1.  Works Progress Administraton.  1938-40.  Index to Marriage Records: Indiana (online at Ancestry.com):

Charles J. Carpenter

Mary L. Stroup

12 Sep 1901

Lagrange Co.

Bk. 7, p. 154

2a.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #34 of 35):  LaGrange, Bloomfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN, Roll T623_383, p. 28B, SN 17, SD 12, ED 70, enumerated __ Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	13	14	15	19	20	22	23	24	25	27
508	515	Carpenter Charles	Head	W	M	May 1871	29	S	IN	NY	OH	Teacher	5	Y	Y	Y	R	H

Living alone.

2b.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 35):  LaGrange, Bloomfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN, Roll T623_383, p. 21A, SN 10, SD 12, ED 70, enumerated 13 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	13	14	15	22	23	24
288	293	Stroup Mary	Boarder	W	F	May 1876	24	S	OH	PA	NY	Y	Y	Y

Boarding w/BASTIAN family.

3.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13-14 of 29):  312 Atwater Avenue, Bloomington (Ward 3), Perry Twp., Monroe Co., IN, Roll T624_371 (Part 2), pp. 144A-144B, SN 7A-7B, SD 2, ED 132, enumerated 20 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	23	24	25	26	28
*	312	164	171	Carpenter Charles J	Head	M	W	32	M1	8			IN	US	US	Eng	Lawyer	General Practice	OA	Y	Y		R	H
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*				_________ Mary L	Wife	F	W	33	M1	8	1	1	OH	PA	NY	Eng	None			Y	Y
				_________ Martha I	Dau	F	W	6	S				IN	IN	OH		None					N
*Atwater Avenue

4.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 15):  338 Grant Street, Bloomington City (2nd Pct.), Perry Twp., Monroe Co., IN, Roll T625_457 (Book 2), p. 256A, SN 6A, SD 2, ED 183, enumerated 9/12 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

10

11

12

16

17

18

19

21

23

25

26

*

338

111

139

Carpenter Charles J

Head

M

W

48

M

Y

Y

IN

IN

US

Y

Teacher

_________ Mary L

Wife

F

W

43

M

Y

Y

OH

PA

NY

Y

None

_________ Martha Ines

Dau

F

W

16

S

Y

Y

Y

IN

IN

OH

Y

None

*Grant Street

5.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

6.  Anon.  Saturday, 25 Mar 1916.  "Lagrange News." The Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN), p. 4 (online at Ancestry.com):

LAGRANGE NEWS... D. M. Stroup and wife are visiting their son, Byron D. Stroup, and family in Jonesboro, Ark.  They will be absent from Lagrange for some time and during the trip will spend a few days at Bloomington, this state, where they will visit the families of Dr. C. C. Stroup and Charles Carpenter, former residents of Lagrange.

D. M. STROUP is Mary's brother, Delbert; and C.C. STROUP is Mary's brother, Charles.

7.  Anon.  Monday, 24 Sep 1917.  "Lagrange News." The Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN), p. 15 (online at Ancestry.com):

LAGRANGE NEWS... The funeral of Carmi Stroup was held Saturday afternoon...  He is survived by ... four brothers — D.M. Stroup and M.O. Stroup, of Lagrange; Dr. Charles Stroup, of Bloomington, and Ellsworth Stronp (sic), of California — and one sister — Mrs. Charles Carpenter, of Bloomington, Ind.