lime,
cement, plaster, hair, brick, etc., was born at Rockport, Knox County, Me.,
March 31, 1859. He is of English antecedents, his first ancestor in this country
having settled in Methuen, Mass., from which place Mr. Hall's paternal
grandfather came to this State, locating in Camden, Knox County. There on
December 22, 1825, occurred the birth of our subject's father, Philander J.
Carleton. He was born in that portion of Camden now known as Rockport, and is
now one of its most prosperous business men, being actively engaged as a
shipbuilder and a lime manufacturer. He is senior member of the firm of
Carleton, Norwood & Co., and also a member of the firm of Carleton Brothers &
Co. of this city. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Babb, was a native of
Westbrook, Me. She was born in 1826, and died September 8, 1894, leaving four
sons -Frank P. J., Henry B., Ralph W., and Joseph Hall.

Joseph Hall Carleton was educated in the common and the high schools of his
native town. At the age of eighteen years he began business life as a clerk in
the grocery store of Carleton, Norwood & Co., remaining until 1882, nearly four
years, and becoming thoroughly acquainted with the details of the business. He
then became a member of the firm of Carleton, Pascal & Co., in which he still
holds an interest. In 1887 Mr. Carleton came to Portland, and, in partnership
with his father, Philander, and his brother Ralph W., bought the business of L.
C. Cummings & Co., in which he is now engaged, the firm name being changed to
its present style in January, 1888, and the members being Joseph H., Ralph W.,
and Philander J. Carleton. They carry on an extensive business, their
manufactures being widely and favorably known, and finding a ready market in
Rockport and the vicinity.

As yet Mr. Carleton is not bound by hymeneal ties; but his social duties engross
a portion of his time, as he is a member of several organizations, belonging to
St. Albans Commandery, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree of
Masonry; to the Mount Battie Lodge, No. 102, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Camden; to the Falmouth Club; to the Portland Athletic Club; to the Young
Men's Democratic Club; and to the Portland Yacht Club. He is an unswerving
Democrat in politics, and, religiously, is an active member of the Episcopal
church.