Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Reid Carpenter
CARPENTER, REID (1853–1936), inducted by 1920
Attorney Reid Carpenter, educated at Wooster University and the University of Michigan, was involved in several manufacturing enterprises and in urban rail and utility investments. He also served as president of Citizens National Bank for several years. His induction into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery, however, was based largely on his achievements at Maxwalton Farm in his hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. Carpenter and his Scottish partner, Peter Ross, imported Shorthorn foundation stock at the turn of the century. His bull, Avondale, took honors at the International and the American Royal, and then sired five ILSE champions. Reid Carpenter was president of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association from 1916–1919. After a tour of Great Britain, he laid the foundations for a successful Aberdeen Angus herd as well.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 62