Group 4 and 38 - Descendants of an unknown Zimmerman-222353
likely of Switzerland
who came to North America in various emigrations
Notes
Zella Corbin
Parents:
Ebenezer Corbin 1841-
Lobetha 1844-
547.
Jasper Alzeda Carpenter
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - Age 5/12 (Dec 1869) - with parents
CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned
CENSUS: 1900 US Census
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: A* Carpenter [Aaron Carpenter] -----> Looks like Alzeda to me.
Age: 29
Birth Date: Jun 1870 --------------> Jan 1870
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Beaver, Noble, Ohio [Noble]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah Carpenter
Marriage Year: 1900
Years Married: 0
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation:
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
A* Carpenter 29
Sarah Carpenter 21
Grace Carpenter 1
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Beaver, Noble, Ohio; Roll: 1311; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0084; FHL microfilm: 1241311.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
1910 United States Federal Census Name: Jasper A Carpenter
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: abt 1870 [1870]
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Green, Wetzel, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jasper A Carpenter 40
Mary Carpenter 27
Kitturah Carpenter 6
Cecil M Carpenter 3
Geoffrey K Carpenter 1
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Green, Wetzel, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1699; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0154; ; FHL microfilm: 1375712.
CENSUS: 1920 US Census
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Jasper A Carpenter
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1920: Walton, Roane, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jasper A Carpenter 50
Mary Carpenter 37
Keturah F Carpenter 16
Cecil M Carpenter 13
Goffry K Carpenter 11
Levi F Carpenter 9
Helen L Carpenter 4 [4 3/12]
Woodrow W Carpenter 1 [1 6/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Walton, Roane, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1971; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 572.
CENSUS: 1930 UIS Census
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Jasper Carpenter
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Home in 1930: Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Maude Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Education: Military Service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace:
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jasper Carpenter 56
Maude Carpenter 40
J L Carpenter 16
Woodrow Carpenter 13
Thomas Carpenter 10
Corinne Carpenter 8
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas; Roll: 74; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 921.0; FHL microfilm: 2339809.
CENSUS: 1940 US Census
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Jasper Carpenter
Respondent: Yes
Age: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Street: West Washington
House Number: 1015 2
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 11A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 197
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 20.00
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jasper Carpenter 70
Mary Carpenter 57
Frisce Carpenter 29
Woodrow Carpenter 21
Geneva Carpenter 18
Ernest Carpenter 15
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: T627_4413; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 20-36.
DEATH:
West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Jasper Alzeda Carpenter
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1871
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 11 Aug 1949
Death Place: Nitro, Kanawha, West Virginia
Burial Date: 13 Aug 1949
Burial Place: St Albans, West Virginia
Cemetery Name: Cunningham Mem. Park
Death Age: 79
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Residence: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Father Name: David Carpenter
Mother Name: Kitturah Brumley
FHL Film Number: 460373
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records."
1122.
Woodrow Wilson Carpenter
BIRTH:
West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
Name: Woodrow Wilson Carpenter
Birth Date: 1919
Birth Place: Braxton
Birth County: Braxton
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 573798
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Births, 1853–1930." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. From digital images of copies of originals housed in County Courthouses throughout West Virginia. Birth records.
SSDI:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Woodrow W. Carpenter
SSN: 233-14-3938
Last Residence: 25143 Nitro, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 13 Jun 1918
Died: 12 Jul 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 233-14-3938; Issue State: West Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Elva Marie Casto
PARENTS:
Ola Casto
Cora Rhodes
1124.
Geneva Ophelia Carpenter
Geneva O. Jones
Geneva O. Jones, 85, of Sissonville passed away October 2, 2006, atHubbard Hospice House after a short illness.
Geneva was a homemaker and attended Sunlight Baptist Church, Cicerone.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Ivan H. Jones
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Franklin D. andBetty Hammack of Saucier, Miss., Linda and Terry Boggess of Kenna,Brenda and Greg Thomas and David and Reba Jones all of Lincolnton,N.C., Jeanne and Carl Barnhart, Bill and Sharon Jones, Helen and BillWines, with whom Geneva resided, all of Sissonville; 11 grandchildrenand 19 great grandchildren.
The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 4, at Long &Fisher Funeral Home, Sissonville, with the Rev. Keith Mondayofficiating. Burial will follow at Sissonville Memorial Gardens,Sissonville.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home
Condolences may be emailed to bnich@stonemor.com.
Long & Fisher Funeral Home, 6837 Sissonville Drive, is in charge ofarrangements.
Sarah Carpenter
In the 1900 US Census she was married for less than a year and had given birth to 1 child who was living. She was born in VA as both of her parents.
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George Ross Carpenter
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George R Carpenter
Age in 1910: 31
Birth Year: abt 1879 [1879]
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
George R Carpenter 31
Ethel Carpenter 21
Marjorie Carpenter 0 [11/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1687; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0068; ; FHL microfilm: 1375700.
DRAFT: WWI
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: George Ross Carpenter
City: Charleston
County: Kanawha
State: West Virginia
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1879
Race: White
Age: Occupation: Nearest Relative: Height/Build: Color of Eyes/Hair: Signature:
Source Citation: Registration State: West Virginia; Registration County: Kanawha; Roll: 1992381
CENSUS: 1920 US Census
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: George W Carpenter
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
George W Carpenter 40
Ethel Carpenter 31
Marjorie Carpenter 10
George Carpenter 6
Bonittsa Carpenter 4
Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1487; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 941.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census
CENSUS: 1940 US Census
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: G R Carpenter
Respondent: Yes
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Street: 31 Street
House Number: 206
Inferred Residence in 1935: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 20B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 547
Occupation: General Superintendent
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 11000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 3rd year
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 4200
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
G R Carpenter 60
Bonita Carpenter 24
Carmer Carpenter 17
David Carpenter 14
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3342; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 78-10.
DRAFT: WWII
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: George R Carpenter
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1879
Birth Place: Wetzel, West Virginia
Residence: Alexandria, Virginia
Race: White
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: Virginia
ARTICLE:
GRCarpenterBioNov2006 by George Ross Carpenter Jr. - submitted by Douglas Peterson-Carpenter drpc1a@gmail.com in Jan 2019.
GRCarpenterBioNov2006 - page 1
MY FATHER
MY FATHERS PARENTS WERE MARRIED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. I AM NOT CERTAIN BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 1857. GRAND FATHER DAVID CARPENTER WAS FROM OHIO BUT HIS FORBEARERS CAME FROM ENGLAND VIA NEW ENGLAND. GRAND MOTHER KETTURRAH BRUMLEYS KIN ALSO CAME FROM OHIO AND ENGLAND HOWEVER DAD TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD A FRENCH CONNECTION. IN LOOKING AT HER FULL MAIDEN NAME IT COULD ONLY BE FROM HER MOTHER'S SIDE. THEY WERE FARMERS BORN ON FARMS AND REALLY NEVER EXPECTED TO BE ANYTHING ELSE. NOR DID THEY WANT TO BE ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IN THAT AGE IT WAS A NOBLE ENDEAVOR INDEED. IT WAS ALSO THE NUMBER ONE FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS ALTHOUGH ITS SUCCESS DEPENDED ON CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE, EXTREMELY HARD LABOR THAT NEVER ENDED. ALONGSIDE THIS THEY FACED THAT UNKNOWN FACTOR: "MOTHER NATURE", SUCH AS STORMS OF RAIN OR WIND OR ICE, DROUGHT, DISEASE OF MAN, FOWL OR BEAST. IT WAS NOT AN EASY LOT BUT IT WAS SATISFYING TO THE SOUL AND WHAT A GREAT TRUST IN GOD THESE FOLK DEVELOPED! THEY ACQUIRED SOME LAND NEAR WILEY, WEST VIRGINIA. IT WAS A "POST CARD" SITE WITH ROLLING HILLS AND PLAINS WITH DEEP RICH TOP SOIL AND A VERY ACTIVE STREAM OF WATER. FED BY MANY UNDERGROUND SPRINGS, CUTTING THROUGH THE FARM TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY WATER SUPPLY, PLUS PROVIDE THE POWER TO TURN THE WHEELS OF A MILL- I CONFESS THAT I FEEL THE EXCITEMENT MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE FELT IN PLANNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VITAL PLANT AND THE IMPATIENCE HE MUST HAVE FELT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET SUCH THINGS GOING SOONER! AFTER TEMPORARY PROVISIONS FOR HIS NEW BRIDE AND HIMSELF AND HOUSING FOR PRIMARY LIVESTOCK FOR DRAYAGE AND FOODSTUFF LIKE MEAT, MILK, EGGS. BUTTER, ETC. WAS TO DEVELOP HIS MILL BECAUSE A MILL NOT ONLY PROVIDED FOR THE GRINDING GRAIN INTO FLOUR BUT TO TURN THE SAWS AND CUT THE TIMBER INTO BUILDING MATERIAL. HE HAD GREAT STANDS OF TIMBER THAT WAS NEEDED FOR BUILDING MANY NEEDS, HOME, BARNS. MILL HOUSE. SMITHY, SMOKE HOUSE, ICE HOUSE AND MANY OTHERS. ANOTHER BUILDING SUPPLY OF REAL IMPORTANCE TO THEM WAS AN OUTCROPPING OF SANDSTONE THAT COULD EASILY BE HEWN INTO BLOCKS FOR FOUNDATIONS OR SLABS FOR FLOORING, SIDE WALKS, DRAIN DITCHES IN MILK SHEDS AND BUTCHERY. ETC. How THEY ACCOMPLISHED IT IS BEYOND ME BUT THEY DID AND THE GOOD LORD LOOKED DOWN UPON THEM AND REWARDED THEM WITH A
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SON ABOUT EVERY 3 YEARS! BY THE TIME MY FATHER ARRIVED IN 1879 THE SCENE WAS A 'GOING' INSTITUTION AND DAVID AND KERMAN BROWNLEY CARPENTER WERE PROUD COUNTRY "SQUIRES". THEY PROVIDED MANY SERVICES TO THE FARM COMMUNITY: THEY MADE HARNESS AND OTHER LEATHER PRODUCTS, ALL FORMS OF GRAIN PROCESSING FOR CHICKEN AND STOCK FEED TO FLOUR. THEIR SMITHY PRODUCED PLOW SHARES, TOOLS, GATE AND DOOR HINGES, HARNESS, THE MILL FLOUR, ETC, THE SMOKE HOUSE TURNED OUT DELICIOUS BACON AND HAM. DAD TOW ME THAT THE CIDER PRESS DID A LAND OFFICE BUSINESS. THEY COULD EVEN EMPLOYEE SOME 'HANDS', PARTICULARLY AT HARVEST TIMES IN THE AUTUMN AS FARMERS APPLE CROP RIPENED THEY BROUGHT THEM TO THE CIDER PRESS WHERE THE CARPENTER BOYS, ON A SHARE BASIS, WOULD REDUCE THEM TO APPLE JUICE. THE BARRELS WERE FILLED AND HAULED BACK TO THEIR HOMES. THERE WERE TWO WAYS THIS 'ELIXIR' COULD BE PREPARED'. REGULAR CIDER COULD BE INDUCED TO NATURALLY FERMENT BY NOT ALLOWING OUTSIDE AIR TO CONTAMINATE IT BUT ALLOW GAS GENERATED BY FERMENTATION TO EXHAUST SO THAT IT COULD NOT SOUR OR TURN TO VINEGAR. THIS WAS NORMALLY CALLED 'HARD CIDER', WHICH LIKE WINE WOULD HAVE AN ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 12 TO 18%. THE OTHER METHOD WAS TO PLACE THE BARRELS ON THE GROUND WHERE THERE WILL BE AMPLE SUNLIGHT WITH THE 'BUNG' POINTING UP AND SLIGHTLY LOOSENED SO THAT GAS UNDER ITS OWN PRESSURE, COULD LEAVE THE BARREL BUT AIR COULD NOT ENTER. WHEN FERMENTATION HAD COMPLETED AND THE NIGHTS WERE GETTING COLDER AND AFTER THE FIRST 'HARD' FREEZE THE CIDER WOULD TURN TO ICE BUT THE ALCOHOL WOULD NOT AND COULD BE WITHDRAWN AND COLLECTED INTO ANOTHER BARREL. THIS WAS CALLED APPLEJACK AND WAS QUITE STRONG, SOMETIMES EXCEEDING 100 PROOF. OF COURSE REAL APPLEJACK IS DISTILLED CIDER. APPLE JUICE WAS ALSO VITAL FOR PRODUCTION OF VINEGAR FOR COOKING AND PICKLING SO MANY ITEMS SO THAT THEY COULD BE PRESERVED.
GRANDMA HAD BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS BEFORE MARRYING GRANDPA. IN THOSE DAYS AN EMPLOYED WOMAN 27 OR SO YEARS OLD WAS CONSIDERED AN "OLD MAID" AND APPARENTLY IT WAS SOMETHING OF A POINT OF HUMOR ON GRANDPA'S PART. HOWEVER SHE PUT IT TO GOOD USE AND ALL OF HER 'BOYS' LEARNED READING AND WRITING AS WELL AS HISTORY, MATH AND GEOGRAPHY AT HOME. READING ALOUD FROM BOOKS BY DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS WAS A REGULAR PRACTICE NEARLY EVERY EVENING
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AFTER DINNER. THIS WAS AS MUCH FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT AS IT WAS `LEARNING' IN THAT IT OFTEN LED TO DISCUSSIONS ON GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE. ETC AS WELL AS MUCH NEEDED OPPORTUNITY IN GAINING COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING BEFORE OTHERS. THIS TRAINING PRODUCED VERY GOOD STUDENTS AND INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON MANY SUBJECTS. MOST OF THEM FINISHED THEIR SCHOOLING 1 TO 2 YEARS AHEAD OF THEIR AGE GROUP. THIS ENABLED DAD TO TAKE A BUSINESS SCHOOL COURSE IN OBTAINING A TEACHING PERMIT SO THAT HE WAS A QUALIFIED TEACHER WHEN HE WAS 1 8 YEARS OLD. HE ALSO TOOK A COURSE IN 'BOOKKEEPING' DAD TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS AND TOLD FUNNY STORIES ABOUT SOME OF THE STUDENTS BEING OLDER THAN HE AND SOME WERE MUCH LARGER MAKING DISCIPLINING VERY DIFFICULT. HE TOLD SEVERAL AMUSING STORIES ABOUT HIS CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES BUT I AM SORRY THAT I CAN'T RECALL THE DETAILS. WHEN DAD ARRIVED AS THE LAST CHILD TO BE BORN IN HIS FAMILY HIS MOTHER WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED SHE HAD NOT "BEEN GIVEN" ONE DAUGHTER. HER DUTIES WERE NUMEROUS AND NEVER ENDING TOO AND HER KEEN DESIRE FOR A LITTLE GIRL SHE OPENLY CLAIMED MY FATHER AS HER VERY OWN AND DRESSED HIM AS A GIRL, HE WAS FIVE AND HAVING MANY FIGHTS WITH BOYS TEASING HIM BEFORE HIS DRESS CODE WAS CHANGED. HE DID HOWEVER HELP HIS MOTHER WITH SUCH CHORES AS COLLECTING EGGS, FEEDING CHICKENS. GEESE AND OTHER FOWL. HE CHURNED THE BUTTER. MADE CHEESE, RAN ERRANDS. FETCHED THINGS. TOOK THINGS, ETC. MY GRANDMOTHER KEPT A FLOCK OF GEESE PRIMARILY TO PRODUCE DOWN FOR THE MANY PILLOWS AND FEATHER BEDS NEEDED. IT APPARENTLY WAS A 'SIGHT TO BE SEEN': THE DOWN WAS TAKEN FROM THE BREAST OF THE GOOSE. GRAND MOTHER WOULD STRADDLE THE FOWL. AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO RIDE IT AND WITI I HER LEFT HAND HOLDING THE BIRD BY THE NECK AND BOTH OF HER LEGS FIRMLY LOCKED AROUND HIM/HER SHE WOULD PLUCK A HAND FULL OF DOWN WITH HER RIGHT AND THRUST IT INTO A BAG MY DAD WAS HOLDING. ALL OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THE CARPENTER FAMILY SLEPT COZY AND WARM. IT WAS NOT UNTIL MY DAD STARTED TO SCHOOL THAT HE WAS PERMITTED TO LEARN SOME OF THE MANLY CHORES OUTSIDE HIS MOTHERS' DOMAIN. HE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE HORSE SHOES AND MILL GRAIN AND PLOW A FIELD WITH AN OXEN TEAM AND SO MANY THINGS. HE LEARNED THE MANY CHORES AND SKILLS IN THE BUTCHERY SUCH AS SKINNING AND PREPARING LEATHER FOR TANNING, PRESERVING MEAT BY SALTING, SMOKING AND CANNING. HE LEARNED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND MIDWIFE FUNCTIONS HARNESS MAKING AND BELTING THAT HARNESSED THE POWER OF THE TURNING PADDLE WHEEL TO TURN FOR GRINDING STONES OF THE MILL AND SAW BLADES.
THE BEAUTIFUL MILL POND SERVED SO MANY PURPOSES IT DESERVES SOME MENTION. IT WAS A SMALL LAKE SO THAT A WATER SOURCE WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO TURN THE PADDLE WHEEL AS THE WATER FLOWED THROUGH THE NARROW CHANNEL OUTLET. IT SERVED AS A WATER SOURCE FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL UFE ON THE FARM. IT WAS THE HOME OF LOVELY BROOK TROUT AND WILD GEESE AND DUCKS THAT GAVE THE FAMILY A WONDERFUL CHANGE OF DIET. ALL THE CARPENTER BOYS LEARNED TO SWIM THERE BY BEING THROWN IN. ONE GREAT SERVICE THE POND RENDERED WAS IN THE WINTER IT WOULD FREEZE OVER. WHEN THE ICE WAS THICK ENOUGH IT WAS SAWN INTO BLOCKS WEIGHING ABOUT 1 00 POUNDS. THESE BLOCKS WOULD BE SLEDDED ACROSS THE ICE SURFACE TO A RAMP UP INTO THE ICE HOUSE(ALSO ON THE EDGE OF THE POND). THE TRICK OF CUTTING THE ICE WAS TO ALWAYS START CUTTING ON THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE POOL SO THAT YOU COULD MAINTAIN THE HARD FROZEN SURFACE TO STAND ON AS WELL AS A FIRM SURFACE TO SLIDE YOUR 'PRODUCT TO WARD THE ICE HOUSE. SAWDUST FROM THE MILL WAS SAVED TO BED DOWN THE ICE BLOCKS FOR INSULATION WHICH WOULD HELP KEEP IT SOLID FAR INTO THE NEXT SUMMER SOMETIMES EVEN LONGER IN ADDITION TO SAWDUST THE HOUSE WAS DOUBLE BUILT WITH AN AIR SPACE BETWEEN. THIS WAS TRUE OF CEIUNGS AND FLOOR AS WELL AS WALLS MY DAD SAID IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT WHEN YOU CAME IN FROM THE FIELD AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK.
WHILE STILL. TEACHING SCHOOL HE STARTED AS A PART TIME BOOKKEEPER FOR AN 011. COMPANY IN PENNSYLVANIA WHO HAD SOME EXPLORATION IN WEST VIRGINIA. OIL EXPLORATION INTERESTED HIM SO MUCH HE STUDIED GEOLOGY AT FAIRMONT UNIVERSITY WHILE STILL WORKING AS A BOOKKEEPER. WITH A DEGREE IN GEOLOGY HE CONTINUED HIS BOOKKEEPER
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POSITION BUT DID GET OPPORTUNITIES WITH HIS FIRM (I BELIEVE IT WAS PENN STATE FUEL SUPPLY) AND EVENTUALLY HE FOUND AND DEVELOPED PRODUCING FIELDS IN EASTERN OHIO, SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND IN WEST VIRGINIA 'BLUE CREEK AREA (WHERE I WAS BOHN IN 1913). IN PENNSYLVANIA HE BECAME FRIENDS OF MANY OF YOUNG MEN WHO WOULD LATER BECOME LEADERS IN THAT YOUNG BUT GROWING BUSINESS WITH NAMES SUCH AS SLICK, SKELLY, REARDON AND OTHERS. WITH THE ADVENT OF WAR WITH SPAIN IN 1898 DAD WAS OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE ARMY IN A DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS. BECAUSE DAD HAD EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE MANAGEMENT THEY NEEDED HIM TO SET UP DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS OFFICE. SINCE HE HAD NO MILITARY TRAINING HE WAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST NON- COMMISSIONED RANK, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER. AS A NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER HE WAS ISSUED A FULL ALLOTMENT OF UNIFORMS. HE WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY THEY FIT HIM SO HE WENT TO HIS TAILOR AND HAD THEM ALTERED WHICH BROUGHT DOWN THE WRATH OF HIS COMMANDING OFFICER BECAUSE HE WAS BETTER DRESSED THAN ANY OF THE OFFICERS. THE WAR WAS OVER BEFORE THE YEAR WAS OVER AND DAD WAS BACK IN THE OIL BUSINESS. THIS SERVICE DID ALLOW FOR HIS BURIAL IN ARLINGTON, A MAN WHO WORKED FOR HIS COMPANY WHO HAD AN INJURY ON THE DERRICK FLOOR OF A DRILLING OPERATION AND DAD BECAME FRIENDS AND WHILE HE WAS OFF WORK RECUPERATING THEY DISCOVERED EACH LIKED BASEBALL GAMES AND STARTED GOING TO GAMES ON SUNDAY. HIS NAME WAS JOHN JAMISON AND ONE DAY BROUGHT HIS 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ETHYL ALONG. THIS BECAME A REGULAR SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENT, AT FIRST DAD TREATED ETHYL AS AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN AND A DAUGHTER OF A FRIEND. AS TIME WENT ON HE REALIZED HOW FOND HE HAD BECOME OF HER AND THAT ETHYL RESPONDED TO HIS INCREASED FONDNESS AND FINALLY HE ASK JOHN IF IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF HE "CALLED ON ETHYL". DAVID CONFERRED WITH HIS WIFE ALMA, AND THEY BOTH LIKED DAD AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE. HOWEVER ETHYL'S OLDER SISTER NELL FELT THERE WAS TOO GREAT A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGES (ABOUT 9 YEARS). NELL RANTED AND ACTUALLY MET DAD AT THE DOOR ORDERING HIM "OUT AND PLEASE DO NOT COME BACK" JOHN SOON CORRECTED THIS AND THEIR COURTSHIP WAS LAUNCHED. THE NEXT YEAR ETHYL (AGE 1 6) AND GEORGE R055 CARPENTER (AGE 25) WERE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY. THE WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT THE HOME OF A CLOSE FRIEND OF DAD'S, SHERIFF MYERS, IN WETZEL COUNTY, W. VA. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1905. MRS. MYERS WAS A NIECE DAD'S.
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BY 191 1 DAD HAD BUILT A COMPETENT REPUTATION OF BEING ABLE TO FIND OIL AS WELL AS COMPETENT IN BUILDING AND ORGANIZING A PRODUCTIVE FIELD. HE BECAME SUPERINTENDENT IN THE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OPERATION WITH OFFICE IN BLUE CREEK, W. VA. WHICH WAS IN THE CENTER OF THEIR OPERATION AT THAT TIME. ON JANUARY 19,, 1913 I CAME INTO THIS WORLD BUT NOT EASILY! I WEIGHED 13 POUNDS AND MY POOR MOTHER THOUGHT SHE WOULD SURELY DIE. WHAT KEPT HER ALIVE WILL NEVER BE KNOWN. AFTER SOME 10 HOURS OF STRUGGLE AND THE USE OF EVER `BIRTHING' TOOL KNOW TO MAN USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN I EMERGED THE BATTLE OF SURVIVAL AS DID MY MOM! SHE TOLD ME THAT AFTER I WAS CLEANED UP AND PATCHED AS WAS SHE AND OUR BED REFRESHED AND MY FATHER THANKED GOD FOR OUR DELIVERANCE WE (MOTHER AND SON) COLLAPSED. MY MOTHER AMONGST HER PILLOWS AND I IN HER ARMS WITH THE MOST DELICIOUS THING, INSERTED INTO MY MOUTH, I COULD EVER IMAGINE. MAMA TOLD ME LATER THAT THIS DAY, SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SUNSHINE IN OVER 3 WEEKS OF RAIN STORMS CAUSING THE WORST OHIO RIVER FLOODING IN HISTORY. MUD WAS ANKLE DEEP IN THE STREETS BUT THERE WERE WOODEN SIDEWALKS ON SOME STREETS. PEOPLE WERE SO DEUGHTED TO SEE THE SUNSHINE THEY STROLLED IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE ON THE SIDEWALKS. THEIR LAUGHTER AND CONVERSATIONS WAS CHEERING TO HER. SO WITH EXHAUSTION AND CONTENTMENT (AND MY MOUTHFUL) WE DID A FINE JOB OF BONDING! OH, HOW I LOVED HER! I REMEMBER ONE STORY MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS TIME. THERE WAS A STREAM OF VISITORS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO VISIT MY MAMA. MY DAD WAS DELIGHTED IN SHOWING HIS FIRST SON TO THE VISITORS AND PARTICULARLY TO HIS BROTHERS. WITH ONE BROTHER, WHILE I WAS HAVING MY DIAPER CHANGED MY UNCLE CHIDED DAD ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY ORGAN AND MY FATHER RESPONSE WAS "NEVER MIND, THAT LITTLE ITEM WILL GET HIM INTO MUCH MORE TROUBLE IN HIS LIFETIME THAN ANYTHING ELSE.". DAD MOVED HIS OFFICE TO CHARLESTON IN 1915 AND THEY BOUGHT A LOVELY LARGE HOME. A STATELY 3 STORY BUILDING ON A STREET WITH ONLY SIMILAR HOMES. IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR MY SISTER BONNIE ARRIVED AND WAS THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO BE BORN IN A HOSPITAL AUTOMOBILES WERE BECOMING THE RAGE AND OUR FATHER WAS NOT TO BE DENIED. I CANNOT REMEMBER HIS FIRST CARS BUT IN ABOUT 1917 I RECALL. A WHITE ROADSTER CALLED A HUDSON SUPER SIX. IT WAS A 2 SEATER THAT TOOK YOUR BREATH AWAY, OR AT LEAST THE BREATH OF A 4 YEAR OLD BOY. ALSO WE HAD A FAMILY CAR, A TOURING CAR WITH A FOLDING TOP.
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THIS WAS KNOWN AS AN APPERSON JACKRABBIT AND HAD SUCH AN ANIMALS FIGURE IN BRIGHT METAL ACROSS THE RADIATOR, AND IN THIS MONSTROUS MACHINE THE CARPENTER FAMILY I.E., DAD, MAMA, MARJORIE, BONNIE AND GEORGE ROSS TOOK AN UNBELIEVABLE JOURNEY FROM CHARLESTON TO BOWLING GREEN OHIO WHERE MAMA COULD VISIT FRIENDS SHE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AND PROUDLY PRESENT HER FAMILY. IT WAS QUITE A TRIP AS ROADS WERE ALMOST NON EXISTENT IN SOME AREAS AND FACILITIES TO CROSS OVER STREAMS WERE VERY CRUDE AND IN SOME CASES HAD TO BE FORDED IF THE WATER WAS NOT TOO DEEP. SOMETIMES AN OUT OF THE WAY DETOUR WAS NECESSARY TO FIND A SAFE CROSSING. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE RETURN TRIPS WAS MUCH QUICKER ONCE THE SAFE ROUTE WAS ESTABUSHED. SOMEWHERE THERE IS A PICTURE OF US IN THE 'JACK RABBIT' DAD AT WHEEL IN A SMOCK AND MATCHING CAP WITH GOGGLES' MAMA BESIDE HIM IN A LARGE HAT WITH A VIAL AND IN THE BACK SEAT WAS MARJORIE, BONNIE AND I. I AM NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY WE STARTED OUR TRIP. I AM SURE I MUST HAVE KNOW MOST. IF NOT ALL, OF MY FATHERS BROTHERS BUT WHEN WE MOVE WEST I WAS ONLY SIX AND CANNOT REMEMBER ANY OF THEM EXCEPT ONE. UNCLE JAKE WHO WAS THE ONLY BROTHER THAT LIVED IN CHARLESTON AND VISITED US OFTEN. MY MEMORY OF A TYPICAL ARRIVAL IS SO VIVID I CAN REMEMBER JUST AS IF IT WERE HAPPENING NOW! HE WAS ALWAYS EXTREMELY WELL DRESSED IN VERY NICE SUIT, SHINED HIGH TOP SHOES NEATLY TIED NECK TIE WITH STICK PIN AND A DERBY HAT. HE PULLED UP AT OUR CURB ON HIS BICYCLE, DISMOUNTED AND RAISED THE WHEEL ONTO ITS STAND, REMOVED THE TROUSER CUP FROM HIS ANKLE AND ATTACHES IT TO A HOLDER, TURN AND STARTED THE ASSAULT OF OUR SIDEWALK AND STAIRS UP TO OUR FRONT PORCH. HE WAS A TALL MAN. LEAN BUT STURDILY BUILT WITH 'FULL' MUSTACHE. HE WAS ALWAYS MET MIDWAY TO THE PORCH BY OUR FAMILY PET. A HUGH COLLIE, LOOKING MUCH LIKE THE LASSIE HERO OF MORE MODERN MOVIES AND TV SHOW. HE WOULD ALWAYS NUZZLE THE EXTENDED HAND, WAG HIS HUGH TAIL AND ACCEPT THE KIND WORDS AND EAR RUB WHEEL AND LEAD OUR GUEST UP THE SOME EIGHT OR TEN STEPS UP ON TO THE VERANDA . UNCLE JAKE WOULD ALWAYS SHAKE MY HAND AND STATE HOW GOOD IT WAS TO SEE ME AGAIN AND THEN PICK ME LIP HIGH OVER HIS HEAD AND THEN A DELIGHTFUL HARDY SQUEEZE OF AFFECTION AND A KISS ON MY NECK. I LOVED THE SMELL OF HIM. AN UNDERLINE 'FRESHLY SCRUBBED' GOOD CIGAR AND SOME TIMES A GREAT FRAGRANCE I MANY YEAR LATER LEARNED TO BE RYE WHISKEY.
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I CANT REMEMBER THE NAME OF OUR DOG AND I AM SO SORRY BECAUSE HE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY TRULY A KING AMONG DOGS AND LIKE THE COLLIE I BOUGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND PROTECTED THEM CONSTANTLY. I REMEMBER MAMA TELLING THAT THE MOMENT 1 HAD ANY FREEDOM KING (I HAVE RENAMED HIM) UNDERTOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY: MAMA SAID THAT AFTER TIMELESS OBSERVATION OF HIM CARRYING OUT HIS PROTECTION HE NEVER ALLOWED ME NEAR STAIRWAYS OR DANGER AREAS, WHEN IT BECAME WARM ENOUGH SHE WOULD TAKE ME OUT ON THE LAWN WHERE THE DOG WOULD ROUGH HOUSE ME AND ALLOW ME TO CLIMB ALL OVER HIM WITH NEVER A SCRATCH AND HE WOULD NEVER ALLOW ME TO LEAVE THE YARD. HE CARRIED THIS OUT BY TAKING A MOUTHFUL OF DIAPER SEAT AND PULL ME BACK INTO THE CENTER OF THE LAWN. No MATTER HOW MUCH I CRIED OR COMPLAINED HE NEVER RELENTED. THIS WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE MAMA WAS QUITE ILL DURING A LOT OF TIME AND I WAS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF OUR HOUSEKEEPER NETTIE AND KING. I REMEMBER USA JOINING THE ALLIES IN DECLARING WAR ON GERMANY AND ALL THE TALK AND EXCITEMENT. OF COURSE THERE WAS NO RADIO OR TV. ALL THE NEWS WAS IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPER AND HUNDREDS OF 'SOAP BOX' SPEAKERS IN PARKS AND SQUARES IN THF. CITIES. ALSO PATRIOTIC PARADES. I WAS AN EXCITED LITTLE BOY WHEN I WAS TAKEN WHERE I COULD VIEW A PARADE WITH MARCHING BANDS AND SOLDIERS, LOTS OF HORSES CARRYING THE CAVALRY AND PULUNG CANNONS AND ALL SORTS OF SUPPLY WAGONS AND EQUIPMENT. MOST OF MY FAVORITE TOYS BECAME TOY GUNS AND SOLDIERS AND ALL SORTS OF WAR GAMES ON SOME OCCASIONS DAD WOULD TAKE US ALONG ON BUSINESS TRIPS. ON ONE EXCURSION WE WERE IN WASHINGTON. D. C. FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND WE WATCHED A PARADE OF WOMEN DRESSED IN WHITE MAKING A PUBLIC PLEA OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THIS VERY PLEA ACTUALLY RESULTING IN WOMEN ULTIMATELY GAINING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. DAD TOOK US TO SEE MANY PLACES OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE. WE VISITED MONT VERNON, THE HOME OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON. IT HAD A HUGH LAWN THAT RAN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE POTOMAC RIVER. NEITHER MARJORIE NOR I COULD RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO ROLL DOWN THIS LAWN. IN 1 919 HIS FRIEND SKELLY CAME TO SEE HIM, HE HAD STARTED AN OIL PRODUCTION FIELD IN THE VICINITY OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA AND WANTED TO FURTHER EXPAND BUT NEEDED MY DAD'S HELP. SOMETIMES IN OIL FIELD EXPANSION IT IS EASIER TO LOSE A FORTUNE THAN IT IS TO MAKE ONE. SO DAD RESIGNED HIS POSITION, PACKED UP HIS
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FAMILY AND WE WERE OFF TO OKLAHOMA' MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME IN TULSA AND A NEW ERA BEGAN. AFTER A DETAILED EXAMINATIONS OF SEVERAL AREAS DAD RECOMMENDED AN AREA IN AND NEAR THE PAWNEE INDIAN RESERVATION. THE FIRST STEP IS TO BUY AS MUCH LEASE ON LAND AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL YOUR COMPETITORS HAVE DIFFICULTY IN COMPETING IF YOU ARE HOLDING THE RIGHT TO DRILL WELLS, MY DAD UNDER TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY IN ACQUIRING THE LEASES NEEDED. HE MADE STRONG FRIENDSHIPS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL. THEY SEEMED TO LIKE HIM VERY MUCH AND THE CHIEF INVITED HIM TO A BIG POWWOW. THE CEREMONY WAS LONG AND TEDIOUS BUT HE WAS FINALLY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL HE EXPLAINED THAT HIS FIRM BELIEVED OIL LAY UNDER THEIR LAND AND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNERS GIVING THEM THE RIGHT TO DRILL WOULD BE PAID A FEE EVEN IF THEY NEVER DRILL OR DRILL AND DO NOT FIND OIL HOWEVER THEY WOULD BECOME QUITE WEALTHY IF OIL WAS DISCOVERED. His PROPOSAL WAS WELL RECEIVED AND AS A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE WHEN THE CHIEF AND DAD WERE (FIRST) THROUGH THE FOOD LINE AND CAME TO A LARGE CAULDRON WITH A LOW WOOD FIRE UNDER IT, THE CHIEF BENT FORWARD AND TOLD MY DAD ''DIG DEEP, GET PUPPY"! DAD WAS INSTANTLY SHOCKED TO LEARN THE NATURE OF THE FOOD BUT ALSO SICK TO HIS STOMACH AND REACTED IN A TOUCHED AND HUMBLE MANNER AND THANKED THE CHIEF AT THIS SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP BUT THAT HE WOULD NOT FEEL RIGHT IN ACCEPTING THIS GREAT DELICACY THAT HIS PEOPLE SO JUSTLY DESERVE. IT SEEMED TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NO OFFENCE. IT WAS A GREAT JOKE AND WIDELY TOLD OVER THE YEARS. THE ENDEAVOR WAS A SUCCESS. AN EVEN GREATER SUCCESS FOR DAD AS SKELLY OFFERED HIM A CHOICE IN THAT HE COULD ACCEPT A PARTNERSHIP OR HE START HIS OWN DRILLING COMPANY HAVE EXCLUSIVE DRILLING RIGHTS ON SKELLY PROPERTY. DAD ELECTED THE LATTER WITH THE BANKS HELP ACQUIRED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT DRILLING EQUIPMENT BUT IT WAS WORTH IT AS HE MADE A LOT IN THE PAWNEE AREA. BY 1920 HE HAD MOVED HIS OPERATIONS TO THE BREKEN RIDGE AND BURKE BURNETT FIELDS IN TEXAS AND HE HAD 17 STRINGS OF TOOLS AT WORK. IN LAY LANGUAGE, THIS MEANT HE COULD HAVE HAD 17 DIFFERENT WELLS BEING DRILLED AT ONE TIME WITH 17 DIFFERENT CREWS WORKING. LATE THAT YEAR THERE WAS A DEPRESSION AND THERE WAS NOT ANY WELLS DRILLED ANYWHERE, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF CONTRACTOR WHOLLY OWNED HIS TOOLS BUT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AS IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A FEW MILLIONS. OF COURSE WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO DRILL WELLS THAT DOES NOT STOP INTEREST PAYMENT DUE EACH
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MONTH ON THE TOOLS. WHEN HE HAD TO FOLD HE NEVER CONSIDERED BANKRUPTCY AS HIS BANKER ADVISED BUT SOLD EVERYTHING INCLUDING OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME IN FORT WORTH (THAT WAS EXEMPT FROM BANKRUPTCY BECAUSE OF TEXAS HOMESTEAD LAW) BUT THAT IS OUR HONEST FORBEARER "WHO PAID HIS DEBTS"AND HE DID NOT SEEM SAD THAT HE WAS NO LONGER A MILLIONAIRE! IN A FEW DAYS WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KANSAS WHERE HE WAS IN CHARGE A DEVELOPING FIELD AND WITH A COMPANY THAT OWNED ITS OWN DRILLING TOOLS. LEAVING OKLAHOMA AND FORT WORTH PROBABLY WAS VIEWED BY MY PARENTS AS PERHAPS A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE ALTHOUGH MY FATHER HAD GAINED (AND LOST) A FORTUNE WE REALLY HAD SOME MISFORTUNES FAR WORSE WITH HEALTH MATTERS. BOTH MARJORIE AND I CONTRACTED SCARLET FEVER. THERE WAS LITTLE KNOWN ON HOW TO AVOID SUCH A DISEASE OR LESS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH IT IF CONTRACTED, WAYS TO 'KILL' GERMS ANDS INFECTIONS, FTC. SO MANY TERRIBLE INFLICTIONS HAD TO BE FOUGHT BETWEEN THE CHILD AND DILEMMA AND ONLY THE CHILD'S STORED ENERGY AND STRENGTH WERE LEFT TO DO BATTLE. THE NURSE' CONTRIBUTION WAS PRIMARILY KEEPING THE CHILD'S MIND OPEN WITH 'POSITIVE THINKING' AND THAT THEY 'KNEW' THEY WERE GOING TO GET BETTER. PRAYER TOO HELPS US ALL IN THESE TIMES WE MUST BELIEVE. MARJORIE WAS LEFT SOME HEARING DEFAULT IN ONE EAR THAT NEVER DID REPAIR I HAD A MORE SERIOUS RESULT IN THAT I COULDN'T WALK. DOCTORS (I THINK) THOUGHT IT WAS A CIRCULATORY. FOR OVER 6 MONTHS I WAS PUSHED IN A SMALL WHEELCHAIR AND TOOK LONG WEEKS OF TREATMENT AT HOT SPRINGS SPAS IN CLAREMORE OKLAHOMA AND MUCH LONGER (BECAUSE I RESPONDED MORE FAVORABLY) AT A SPA IN MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. OUR CRUELEST EXPERIENCE CAME IN A BITTER WINTER IN TULSA IN 1920. DAD HAD ALREADY GONE TO HIS TEXAS DRILLING OPERATION AND WAS GETTING OUR NEW HOME IN FT WORTH READY FOR US. OUR HOME IN TULSA WAS HEATED BY GAS BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COLD THE AND DEMAND FOR HEAT SO GREAT THAT THERE WAS ONLY HE TINIEST 'BLUE BEAD! OF LIGHT AND THE HEATING EFFECT WAS PRACTICALLY NIL. OUR LITTLE BABY SISTER MARILYN (JUST 2) HAD BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA AND HOSPITALS WERE SO JAMMFD THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT PATIENTS. OUR DOCTOR WAS ALSO OVER EXTENDED. HE HAD BEEN TO OUR HOUSE THAT AFTERNOON GIVING MY MOTHER INSTRUCTIONS AND SAID HE WOULD BE BACK LATER THAT NIGHT BUT HE DID NOT COME UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING ONLY TO FIND HIS LITTLE PATIENT HAD PASSED AWAY. MAMA HAD CALLED HIM REPEAL IDLY ALL NIGHT BUT THERE WAS NO
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ANSWER. MY POOR MAMA SCREAMED AT HIM AND HIT HIM REPEATEDLY WITH A BROOM FORCING HIM FROM THE HOUSE AND CHASED HIM HALFWAY DOWN THE STREET. SHE SAID LATER ON THAT THE "THING THAT BROKE THE CAMEIS BACK" WAS THE SMELL OF WHISKEY ON HIS BREATH. MUCH LATER IN MY LIFE I REALIZED THAT THE POOR DOCTOR HAD PROBABLY NEVER ARRIVED AT HIS HOME AND WAS FACING MANY SAD CASES ALL NIGHT THROUGH. I COULD EASILY UNDERSTAND THAT A NIP NOW AND THEN WAS TO KEEP HIM GOING AS WELL AS FROM FREEZING HIMSELF. DAD WAS ON A TRAIN THAT NIGHT TRYING TO ASSIST HIS FLOCK. IT MUST HAVE SEEMED AN EMPTY GESTURE TO HIM IN HIS GRIEF BUT I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR HIS FAMILY FOR WE ALL NEEDED STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE AND HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO US. I BELIEVE IT WILL ENLIGHTEN THE READER A GREAT DEAL TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OUR FATHER PLAYED IN OUR FAMILY. IT IS CENTERED IN MAMA'S VIEWPOINT: To HER THERE WAS NEVER A MAN AS GREAT AS HE WAS NOR AS WISE, OR HANDSOME, OR BRILLIANT, OR ANYTHING ELSE! WE TALKED ABOUT HIM WHEN HE WAS AWAY, WHICH WAS MOST OF THE TIME SEEKING THE ELUSIVE OIL! EACH AND EVER ONE OF THE CHILDREN KNEW THIS TO BE GOSPEL AND WE ALWAYS HELD HIM IN SOME SORT OF LOFTY AND AMAZING WORLD. IT WAS OUR GREATEST WISH THAT WE WOULD PLEASE HIM. WHEN MY MAMA WAS DISPLEASED WITH US, HER GREATEST WEAPON (ALTHOUGH A PEACH TREE SWITCH WAS POWERFUL) WAS HER STATEMENT "JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER COMES HOME" SETTING UP DAYS OR WEEKS OF ANXIOUS MOMENTS AWAITING HIS ARRIVAL. THIS WAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY THE LONG AWAITED MOMENT WHEN DAD . ALWAYS IN PRIVATE. TOOK THE CULPRIT ASIDE AND TALKED ABOUT YOUR 'MIS-STEP' ASKING IN THE ENDS "DO YOU THINK YOU ACTED CORRECTLY?". FOLLOWED BY "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID OR DONE?" THE ANSWER WAS OF COURSE KNOWN TO US AND DAD WOULD SAY ( AFTER A PAUSE)"I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU" AND THEN WITH HIS ARM AROUND YOU HE WOULD SAY I AM SO GLAD WE HAD THIS LITTLE TALK AND THAT YOU AGREE YOU SHOULD HAVE HANDLED THIS DIFFERENTLY (AND YOU WERE TOO) . I AM SURE MAMA THOUGHT WE HAD RECEIVED A STRONG LECTURE AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WAS DECEIVING HER IN ANYWAY, IN RETROSPECT IT WAS EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE. IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT DAVID HAD A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FEELING ON THIS MATTER. AFTER ALL HE WAS JUST A TODDLER WHEN WE LOST OR SWEET MAMA AND I DOUBT IF DAVID EVEN HAS ANY MEMORY OF HER. SO WITHOUT THE
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INTRODUCTION OF DAD BY MAMA THAT THE REST OF US RECEIVED HE PROBABLY SEES HIM DIFFERENTLY. WE ALL LIVED THROUGH THE SHOCK OF REALIZING THAT DAD WAS MERE MORTAL WITH WEAKNESSES. I KNOW HE HAD SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN AT LEAST ONE. SHE WAS A VERY NICE AND PRETTY WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO A FRIEND OF MAMAS. SHE CAME TO OUR 'RESCUE' SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DAD AS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE EDUCATION WE WERE RECEIVING IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL IN KANSAS HE RENTED AN APARTMENT IN EL DORADO, KANSAS AND INSTALLED MARJORIE, AND I THERE WITH OUR 'LADY' AS OUR COMPANION. OF COURSE I WILL NEVER KNOW BUT I CAN SURE IMAGINE HOW HE SET THIS UP. IN EARLIER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OUR NEED OF A BETTER EDUCATION DAD WOULD HAVE SAID TO MAMA "WHY DON'T YOU WRITE YOUR FIEND IN PITTSBURG TO AN EXPENSE FREE TRIP OUT HERE AND TAKE OVER THE KIDS FOR THE CHILDREN'S APARTMENT IN EL DORADO?" ADDING. "LITTLE BONITA IS STILL NOT OF SCHOOL AGE SO I'LL STAY HOME AND PROVIDE A HOME OR MY HUSBAND ETC," ANOTHER TIME I REMEMBER WHEN CARMEN WAS BORN IN MEXIA. TEXAS. SHE WAS SIMILARLY INVITED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE KIDS WHILE MAMA BROUGHT CARMEN INTO THE WORLD AND SPENT (IN THOSE. DAYS THE REQUIRED TIME IN THE HOSPITALS) TWO WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL. MARJORIE. BEING A GIRL KNOWING A LOT ABOUT 'BOYS N GIRLS' AND BEING VERY OBSERVANT KNEW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS BUT ONLY CONFIDED IN ME MANY YEARS LATER. SINCE MAMA WAS NO DUMB BELL I ASSUME SHE AT LEAST SUSPECTED. NO MATTER IT DID NOT DIM THAT LIGHT OF LOVE SHE HAD FOR HIM. WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF WEAKNESS' DAD AWAYS' DRANK ALCOHOL DRINKS BUT I NEVER SAW IN HIM ANY OF THE COMMON INDICATORS LIKE SPEECH, INABILITY WAI X STRAIGHT ETC SO I BELIEVE THAT HIS DRINKING WAS NOT TO ACCESS UNTIL LATER YEARS. HE DID REACH A STAGE FINALLY WHERE HE BECAME AN EMBARRASSMENT TO HIS COMPANY AND AFTER SEVERAL TRIALS HE HAD TO GO. IT WAS SAD THING. I CAME TO OKLAHOMA CITY AND AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH DAD MORE OR LESS TOOK CHARGE. I FOUND GUTHRIE COLLEGE A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION IN GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA WHO WOULD ACCEPT HER AS A FRESHMAN WITH BOARD AND ROOM IN EXCHANGE FOR PART TIME WORK IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE. I CHOSE SUCH A SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE HAD ATTENDED A CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE LIKED IT. THE COUNTRY WAS IN A DEEP DEPRESSION AND YOU JUST COULD HARDLY FIND ANYONE WITH MONEY TO BUY A HOME. DAD STILL HAD A SMALL MORTGAGE ON HIS
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HOME. I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF HIS MORTGAGE COMPANY. I KNEW THAT THEY TOO WERE HAVING A BAD TIME GETTING NEW CUSTOMERS SO I PROPOSED A DEAL WHEREBY THEY WOULD INCREASE THEIR LOAN TO DAD TO THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AND THEN DAD WOULD SELL FOR THAT AMOUNT TO A BUYER THEY COULD AGREE TO ACCEPT AS A MORTGAGE HOLDER. THE DEAL WAS MADE AND WE MOVED THE HOUSE SO THAT DAD COULD THEN PAY OFF ALL HIS DEPTS.. I HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE LEFT BUT TO MOVE DAVID AND DAD IN OUR VERY SMALL HOME IN COLUMBUS OHIO. WE GAVE DAD OUT BEDROOM AND MURIEL AND I SLEPT ON A ROLL AWAY IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THE ONLY OTHER BEDROOM WAS OCCUPIED BY BILLIE AND CONNIE. THE HOUSE WAS UPSTAIRS OVER A GARAGE AND FURNACE ROOM. IT ALSO HAD SERVED US A LAUNDRY ROOM AND A WORK SHOP FOR ME, I WAS INTO ARCHERY THEN AND MADE MY OWN BOWS. I DID THE BEST I COULD BY CLEANING THE PLACE UP AS WELL AS POSSIBLE SOME PARTIONING AND PAINT AND POOR DAVE HAD A BEDROOM: THE WHOLE THING WAS A POOR SOLUTION OUT AT THAT MOMENT IT WAS THE ONLY ONE. NEITHER MARJORIE NOR BONNIE WAS ABLE TO HELP. DAVE SOMEWHAT IMPROVED HIS SITUATION ABOUT 8 OR 9 MONTHS AFTER ARRIVING. OUR PLACE WAS OUT IN THE COUNTRY SURROUNDED BY FARMING AND DAVE DID SOME WORK, I BELIEVE FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT FARMERS AND WAS ESPECIAL LIKED BY ONE FARMER WHO EITHER HAD NO CHILDREN OR THEIR CHILDREN HAD GROWN. DAD WAS ON ONE OF SEVERAL TRIPS HE MADE LOOKING FOR EMPI .OYMENT ETC. HE TOLD ME HE HAD NO OBJECTION IF DAVE ACCEPTED THE OFFER. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD DO HIM A LOT OF GOOD AND THAT HE HAD BEEN OFFERED A JOB WITH THE NAVAL TORPEDO SHOP IN ARLINGTON. VIRGINIA
PRACTICALLY IN WASHINGTON, D C. SOMETHING TO DO WITH TOOL AND MACHINE SHOP WORK. IF HE DID MOVE THERE HE WOULD SEND FOR DAVE. THIS WAS GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD BEEN OFFERED MY FIRST STATION MANAGER POSITION (I WAS THE CHIEF RADIO OPERATOR IN COLUMBUS) NOW IF WE LEAVE DAVE WILL HAVE A PLACE TO GO! I WAS GREATLY RELIEVED AS I HAD ALREADY TOLD MURIEL THAT IF WE MOVED WOULD HAVE TO BRING DAVE WITH US. YOU MIGHT AGREE THAT MY RELATIONS WITH MY WIFE WERE SO THIN I WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT OUR MARRIAGE AND MY CHILDREN AND JUST ABOUT 5 YEARS LATTER WE DID DIVORCE. THIS WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 1941. I WAS SENT ON A TROUBLE SHOOTING JOB IN KNOXVILLE IN SEPTEMBER AND ASSIGNED AS
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STATION MANAGER IN ABILENE, TEXAS IN NOVEMBER . JUST A FEW DAYS LATER ON DECEMBER 71" PEARL HARBOR WAS BOMBED. JUST 6 MONTHS LATER I WAS GIVEN A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT JOB AS MANAGER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DAVID HAD JOINED DAD IN ARLINGTON AND I AM NOT SURE BUT BELIEVE NOT LONG AFTER THAT HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY. AT ABOUT THIS TIME I WAS OFFERED A MAJORITY IN THE AIR CORPS AND I WAS THRILLED. BUT WE WERE A WAR AND THE WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION CONTROLLED ALL JOBS CONSIDERED 'VITAL TO THE WAR EFFORT' AND I COULD NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER JOB WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. THEY SAID THE MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT WAS GREATER WHERE I WAS THAN IN THE AIR CORPS, I USED TO HAVE THAT STATEMENT ON MY OFFICE WALL JUST TO BUCK UP MY SPIRITS, DAD STAYED WITH THE NAVAL TORPEDO GROUP UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1944. I HAD BUSINESS IN WASHINGTON IN EARLY AUGUST AND HAD SPENT A DAY WITH HIM JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE THAT AND I HAVE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN GLAD I DID AS I THINK WE BOTH ENJOYED THAT VISIT MORE THAN ANY I CAN REMEMBER. FAREWELL SWEET SIRE!
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ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE ETHYL GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL BERNITA HELENE DESCRIBED AS BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY AND HEALTHY BUT CONTRACTED AN UNKNOWN DISEASE AND DIED. B 9/1/06-D 7/17/08'
ON APRIL 16,1909 MARJORIE AND A TWIN MARGARET ELAINE WHO DIED AT BIRTH, MARJORIE DIED IN 1998. ANOTHER INFANT TRAGEDY WAS MARILYN VIRGINIA BORN IN 1919 AND DIED OF A SEVERE BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA IN 1921. BONITA JEAt4E WAS BORN 12/7/1915 AND DIED 9/20/1993 AND CARMEN WAS BORN 2/7/1923 AND DIED 1999.
ETHYL BORE EIGHT CHILDREN DURING HER LIFE, THREE WHO DIED IN WHILE INFANTS AND THREE LIVED FULL LIVES AND PASSING AT OR NEAR 80 AND WELL BEYOND.
AT THIS WRITING ONLY THE 2 BOYS REMAIN. JOHN DAVID WHO JUST CELEBRATED HIS 81 tr BIRTHDAY AND MYSELF WILL SEE HIS 9411' IN 2 MONTHS (GOD WILLING) PROVING THE ADAGE ABOUT THE YOUNG DYING YOUNG. THIS ONLY A JOKE IN DAVE'S CASE FOR HE PROBABLY HAS THE `SOFTEST HEART' IN THE FAMILY BUT IS THE BRAVEST MAN I EVER KNEW AND THE FAMILY HERO WITHOUT ANY DOUBT. IN A SPAN OF 30 ODD YEARS HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THREE DIFFERENT THEATERS OF BLOODY WAR AS A MEMBER OF THE U. S, ARMY INFANTRY, WHERE THE ACTION IS AND MOST OF THE DYING!. FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF INVASION OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM TO THE RHINE RIVER CROSSING WHERE HE WAS ONE OF ONLY 15 MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY TO SURVIVE AND ESTABLISH THE BEACHHEAD ON GERMAN SOIL. HE WAS IN AN ACTION IN KOREA WHEREBY HIS UNIT WAS CUT OFF DEEP IN NORTH KOREA AND SCATTERED SO THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF ALONE. TRAVELING AT NIGHT AND KEEPING COVERED BY BRUSH IN DAYTIME HE WORKED HIS WAY BACK THROUGH ENEMY LINES AND BACK TO HIS OUTFIT. DURING ANOTHER ACTION HE WAS GIVEN A BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION FROM SGT. MAJOR TO FIRST LT. HE WAS ONE REALLY DECORATED SOLDIER! I BELIEVE HE RECEIVED PURPLE HEARTS IN WW TWO, KOREA AND VIET NAM. SOME DAY I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HIM BUT HIS LOVELY AND TALENTED DAUGHTER SALLY KAY COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF IT.
Ethel Jamison
In the 1910 US Census she has been married for 4 years and has had 3 children of which 1 is alive in 1910.
PARENTS:
John Skyrock Jamison 1853-1936
Alma E. Hurlburt 1857-1940
SIBLINGS:
George Wayne Jamison 1886-1941
Sarah Agnes Jamision 1899-1972
HALF-SIBLINGS:
Half-Siblings
Maude Jamison 1873-1950
Blanche Jamison1875-1900
Nellie M. Wimmer 1875-1958
Jennie Alice Wimmer 1877-1878
Arthur G. Wimmer 1879-
1127.
Bernita Helene Carpenter
DEATH: Died in Not, Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria ?
1131.
Bonita Macfern Jean "Bonnie" Carpenter
She married and had at least 4 children.
ARTICLE: By George Ross Carpenter Jr. - submitted by Douglas Peterson-Carpenter drpc1a@gmail.com in Jan 2019.
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Connie Golden
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From: "George Ross Carpenter"
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:35 PM
Attach: header.htm
Subject: My Sister Bonnie.wps
MY SISTER BONNIE
BONNIE WAS DIFFERENT. No ONE EVER SAID SO BUT EVERYONE KNEW IT. MARJORIE WAS NOT SHY, SHE KNEW EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALWAYS WAS ACTIVE IN HER' SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ALTHOUGH SHE DID HAVE A 'TEMPER' SHE MOSTLY WORE A BEG SMILE. GEORGE Ross WAS A VERY SHY LITTLE BOY BUT DEAR MAMA INSISTED HE MEMORIZE POEMS AND DRESSED IN A "LORD FONT ROY' LIKE ATTIRE WOULD PERFORM BEFORE MAMA'S CLUB WHEN IT MET AT OUR HOUSE. THE LADIES APPLAUSE SOON HELPED HIM TO BE A LITTLE BRAVER_ THE FAMILY MEMBER WHO GOT
THE MOS I RESPECT WAS BONNIE. SHE WAS A QUIT~"!' CHILD BUT A VERY HAPPY ONE. HER LITTLE FACE WITH SUCH INNOCENT EYES WOULD LIGHT UP WHEN SHE SMILED, HER GORGEOUS MOUTH TOOK COMMAND OF HER ENTIRE PERSONA. EVERYONE KNEW SHE WAS AT EASE WITH HERSELF. SHE SEEMED TO POSSESS A WISDOM ALTHOUGH WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK THIS THEN. WE WERE CERTAINLY NOT SURPRISED, YEARS LATER WHEN SHE SHOWED SUCH ABILITY AS AN ACTOR OR A PLAYWRIGHT AND MANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
DURING THE HORRIBLE 1 9 17 FLU EPIDEMIC THAT KILLED TENS OF THOUSAND AMERICANS, BONNIE WAS THE ONLY ONE OF US THAT WAS STRICKEN. BY LAW, ALL HOMES HAD TO UNDERGO QUARANTINE SO DAD TOOK MARJORIE AND ME TO THE HOME OF CLOSE FRIENDS WHERE WE STAID FOR SEVERAL WEEKS DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. MAMA AND OUR WONDERFUL COLORED LADY NE I I IE' WHO WE ALL LOVED, STAYED WITH OUR WEE SICK BABY SISTER. WE HAD A TELEPHONE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE BLOCK SO DAD GOT A SHOPPING LIST NEARLY EVERY DAY KEEPING THOSE LOVED ONES SUPPLIED. IN THE EVENING WE WOULD
VISIT BY S I ANDING IN THE BACK YARD OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM WHERE
BONNIE LANGUISHED. TAKING CARE NOT TO GE TOO CLOSE AND TALK TO
MAMA AND NE 1 I 1E THROUGH THE WINDOW AND AS BONNIE RECOVERED WE COULD TALK TO HER. SOON SHE WAS HER OLD SELF AGAIN AND WE CHILDREN HAD NO IDEA OF THE CLOSE CALL LITTLE BONNIE EXPERIENCED IN THAT TERRIBLE ILLNESS_
FOLLOWING THE WAR THERE WERE SEVERAL VERY DANGEROUS DISEASES TO CONFRONT THE WORLD, JUST TWO YEARS LATER IN TULSA WE LOST ANOTHER NEW BABY SISTER MARYLYN TO A FLU LIKE BRONICLE DISEASEPage 2 of 6
AND BOTH MARJORIE AND I HAD SCARLET FEVER LEAVING US BOTH WITH LIFELONG AFTER AFFECTS.
WE MOVED TO KANSAS WERE DAD EXPLORED FOR OIL AND FOUND IT! HE BUILT USA HOME WITH STABLE, CHICKEN HOUSE. GARAGE AND BUILDINGS FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE, WE WE VERY ISOLATED IN THAT PLAIN STATE. IT WAS VERY MUCH LIKE LIVING ON A FARM. WE HAD A WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL HORSE THAT MARJORIE AND I RODE DOUBLE TO SCHOOL ON BAD COLD AND SNOWY DAYS BUT IN NICE WEATHER WE WALKED THE 2 MILES BECAUSE "IT WAS GOOD FOR US". BONNIE WAS STILL YOUNG BUT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE COULDN'T GO. SHE MORE INTERESTED IN MY BOOKS THAN I WAS. DURING THIS TIME WE GOT A BRAND NEW 1921 MODEL T FORD. THIS REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION I WATCHED VERY CAREFULLY ALL OF THE THINGS MY DAD HAD TO DO TO GET UNDERWAY. THERE WERE 3 FOOT PEDALS ON THE FLOOR: THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS THE BRAKE. THE MIDDLE ONE WAS REVERSE AND ON THE LEFT WAS THE LOW GEAR WHEN PUSHED ALL THE WAS TO THE FLOOR AND HIGH GEAR WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL NEUTRAL WHEN PUSHED HALF WAY IN. THE ONLY OTHER WAY YOU COULD GET THE GEARS IN NEUTRAL WAS TO PULL ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. SO STARTING PROCEDURE WAS SIMPLE. You PULL ON THE EMERGENCY BREAK, TURN ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, ADJUST BOTH THE GAS AND SPARK LEVERS (WHICH WERE ON THE STEERING COLUMN) 'JUST LIKE DAD DID) GET OUT OF THE CAR GET A HOW OF' THE CRANK HANDLE WHICH WAS ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR, TURN THE CRANK AND WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED TO RUN YOU HURRIEDLY GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND SLOWED DOWN THE MOTOR BY ADJUSTING THE SPARK AND GAS LEVERS. RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT SAME TIME AS YOU PUSHED THE CENTER FOOT PEDAL AND BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY MY DAD AND MAMA WENT SHOPPING IN THE NEARBY TOWN IN ANOTHER CAR LEAVING BONNIE AND HER BIG BROTHER TO MIND THE STORE, I MADE TWO OR THREE TRIPS TO THE GARAGE TO INSPECT THE SHINNY NEW CAR AND FINALLY WENT AROUND TO WHERE BONNIE WAS PLAYING IN A SANDBOX AND ASK HER IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR A RIDE IN OUR NEW CAR. HER LITTLE FACE LIT UP WITH A SMILE CLAPPED HER HANDS AND SAID "ALRIGHT!" SO HAND IN HAND WE WENT TO THE GARAGE I OPENED THE DOOR AND HELP HER UP INTO THE SEAT, WENT AROUND TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AND MADE THE AFOREMENTIONED ADJUSTMENTS. CRANKED THE CAR, GOT IN AND 'JUST LIKE DAD BACKED THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DROVE DOWN THE ROAD. WE LIVED 2 MILES FROM THE REAL ROAD AND JUST FOLLOWED TRACKS. ABOUT HALF WAY TO THE ROAD I LOOKED AHEAD AND SAW MY DAD AND MAMA COMING SLOWLY TOWARDS US. WE CONTINUED TOWARD EACH OTHER UNTIL WE HAD TO STOP. THE LOOK ON MAMA'S FACE WAS ONE OF TOTAL DISBELIEF BUT DADS WAS OF A FLUSHED APPEARANCE AND THE
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BLOOD VESSELS ON HIS FOREHEAD WERE REALLY PRONOUNCED. HE GOT OUT AND CAME OVER TO MY SIDE AND AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME HE ASKED HOW LONG I HAD BEEN DRIVING AND I TOLD HIM I HAD JUST STARTED TODAY. BONNIE WAS SO EXCITED TO FIND OUR PARENTS SHE WAS CLAPPING HER HANDS AND LAUGHING. DAD PASSED THIS TEST QUITE WELL. AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE ASK ME IF I THOUGHT I COULD DRIVE BACK AND I ASSURED HIM THAT I COULD. HE SAID THAT WOULD BE FINE AND THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW US. THEN AFTER SOME THOUGHT HE SAID "DON'T BOTHER TO PUT FT IN THE GARAGE AS HE MIGHT USE if LATER", "JUST PARK IN FRONT" HE SAID. LATER ON HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT LEGAL TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE AND YOU HAD TO BE 1 5 BEFORE ONE COULD APPLY. ALSO HE WOULD HATE TO SEE ME IN JAIL SO PERHAPS IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT UNTIL I AM LICENSED.
BECAUSE OF OUR ISOLATION WE HAD NO SOURCE FOR MILK SO WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL JERSEY COW WHO WAS SOMETHING OF A PET TO US ALL. JUST THINK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF A COW. WE HAD AN ENDLESS SUPPLY IF MILK. CREAM, BUTTER, BUTTERMILK, WHIPPED CREAM. ICE CREAM. COTTAGE CHEESE AND VARIOUS PUDDINGS AND I AM SURE THERE WAS OTHER PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY OUR DEAR BETTZIE. OUR DAD HAD LOST MOST OF HIS RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER CAUSED BY A DYNAMITE CAP EXPLOSION DURING AN OIL FIELD WORK ACCIDENT AS A YOUNG MAN. HE COULD NOT MILK A COW BECAUSE MISSING FINGERS CAUSED HIM TO PINCH THE COW OR AT LEAST WE WERE TOLD THIS. SO MAMA WAS OUR MILK MAID AND SHE SEEMED TO ENJOY R. WE OFTEN WENT WITH HER AND TRIED OUR HAND AT RELIEVING BETTZIE OF HER RICH GIFT TO US BUT MAMA DIDN'T LIKE TOO MUCH INTERFERENCE WITH HER WORK REGIMEN, SHE DID LIKE OUR COMPANY THOUGH. THERE WAS QUITE A HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR THE STABLE THAT JOINTLY HOUSED OUR COW AND HORSE. IN THE EVENING MAMA OFTEN SIGHTED A VERY LARGE CAT WHO WOULD WATCH THE MILKING OPERATION BUT WOULD NEVER COME CLOSE. MAMA STARTED LEAVING A BOWL OF MILK FOR THE CAT AND SURE ENOUGH THE. MILK WOULD DISAPPEAR. SHE THEN STARTED OFFERING THE MILK AT THE START OF MILKING AND PLACED IT SOME DISTANCE FROM HER. GRADUALLY THE CAT CAME TO THE MILK DURING THE MILKING AND THE BOWL WAS MOVED CLOSER AND CLOSER UNTIL THEY BECAME A GROUP. WITHIN 6 MONTHS THIS CAT BORN IN THE WILDERNESS WITH NO EXPERIENCE WITH HUMANS BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY AND PARTICULARLY WAS ATTACHED TO BONNIE WHO PETTED HIM AND LUGGED HIM AROUND. MAMA WAS AFRAID THIS WILD CAT MIGHT TURN ON HER WHEN TUGGED AROUND BUT HE NEVER DID ANYTHING BUT PURR VERY LOUDLY. HIS NAME WAS MEOW.
WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS. WE WERE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN DAD TOOK ON A WILDCAT OPERATION NEAR THREE
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RIVERS AND AGAIN STRUCK A BOUNTIFUL OIL. SOURCE, I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAD GONE DOWN THERE WITH HIM. WE BATCHED IN AN OW FARM HOUSE THAT WAS ON THE OIL LEASE. WE LIVED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON WILD GAME BECAUSE IT WAS SO PLENTIFUL AND DELICIOUS. THERE WERE LARGE BLUE QUAIL, TURKEY, DUCK. DOVE AND OF COURSE DEER EVERYWHERE AND DAD COULD PICKUP OUR EVENING MEAL BY SIMPLY HAVING HIS SHOT GUN IN HIS TRUCK ON HIS WAY HOME IN THE EVENING. WHEN THE FIRST WELL CAME IN AND THE PRODUCTION WAS SO GOOD A DECISION WAS MADE TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE FIELD. MY DAD ASK MAMA IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO PIONEER AGAIN AND SO THE OLD FARM HOUSE WAS RECEIVED A 'MAKEOVER' AND THE CARPENTER FAMILY MOVED IN. WE WERE 1 MILE FROM THE TOWN OF CALAHAM. CONSISTING OF JUST A FEW HOUSES AND ONE GENERAL STORE (WHICH WAS ALSO THE POST OFFICE) THIS MADE LIVING BACK IN KANSAS UP TOWN' ! HOWEVER TO US IT SEEMED LIKED A LOT OF FUN AND LIFE WAS GOOD! NOW WE HAD A NEW BABY SISTER NAMED CARMEN AND MISS BONNIE WAS A SCHOOL GIRL AND SHE LOVED R.( I HAVE WRITTEN ELSEWHERE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OUR LIFE IN THIS LOCATION WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE)
MAMA BECAME ILL ABOUT THIS TIME AND THE DOCTOR IN SAN ANTONIO SHE SHOULD LIFE SOMEWHERE A SEA LEVEL SO THEY DECIDED TO MOVE THE FAMILY TO ROCKPORT JUST ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF OUR CALAHAM LOCATION. ALL OF THE CHILDREN WERE THRILLED WITH THE IDEA OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY ON THE OCEAN! DAD MOVED WTTH US TO ROCKPORT AND MADE SOME EFFORT TO DEVELOP OIL EXPLORATION IN THAT VICINITY BUT FOUND NO INTEREST. HE WAS OFFERED A POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF A NATURAL GAS COMPANY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY MAMA AND DAD THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT THE OFFER AND THE FAMILY WOULD REMAIN IN ROCKPORT PENDING A RECOVERY OF MAMAS' HEALTH. THE FAMILY HAD THE MOST WONDER LIFE THEY HAD EVER KNOW IN THIS SUNNY. WARM CLIMATE BY THE SEA. MAMAS' HEALTH SEEMED SO IMPROVED EVEN THOUGH SHE =GAVE BIRTH TO YET ANOTHER CARPENTER, JOHN DAVID IN 1925. MARJORIE WAS THE 'BELL OF THE TOWN DRIVING OUR BEAUTIFUL HUPMOBILE TOURING CAR ABOUT TOWN AND BONNIE SO BUSY WTTH HER LITTLE GIRL FRIENDS PLAYING JAX, AND THE WITH THEIR DOLLS AND OF COURSE WE ALL WENT TO THE BEACH OFTEN. I WAS VERY BUSY TOO. AGAIN WE HAD A COW ONLY I WAS THE MILKER NOW WHICH MEANT RISING EARLY IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE EVENING. I ALSO HAD A BURRO I THAT RODE REGULARLY, I ALSO FISHED FOR VERY SMALL BAIT FISH THAT I KEPT ALIVE AND SOLD THEM TO FISHERMEN . ALSO AFTER SCHOOL I HAD A JOB SWEEPING THE BARBERSHOP AND SHINING SHOES AND ALL DAY ON SATURDAY WHICH WAS MY BIG DAY BECAUSE THE COWBOYS FROM NEARBY RANCH'S WANTED THEIR BOOTS SHINED!. THE TOWN HAD A DANCE PAVILION BUILT OUT OVER THE WATER AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AN
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ORCHESTRA WOULD PLAY AND THE WHOLE TOWN (rr SEEMED) FLOCKED DOWN TO DANCE OR WATCH THE DANCERS. MARJORIE ALWAYS HAD A DATE AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER DANCING LOOKING SO GAY AND HAPPY. I WAS SO PROUD OS HERI I THOUGHT SHE WAS "CATS PAJAMA'S"' IN FACT I GOT MY FIRST PAIR OF 'LONG' PANTS AND DANCED THEIR WITH SOME LITTLE GIRL FRIEND. IT WAS FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE THAT EVERY ONE OF US ENJOYED SO MUCH EXCEPT OF COURSE OUR DEAR MOTHER. SHE MISSED AND LOVED DAD SO MUCH SHE FINALLY DECLARED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE TO OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE OUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER DIED JUST TWO YEARS LATER.
WE FIRST BOUGHT A LOVELY HOME ON NW I 6T STREET AND WE FELT LIKE FISH OUT OF WATER . IT HAD SO LONG SINCE WE HAD LIVED IN A CITY (AND IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE A HUGE TO UST) AT FIRST WE STAYED CLOSE TO HOME. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE MARJORIE HAD GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. AT ANY RATE I RECALL SHE SOON ENTERED OKLAHOMA Cry UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF NURSING WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING AN RN. WE ALL ENJOYED EXPLORING OUR NEW HOME TOWN. FOR A WHILE WE HAD ONLY ONE CAR AND WHEN DAD WAS OUT OF TOWN, WHICH WAS OFTEN AS HE MANAGED A COMPANY THAT SERVED CMES ALL OVER THE STATE, WE HAD TO GET GROCERIES AND THE NEAREST SHOPPING AREA WAS ABOUT BLOCKS FROM OUR AND BONNIE AND I WERE THE PRIMARY GOFFERS AND WE WOULD ALWAYS GET AN EXTRA NICICLE OR DIME TO BUY 'ROOTBEER FLOATS' WE LOVED. I CAN SEE US NOW 'TRUDGING UP THE SORT OF A HILL IT WAS WITH OUR ARMS LOAD WITH GROCERIES AND (SLOWLY) NURSING OUR TREAT, MAMA ONLY LASTED ANOTHER YEAR OR SO . TO US, THE CHILDREN, WE HAD NO IDEA, SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE, VERY MUCH IN CONTROL OF HER FLOCK AND SUDDENLY ONE DAY AN AMBULANCE CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND DAD TOLD US THAT OUR MOTHER FELT QUITE ILL AND THE DOCTOR BELIEVED SHE SHOULD HAVE REST AND CARE IN A HOSPITAL MARJORIE WAS A NURSE IN THAT HOSPITAL AND WAS ABLE TO BE ASSIGNED TO HER ROOM. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF HER DEATH WAS A RHEUMATIC HEART CONDITION. NOT LONG AFTERWARD MARGE (WHO WAS DATING ROSCOE) DECIDED TO GET MARRIED. To MINIMIZE HIS WORK LOAD DAD ENROLLED ME IN OKLAHOMA MIUTARY ACADEMY AND LATER SENT CARMEN TO A VERY NICE BOARDING SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE.. ANYWAY DAD IMMEDIATELY REDUCED HIS FAMILY AT HOME TO DAVID BONNIE AND CARMEN WHICH PROBABLY WAS VERY SMART THING AND THE BEST FOR ALL OF US. SINCE HE HAD TO BE AWAY ON BUSINESS SO MUCH HE HAD TO HIRE HOUSEKEEPERS ANDS ULTIMATELY MARRIED A NICE LADY. I SUSPECT MORE FOR THE CHILDREN THAN HIMSELF BUT SADLY IT ONLY LASTED A FEW YEAR.
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I BELIEVE THOUGH THAT THE CHILDREN HAD VERY HAPPY MEMORIES OF THAT PHASE OF THEIR LIFE. I SAW IT MORE AS A VISITOR . I WAS AWAY AT SCHOOL AND DURING VACATION I ALWAYS HAD A SUMMER JOB MOSTLY IN ANADARKO WORKING FOR THE GAS COMPANY OR A COUPLE OF OTHER JOBS. I ONLY REMEMBER MY VISITS THERE FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.
DAD HAD BOUGHT A NEW HOME THAT WAS VERY TASTEFUL AND IN A NICE PART OF OKLAHOMA CITY. I REMEMBER THAT ONE OF OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS NAMED ISLEY THEY OWNED A COUPLE OF MIXES THEATERS IN OC . THEY HAD A DAUGHTER WHO WAS SOMEWERE IN AN AGE BRACKET SOMEWHAT BETWEEN BONNIE AND CARMEN. THE GIRLS WERE VERY CLOSE WITH EACH OTHER AND ALL VERY INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT OF DRAMA. BETWEEN THEM THE PRODUCED 'NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWS REGULARLY IN OUR GARAGE. BONNIE WAS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT BUT ALSO ACTED IN THE PLAYS WHILE CARMEN AND PHILLYS ISLEY IN ADDITION TO ALL OFF STAGE DUTIES PROVIDED THE ACTING DUTIES. I SAW SOME OF THEIR WORK IT WAS QUITE GOOD FOR YOUNG-STARS. ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND CHILDREN REALLY SEEMED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR PRODUCTIONS. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW PHYLLIS WENT ON TO GREAT SUCCESS AND STARDOM UNDER THE NAME OF JENNIFER JONES
LATER BONNIE LIVED WITH MURIEL AND I IN ELMIRA, N.Y. WHERE SHE ATTENDED ELMIRA COLLEGE ( THE FIRST COLLEGE IN USA FOR WOMEN). HER GRADES THERE WERE EXTREMELY GOOD AND HER ACTING SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS WERE VERY CLEVER. WE ATTENDED MOST OF THEM. SHE WAS ALWAYS SO LOW KEY AND MODEST. SHE REALLY IMPRESSED ME BY FAR THE SMARTEST IN OUR TRIBE. BY FAR!
1132.
Marilynn Virginia Carpenter
Buried in next to Mother in Oklahoma.
1134.
John David Carpenter
BIRTH: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: John David Carpenter
Date of Birth: 12 Oct 1925
Birth County: Aransas
Certificate Number: 67245
Roll Number: 1925_0003
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1940 US Census - with parents
Married trice with 2, 1 and 0 children each.
MILITARY:
He served in the US Army during World War II as an enlisted man. He also served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring as a Captain. See image: RIN 146437 John David Carpenter pic.jpg SallyPetit11added this on 2 May 2007
Category Type:Portrait / Family Photo - See image: RIN 146437 John David Carpenter WW2.jpg
Daddy came home from the Korean war a war hero. He also fought in World war ll, and Viet Nam and received several metals and special awards. He retired at Schofield B. in Hawaii in 1972, moved to Washington State, and jumped into college and got his masters degree in family counseling. He attended ST. Martins College, and Pacific Lutheran University. I am most proud of him and I adored everything about him. He was my hero, and I will miss him the rest of my life. Rest well my sweet faced father.
GRAVE: See image: RIN 146437 John David Carpenter GRAVE.jpg
OBIT: CARPENTER, John David; 81; Rockport TX>Eugene OR; Register-Guard OR; 2007-1-19; carle
Patricia Ruth Sullivan
PARENTS:
Edgar William Sullivan Jr. 1897-1965
Dorothy Ella Hughes 1900-1984
SIBLINGS:
Dorothy Lou Sullivan 1923-1986
She married John David Carpenter and had at least 3 children. Names not given.
She married George Horace West and had at least one child.
555.
George William Carpenter
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with parents
MARRIAGE: 1884 - image
Name: George W. Carpenter
Gender: Male
Spouse: Martha C. Horner
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1884
County: Wetzel
State: West Virginia
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900. See Description for original data sources listed by county.
SEE ALSO:
Name: George W Carpenter
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Martha C Horner
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1884
Marriage Place: Wetzel
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.
CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned
DEATH: same person?
ame: Geo. M. Carpenter
Birth Date: abt 1866
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 20 Jun 1899
Death Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Burial Place: Ohio County, West Virginia
Death Age: 33 years 3 months 20 days <------ this works out to be about 1 Mar 1866
Occupation: Lap Wilder <--------------------- Lap welder
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Robt
Father Birth Place: US
Mother Name: Louisa
Mother Birth Place: US
FHL Film Number: 857523
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".
SEE ALSO:
Name: Geo. M. Carpenter
Birth Date: abt 1866
Death Date: 21 Jun 1899
Death Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Death Age: 33 years 3 months 20 days <------ this works out to be about 1 Mar 1866
Occupation: Laproelder
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Residence: Ohio West Virginia
Father Name: Robt. <---------- ????
Mother Name: Louisa <--------- ????
FHL Film Number: 857523
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".
NEWSPAPER:
28 Jul 1892 - Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
William Carpenter was disabled yesterday by a piece of iron falling against his right leg.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8851365/wheeling-daily-intelligencer-july/?xid=637&_ga=2.45600228.1987328148.1586616820-801051458.1578420178
22 June 1899 - page 3
William Carpenter, who died yesterday morning at his home at South Wheeling, ....
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8851152/wheeling-daily-intelligencer-june-22/?xid=637&_ga=2.225480154.1987328148.1586616820-801051458.1578420178
22 June 1892 - page 4
Funeral Notice
All members of Benwood Lodge No. 3, AOUW, will meet at the lodge room on Friday morning at 7:30 o'clock to attend the funeral of Brother William Carpenter. Sister Lodges are invited to attend. Charles Grim Master workman.
23 Jun 1892 - page 2
Funeral of G. W. Carpenter.
The funeral of G. W. Carpenter, a well known lap and butt welder at the Riverside tube works, will occur this morning, from his family residence, on South Jacob street. A wife and three children survive the deceased. Among the secret organizations called 'to at-tend the funeral of a departed brother are Blazing Arrow Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, Benwood lodge A. 0. 11. W., Garfield Castle. K. G. E.. and Garfield Temple, Ladles of the Golden Eagle.
GRAVE: images
George William Carpenter
Birth: 2 Apr 1865 USA
Death: 21 Jun 1899 (aged 34) Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 84092702
Bio:
"West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973"
Name: Geo. M. Carpenter (George William Carpenter)
Birth Date: abt 1866
Death Date: 21 Jun 1899
Death Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Death Age: 33 years 3 months 20 days
Occupation: Laproelder
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Residence: Ohio West Virginia
Father Name: Robt.
Mother Name: Louisa
FHL Film Number: 857523
Family Members
Spouse
Martha C. Horner Carpenter 1868-1933
Children
Alfretta Carpenter 1894-1896
Clyde Carpenter 1897-1897
Lawrence William Carpenter 1899-1934
Created by: Lloyd Parker (47387252)
Added: 27 Jan 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84092702/george-william-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for George William Carpenter (2 Apr 1865–21 Jun 1899), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84092702, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Parker (contributor 47387252) .
Suggestions made
PROBATE: 1901 - image
Name: George W Carpenter
Probate Date: 9 Oct 1901
Probate Place: Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1901
Inferred Death Place: West Virginia, USA
Item Description: Administrator Bonds, Vol 6a, 1924-1927; Guardian Bonds, Vol 1, 3, 1894-1908; Vol 4, 1911-1916
Source Citation
Executor, administrator and guardian bonds, 1870-1939; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Wetzel County); Probate Place: Wetzel, West Virginia
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.
NOTE:
Martha C. Carpenter and J. L. Carpenter provide a $50 Probate bond on 9 Oct 1901 making Martha C. Carpenter the Guardian of minor James O. Carpenter for and behalf of and George W. Carpenter, deceased.
Martha C. "Mattie" Horner
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - with parents
Name: Martha J Horner
Age in 1870: 3
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: West Virginia
Dwelling Number: 120
Home in 1870: Grant, Wetzel, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Pine Grove
Inferred Father: Isaac Horner
Inferred Mother: Frances E Horner
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Horner 33
Frances E Horner 26
Eva Jane Horner 10
Mary V Horner 8
Martha J Horner 3
James W Horner 9/12
Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Grant, Wetzel, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1701; Page: 174A; Family History Library Film: 553200
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data:
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with grandparents
Name: Martha Horner
Age: 10
Birth Date: Abt 1870
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1880: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, USA
Dwelling Number: 155
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Horner 59
Pricilla Horner 61
Martha Horner 10
Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: 1407; Page: 451A; Enumeration District: 090
Source Information
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
MARRIAGE: 1884 - image
Name: Martha C. Horner
Gender: Female
Spouse: George W. Carpenter
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1884
County: Wetzel
State: West Virginia
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900. See Description for original data sources listed by county.
CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - now a widow
Name: Mattie Carpenter [Martha Carpenter]
Age: 30
Birth Date: Aug 1869
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 15
Family Number: 15
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother: Number of Living Children: 4 <------
Mother: How Many Children: 6
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: O
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: F
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Mattie Carpenter 30
James Carpenter 12
Ina Carpenter 11
Clarance Carpenter 9
William L Carpenter 10/12
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1241775
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
NOTE:
She is the mother of 6 children of which 4 are alive in 1900.
COMMENT: In the following 1910 US Census - Martha has two new children present. BUT, there is no indication of a new marriage and the new children are both Fred and Paul are listed as sons. Yet, she is listed as a widow. Yes, she could have remarried and widowed as second time. Please note that she is now listed as the mother of 8 of which 6 are surviving.
Is a possibility that these are foster type children or she is taking care of relatives?
More research is clearly needed. JRC April 2020.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
Name: Martha Carpenter
Age in 1910: 39
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of Children Born: 8
Number of Children Living: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Martha Carpenter 39
Clarence Carpenter 17
Lawrence Carpenter 11
Fred Carpenter 6
Paul Carpenter 2
Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1699; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375712
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
CENSUS: 1920 US Census
Name: Mattie Carpenter
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Street: Harker Run
House Number: x
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Mattie Carpenter 51
Lawrence Carpenter 19
Fred Carpenter 17
Paul Carpenter 12
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1972; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 138
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census
Name: Matt Carpenter
[Martha (Mattie) Carpenter]
Birth Year: abt 1870
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Earnshaw
Dwelling Number: 164
Family Number: 168
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Matt Carpenter 60
Fred Carpenter 26
Gladys Carpenter 25 <---- daughter in law
Jeannette Carpenter 4 <----- grand children
Thomas Carpenter 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Source Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2342291
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
DEATH:
Name: Martha C. Carpenter
Death Date: 13 Feb 1933
Death Place: Hancock, West Virginia
Marital status: Married
Father Name: Jacob D. Horner
Mother Name: Cornelia Yost
Spouse Name: William G. Carpenter
FHL Film Number: 1953772
Wills and Probates: Search for Martha C. Carpenter in West Virginia Wills & Probates collection
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".
GRAVE: image
Martha C. “Mattie” Horner Carpenter
Birth: 19 Aug 1868 Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 13 Feb 1933 (aged 64) Holidays Cove, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110001435
Bio:
Daughter of Jacob Horner and Cornelia Yost Horner
Married George W. Carpenter November 8, 1884 in Wetzel County WV
Family Members
Parents
Jacob Daniel Horner 1844-1928
Cornelia Yost Horner 1850-1927
Spouse
George William Carpenter 1865-1899
Siblings
James Oscar Horner 1870-1932
Anna Horner Myers-Sweeney 1871-1946
Delila Virginia Horner Boord 1875-1956
Malinda J Horner Jones 1877-1950
Minerva Blanche Horner Brumage 1879-1955
Children
Lawrence William Carpenter 1899-1934
Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 4 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110001435/martha-c_-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Martha C. “Mattie” Horner Carpenter (19 Aug 1868–13 Feb 1933), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110001435, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540) .
1136.
Alfretta Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Alfretta Carpenter
Birth: 1894 Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 1896 (aged 1–2) Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 84092734
Bio:
Father: George William Carpenter
Mother: Martha Catherinde Horner
Paternal Grandfather: Samuel H Carpenter
Paternal Grandmother: Eliza Jane Cole
Family Members
Parents
George William Carpenter 1865-1899
Siblings
Clyde Carpenter 1897-1897
Lawrence William Carpenter 1899-1934
Created by: Lloyd Parker (47387252)
Added: 27 Jan 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84092734/alfretta-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Alfretta Carpenter (1894–1896), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84092734, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Parker (contributor 47387252) .
1137.
Clyde Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Clyde Carpenter
Birth: 24 Nov 1897 Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 29 Nov 1897 (aged 5 days) Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 84092781
Bio:
Father: George William Carpenter
Mother: Martha Catherine Horner
Family Members
Parents
George William Carpenter 1865-1899
Siblings
Alfretta Carpenter 1894-1896
Lawrence William Carpenter 1899-1934
Created by: Lloyd Parker (47387252)
Added: 27 Jan 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84092781/clyde-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Clyde Carpenter (24 Nov 1897–29 Nov 1897), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84092781, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Parker (contributor 47387252) .
1138.
Lawrence William Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Lawrence William Carpenter
Birth: 1 Aug 1899 Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 7 Feb 1934 (aged 34) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110001487
Bio:
Son of George W. Carpenter and Martha C. Horner Carpenter
*Note: Ohio Death Record and WWI Draft Reg YOB 1899
Family Members
Parents
George William Carpenter 1865-1899
Martha C. Horner Carpenter 1868-1933
Siblings
Alfretta Carpenter 1894-1896
Clyde Carpenter 1897-1897
Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 4 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110001487/lawrence-william-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Lawrence William Carpenter (1 Aug 1899–7 Feb 1934), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110001487, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540) .
556.
James Thomas Carpenter
DC No. 13659 Marion County West Virginia.
GRAVE: image
James Thomas Carpenter
Birth: 11 Nov 1862 Ohio, USA
Death: 9 Nov 1944 (aged 81) Metz, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Burial:
Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110001633
Bio:
Married James T. Carpenter March 15, 1888 in Fairmont, Marion County WV
Family Members
Parents
Robert Carpenter 1837-1905
Louisa J. Moore Carpenter 1833-1898
Spouse
Laura Mae Hamilton Carpenter 1865-1965
Half Siblings
G. E. Carpenter 1878-1882
Children
Archie L. Carpenter 1889-1916
Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham 1898-1993
Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 4 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110001633/james-thomas-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for James Thomas Carpenter (11 Nov 1862–9 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110001633, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540) .
Luara Mae Hamilton
GRAVE: image
Laura Mae Hamilton Carpenter
Birth: 1 Nov 1865 Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 28 Apr 1965 (aged 99) Hundred, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110001559
Bio:
Daughter of George T. and Mary Jane Martin Hamilton
Married James T. Carpenter March 15, 1888 in Fairmont, Marion County WV
Family Members
Parents
George Thaddeus Hamilton 1838-1925
Mary Jane Martin Hamilton 1844-1929
Spouse
James Thomas Carpenter 1862-1944
Siblings
Della Valinda Hamilton Freeland 1867-1953
Ealey Magdalene Hamilton 1869-1941
Restern Pearl Hamilton 1875-1947
Erastus P Hamilton 1875-1879
Jacob Nelson Hamilton 1877-1972
William Earl Hamilton 1881-1969
Marshall Clarence Hamilton 1884-1971
Children
Archie L. Carpenter 1889-1916
Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham 1898-1993
Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 4 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110001559/laura-mae-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Laura Mae Hamilton Carpenter (1 Nov 1865–28 Apr 1965), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110001559, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540) .
1139.
Opal Lillie Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham
Birth: 15 Feb 1898 Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 21 Jun 1993 (aged 95)
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110111511
Bio:
Daughter of James and Laura M. Carpenter
Married George W. Cunningham June 5, 1920 in Fairmont, Marion County WV
(Marriage Cert filed in Monongalia County WV)
Family Members
Parents
James Thomas Carpenter 1862-1944
Laura Mae Hamilton Carpenter 1865-1965
Spouse
George W. Cunningham 1899-1949
Siblings
Archie L. Carpenter 1889-1916
Children
George Cunningham 1921-1921
Originally Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 6 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110111511/opal-lillie-cunningham
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham (15 Feb 1898–21 Jun 1993), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110111511, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
George W. Cunningham
GRAVE: image
George W. Cunningham
Birth: 30 Jan 1899 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 4 Apr 1949 (aged 50) Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110111472
Bio:
Son of Albert Cunningham and Virginia Pogue Cunningham
Married Opal Lillie Carpenter June 5, 1920 in Fairmont, Marion County WV
(Marriage Cert filed in Monongalia County WV)
Family Members
Parents
Albert A. Cunningham 1872-1946
Virginia B. Pogue Cunningham 1873-1964
Spouse
Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham 1898-1993
Siblings
Lulu Cunningham 1896-1960
Thomas P. Cunningham 1901-1972
Charles Beryl Cunningham 1913-2003
Children
George Cunningham 1921-1921
Originally Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 6 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110111472/george-w_-cunningham
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for George W. Cunningham (30 Jan 1899–4 Apr 1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110111472, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
1143.
Archie L. Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Archie L. Carpenter
Birth: 9 May 1889 Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 23 Sep 1916 (aged 27) Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 110001120
Bio:
Son of James Carpenter and Laura Hamilton Carpenter
Married Bonnie O. Park
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=835406&ImageNumber=308
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=839974&ImageNumber=208
Family Members
Parents
James Thomas Carpenter 1862-1944
Laura Mae Hamilton Carpenter 1865-1965
Spouse
Bonnie Opal Park Moore 1897-1961
Siblings
Opal Lillie Carpenter Cunningham 1898-1993
Created by: IrishEyes (47644540)
Added: 4 May 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110001120/archie-l_-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Archie L. Carpenter (9 May 1889–23 Sep 1916), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110001120, citing Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540) .
Bonnie Opal Park
GRAVE: image
Bonnie Opal Park Moore
Birth: 15 Apr 1897 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death: Jul 1961 (aged 64) Crawford County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Cox CemeteryCrawford County, Illinois, USA
Memorial #: 44908257
Family Members
Parents
Stonewall Jackson Park 1863-1936
Margaret Roberts Park 1870-1966
Spouses
Archie L. Carpenter 1889-1916
John Newton Moore 1882-1963
Siblings
Mire Lons Park 1892-1991
Children
Clara Gene Moore Tharp 1925-2011
John William Moore 1930-2008
Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811)
Added: 28 Nov 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44908257/bonnie-opal-moore
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Bonnie Opal Park Moore (15 Apr 1897–Jul 1961), Find a Grave Memorial no. 44908257, citing Cox Cemetery, Crawford County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) .
558.
Nancy Adaline Carpenter
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - EXTRACT
Name: Adaline Youst
[Adaline Carpenter]
Age: 33
Birth Date: Apr 1867
Birthplace: West Virginia
Spouse's name: Luther Youst
Father's name: Robert Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother: Number of Living Children: 4
Mother: How Many Children: 4
GRAVE: image
Nancy Adeline Carpenter Yost
Birth: 24 Apr 1867 West Virginia, USA
Death: 19 Apr 1951 (aged 83) Watson, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 29620377
Bio:
She was the daughter of, Robert and Elizabeth Carpenter.
Family Members
Spouse
Aaron Luther Yost 1867-1907
Children
William Albert Yost 1893-1975
Russell L. Yost 1896-1965
Originally Created by: Henderson (46779342)
Added: 6 Sep 2008
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29620377/nancy-adeline-yost
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2020), memorial page for Nancy Adeline Carpenter Yost (24 Apr 1867–19 Apr 1951), Find a Grave Memorial no. 29620377, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
Suggestion made
AaronLuther Youst
CENSUS: 1900 US Census
Name: Luther Youst
Age: 33
Birth Date: Mar 1867
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 16
Family Number: 16
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son in Law
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Adaline Youst
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Occupation: Farm Labor
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Carpenter 63
Harvey Carpenter 31
Adam F Carpenter 21
Luther Youst 33
Adaline Youst 33
Allice Youst 10
Amie Youst 9
William Youst 7
Russel Youst 3
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1241775
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
GRAVE: image
Aaron Luther Yost
Birth: Mar 1867 USA
Death: 1907 (aged 39–40) USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 117036348
Family Members
Spouse
Nancy Adeline Carpenter Yost 1867-1951
Children
William Albert Yost 1893-1975
Russell L. Yost 1896-1965
Created by: Susan Ritter (47112189)
Added: 13 Sep 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117036348
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2020), memorial page for Aaron Luther Yost (Mar 1867–1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 117036348, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Susan Ritter (contributor 47112189) .
563.
Adam Franklin "Frank". Carpenter
BIRTH:
Name: A F Carpenter
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1878
Birth Place: Wetzel, West Virginia, United States
Birth County: Wetzel
FHL Film Number: 839969
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Births." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. From digital images of copies of originals housed in County Courthouses throughout West Virginia. Birth records.
CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - with father and others
Name: Adam F Carpenter
Age: 21
Birth Date: Jan 1879
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 16
Family Number: 16
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Robert Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Carpenter 63 <-------- father
Harvey Carpenter 31 <--- brother
Adam F Carpenter 21 <-----------------------------------
Luther Youst 33 <------ brother in law
Adaline Youst 33 <----- sister
Allice Youst 10
Amie Youst 9
William Youst 7
Russel Youst 3
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1241775
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
MARRIAGE: 1901
Name: Adam F Carpenter
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Mollie Hexenbough
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1901
Marriage Place: Wetzel
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
Name: A F Carpenter
[A F (Frank) Carpenter]
Age in 1910: 32
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Fairmont Ward 4, Marion, West Virginia
Street: Walnut Avenue
House Number: 212
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mollie Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: Hardware
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 8
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
A F Carpenter 32
Mollie Carpenter 30
Gene Carpenter 3
Irvan Hixenbaugh 20 <----- roomer - Likely related to wife
Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Fairmont Ward 4, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1687; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1375700
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
DRAFT: WWI - 1918 - image
Name: Adam Franklin Carpenter
Race: White
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1879
Street address: 340 Locust Ave.
Residence Place: Marion, West Virginia, USA
Relative: Mollie Catherine Carpenter
Relative's Relationship: Wife
Source Citation
Registration State: West Virginia; Registration County: Marion; Roll: 1992623; Draft Board: 1
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
CENSUS: 1920 US Census
Name: Frank Carpenter
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Fairmont Ward 8, Marion, West Virginia
Street: Locust Avenue
House Number: 340
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mollie Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Salesman
Industry: retail hardware
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Carpenter 40
Mollie Carpenter 40
Gene Carpenter 13
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Fairmont Ward 8, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1961; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 26
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census
CENSUS: 1940 US Census
Name: A Frank Carpenter
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Coleman Avenue
House Number: 817
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 4B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 79
Occupation: Clerk
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 5,000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 44
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1,080
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
A Frank Carpenter 61
Mary C Carpenter 62
Gene E Carpenter 33
Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04424; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 25-17
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
DRAFT: WWII - 1942 - image
Name: Adam Franklin Carpenter
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 63
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1879
Birth Place: Wileyville, West Virginia, USA
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Marion, West Virginia, USA
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Military Draft Date: 1942
Source Citation
The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of West Virginia; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1937
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data:
United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.
CENSUS: 1950 US Census - due out in 2022
CENSUS: 1960 US Census - due out in 2032
DEATH:
Name: Adam Frank Carpenter
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1879
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death Date: 28 Jul 1962
Death Place: Monongah, Marion, West Virginia
Burial Date: 31 Jul 1962
Cemetery Name: Woodlawn
Death Age: 83
Occupation: School Teacher
Race: White
Marital status: Widowed
Gender: Male
Father Name: Robert Carpenter
Mother Name: Eliza Moore
FHL Film Number: 834820
Wills and Probates: Search for Adam Frank Carpenter in West Virginia Wills & Probates collection
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records."
SEE ALSO:
Name: Adam Frank Carpenter
Death Date: 28 Jul 1962
Death Place: Marion, West Virginia
Father Name: Robert Carpenter
Mother Name: Eliza Moore
FHL Film Number: 2074173
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".
GRAVE: images
Adam Frank Carpenter
Birth: 30 Jan 1879
Death: 28 Jul 1962 (aged 83)
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 89644948
Family Members
Spouse
Mary Catherine Hixenbaugh Carpenter 1877-1954
Children
Gene Elizabeth Carpenter 1905-1960
Created by: Human (46894071)
Added: 6 May 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89644948
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for Adam Frank Carpenter (30 Jan 1879–28 Jul 1962), Find a Grave Memorial no. 89644948, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Human (contributor 46894071) .
SSDI:
Name: Adam Carpenter
Social Security Number: 235-60-5271
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1878
Issue Year: 1955
Issue State: West Virginia
Death Date: Jul 1962
Source Citation
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
Mary Catherine "Mollie" Hixenbaugh
MARRIAGE: 1901
Name: Mollie Hexenbough
Gender: Female
Spouse's name: Adam F Carpenter
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1901
Marriage Place: Wetzel
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.
GRAVE: images
Mary Catherine Hixenbaugh Carpenter
Birth: 15 Aug 1877
Death: 22 Jan 1954 (aged 76)
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 89645026
Family Members
Spouse
Adam Frank Carpenter 1879-1962
Children
Gene Elizabeth Carpenter 1905-1960
Created by: Human (46894071)
Added: 6 May 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89645026/mary-catherine-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for Mary Catherine Hixenbaugh Carpenter (15 Aug 1877–22 Jan 1954), Find a Grave Memorial no. 89645026, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Human (contributor 46894071) .
1150.
Gene Elizabeth Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Gene Elizabeth Carpenter
Birth: 3 Jul 1905
Death: 2 Apr 1960 (aged 54)
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 89645226
Family Members
Parents
Adam Frank Carpenter 1879-1962
Mary Catherine Hixenbaugh Carpenter 1877-1954
Created by: Human (46894071)
Added: 6 May 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89645226/gene-elizabeth-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for Gene Elizabeth Carpenter (3 Jul 1905–2 Apr 1960), Find a Grave Memorial no. 89645226, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Human (contributor 46894071) .
568.
Frances Priscilla Carpenter
Death found in death Wetzel County West Virginia. Book 112-6b
Sylvester Myers
DC No. 4740 Wetzel County West Virginia
578.
William Elmer Carpenter
DC No. 17769 Ashland County Ohio
CENSUS: 1900 US Census
Name: William Carpenter [Willie Carpentr]
Age: 34
Birth Date: Jul 1865
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Sheet Number: 21
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 377
Family Number: 377
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Arvilla Carpenter
Marriage Year: 1888
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: H
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Carpenter 34
Arvilla Carpenter 28
Wallis Carpenter 10
Henry Carpenter 8
Purman Carpenter 6
Elizabeth Carpenter 6/12
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Page: 21; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1241775
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
Name: William E Carpenter
Age in 1910: 44
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Arvilla Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Industry: Father's Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 22
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Carpenter 44
Arvilla Carpenter 38
Walter Carpenter 20
Henry Carpenter 18
Permon Carpenter 16
Lizzie Carpenter 10
Clara Carpenter 8
Audrey Carpenter 6
Mary Carpenter 3
Cora Carpenter 0
Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Church, Wetzel, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1699; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375712
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
GRAVE: image
William E Carpenter
Birth: 17 Jul 1866 Monroe County, Ohio, USA
Death: 19 Aug 1940 (aged 74) Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 51147002
Family Members
Spouse
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Children
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Created by: Bill Miller (46926687)
Added: 15 Apr 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51147002/william-e-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for William E Carpenter (17 Jul 1866–19 Aug 1940), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51147002, citing Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Bill Miller (contributor 46926687) .
Arvilla Lowser Warrick
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - EXTRACT
Name: Arvilla Carpenter [Arvilla Carpentr]
Age: 28
Birth Date: Jan 1872
Birthplace: West Virginia
Spouse's name: William Carpenter
Marriage Year: 1888
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother: Number of Living Children: 4
Mother: How Many Children: 6
GRAVE: image
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter
Birth: 1872 West Virginia, USA
Death: 7 Jan 1950 (aged 77–78) Richland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 51147003
Family Members
Parents
John H Warrick 1844-1929
Nancy A Hienrman Warrick 1848-1920
Spouse
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Siblings
Hartensay Warrick Hockensmith 1878-1938
William H Warrick 1883-1969
Adrian D Warrick 1886-1969
Children
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Created by: Bill Miller (46926687)
Added: 15 Apr 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51147003
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter (1872–7 Jan 1950), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51147003, citing Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Bill Miller (contributor 46926687) .
1158.
Harry M. Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Harry M Carpenter
Birth: 6 Nov 1891 USA
Death: 12 Nov 1898 (aged 7)
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 84092833
Inscription: s/o W E & Arvilla Warrick Carpenter
Created by: Lloyd Parker (47387252)
Added: 27 Jan 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84092833/harry-m-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2020), memorial page for Harry M Carpenter (6 Nov 1891–12 Nov 1898), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84092833, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Parker (contributor 47387252) .
suggestion made
1160.
Orvil Purman "Orval" Carpenter
BIRTH:
Name: Orvil Carpenter
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1900
Birth Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Birth County: Marion
FHL Film Number: 835407
Source Information
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
"West Virginia Births." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. From digital images of copies of originals housed in County Courthouses throughout West Virginia. Birth records.
DEATH: image
Name: Orvil Perman Carpenter
Death Date: 25 Nov 1912
Death Place: Montgomery, Ashland, USA <------- Ashland Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
Source Citation
Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Source Information
Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data:
Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and Index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio.
Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, USA.
GRAVE: image
Orval P Carpenter
Birth: 1893 USA
Death: 1912 (aged 18–19) USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 84093098
Inscription: 18931912s/o James & Laura Hamilton Carpenter
Created by: Lloyd Parker (47387252)
Added: 27 Jan 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84093098
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Orval P Carpenter (1893–1912), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84093098, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Parker (contributor 47387252) .
1161.
Clarke Melvin Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Clarke Carpenter
Birth: 13 Nov 1895 West Virginia, USA
Death: 25 Nov 1898 (aged 3) West Virginia, USA
Burial: Carpenter CemeteryWetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 120691186
Bio:
Son of W.E. and A.L. Carpenter.---
Created by: Susan Ritter (47112189)
Added: 22 Nov 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120691186/clarke-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Clarke Carpenter (13 Nov 1895–25 Nov 1898), Find a Grave Memorial no. 120691186, citing Carpenter Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Susan Ritter (contributor 47112189) .
1162.
Elizabeth B. "Lizzie" Carpenter
GRAVE:
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff
Birth: 3 Oct 1898 Earnshaw, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 9 Sep 1978 (aged 79) Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 198884257
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Spouse
Pearl A. Huff 1892-1973
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Created by: Carol Neely Patterson (46886585)
Added: 5 May 2019
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198884257
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff (3 Oct 1898–9 Sep 1978), Find a Grave Memorial no. 198884257, citing Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Carol Neely Patterson (contributor 46886585) .
Pearl A. Huff
GRAVE:
Pearl A. Huff
Birth: 24 Sep 1892 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 13 May 1973 (aged 80) Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 198882494
Family Members
Parents
John Larkin Huff 1837-1917
Anna Belle Butler Huff 1863-1914
Spouse
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Siblings
Earl Larkin Huff 1893-1962
Half Siblings
William J. Huff 1860-1937
Jefferson L. Huff 1862-1863
Mary Belle Huff West 1865-1947
Infant Huff 1867-1867
John Elbert Huff 1869-1939
Joseph D. Huff 1870-1946
Created by: Carol Neely Patterson (46886585)
Added: 5 May 2019
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198882494/pearl-a_-huff
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Pearl A. Huff (24 Sep 1892–13 May 1973), Find a Grave Memorial no. 198882494, citing Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Carol Neely Patterson (contributor 46886585) .
1164.
Audrey Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Audrey Carpenter Landy
Birth: 23 Jun 1904
Death: 17 Mar 1979 (aged 74)
Burial:
Memorial #: 190117995
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Spouse
John Brenton Landy 1904-1956
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Children
Betty E. Landy Plasencia 1924-1987
Elmer Alonso Landy 1926-2005
Virginia Landy Phillips 1928-1992
John H Landy 1930-2006
Edward C. Landy 1932-2012
Patricia M. Landy Kidd 1943-2013
Created by: angel searcher (47731712)
Added: 27 May 2018
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190117995/audrey-landy
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Audrey Carpenter Landy (23 Jun 1904–17 Mar 1979), Find a Grave Memorial no. 190117995, citing Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by angel searcher (contributor 47731712) .
1165.
Mary Ellen Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate
Birth: 1906
Death: 1952 (aged 45–46)
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Olivesburg, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 40733455
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Spouse
Marion F Finley 1888-1943
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Children
Alvesta B Finley Goodman 1925-1992
Alberta I Finley Mullett 1927-2016
Ida Ruth Finley 1931-2003
Maintained by: Terry Haun (47189154)
Originally Created by: Bill Miller (46926687)
Added: 16 Aug 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40733455/mary-ellen-finley_tate
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate (1906–1952), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40733455, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Olivesburg, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Terry Haun (contributor 47189154) .
Marion F. Finley
GRAVE: image
Marion F Finley
Birth: 26 Oct 1888
Death: 3 Mar 1943 (aged 54)
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Olivesburg, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 40699221
Family Members
Spouse
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Children
Alvesta B Finley Goodman 1925-1992
Alberta I Finley Mullett 1927-2016
Marion J 'Bud' Finley 1930-1999
Ida Ruth Finley 1931-2003
Maintained by: Terry Haun (47189154)
Originally Created by: Bill Miller (46926687)
Added: 15 Aug 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40699221/marion-f-finley
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Marion F Finley (26 Oct 1888–3 Mar 1943), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40699221, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Olivesburg, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Terry Haun (contributor 47189154) .
1166.
Cora Lillian Carpenter
GRAVE: images
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr
Birth: 12 Aug 1909 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 1 Jul 1994 (aged 84) Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Plot: E 01 780
Memorial #: 140750664
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Spouse
James Preston Furr 1907-1989
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Created by: Peggy (47606615)
Added: 1 Jan 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140750664/cora-lillian-furr
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr (12 Aug 1909–1 Jul 1994), Find a Grave Memorial no. 140750664, citing Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Peggy (contributor 47606615) .
James Preston Furr
GRAVE: image
James Preston Furr
Birth: 1 Sep 1907 West Virginia, USA
Death: 21 Nov 1989 (aged 82) Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Plot: E 02 780
Memorial #: 140750726
Family Members
Parents
Lorenzo Dow Furr 1877-1966
Vesta Grace Roberts Furr 1884-1968
Spouse
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Siblings
Orval Clifford Furr 1904-1970
John M Furr 1911-1975
Created by: Peggy (47606615)
Added: 1 Jan 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140750726/james-preston-furr
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for James Preston Furr (1 Sep 1907–21 Nov 1989), Find a Grave Memorial no. 140750726, citing Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Peggy (contributor 47606615) .
1167.
Edward E. Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Edward E. Carpenter
Birth: 24 Feb 1912
Death: 10 Mar 1965 (aged 53)
Burial: Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Plot: D 01 295
Memorial #: 147354538
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Children
Infant Carpenter 1948-1948
Infant Carpenter 1950-1950
Created by: Peggy (47606615)
Added: 3 Jun 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147354538/edward-e_-carpenter
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Edward E. Carpenter (24 Feb 1912–10 Mar 1965), Find a Grave Memorial no. 147354538, citing Mansfield Memorial Park, Ontario, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Peggy (contributor 47606615) .
1168.
Viola V. Carpenter
GRAVE: image
Viola V Carpenter Furr
Birth: 1914
Death: 2 Dec 1973 (aged 58–59) Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 75170207
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Spouse
John M Furr 1911-1975
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer 1918-1988
Children
Shirley A Furr 1936-1936
William M Furr 1937-1993
Thomas L Furr 1945-1999
Karen Sue Furr 1949-1949
Bonita K Furr Greathouse 1950-2007
Created by: BuckeyeGal (47257757)
Added: 19 Aug 2011
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75170207/viola-v-furr
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Viola V Carpenter Furr (1914–2 Dec 1973), Find a Grave Memorial no. 75170207, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by BuckeyeGal (contributor 47257757) .
John M. Furr
GRAVE: image
John M Furr
Birth: 31 May 1911 Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 7 Sep 1975 (aged 64) Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 75170206
Family Members
Parents
Lorenzo Dow Furr 1877-1966
Vesta Grace Roberts Furr 1884-1968
Spouse
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Siblings
Orval Clifford Furr 1904-1970
James Preston Furr 1907-1989
Children
Shirley A Furr 1936-1936
William M Furr 1937-1993
Thomas L Furr 1945-1999
Karen Sue Furr 1949-1949
Bonita K Furr Greathouse 1950-2007
Created by: BuckeyeGal (47257757)
Added: 19 Aug 2011
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75170206/john-m-furr
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for John M Furr (31 May 1911–7 Sep 1975), Find a Grave Memorial no. 75170206, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by BuckeyeGal (contributor 47257757) .
1169.
Pearl Carpenter
GRAVE:
Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer
Birth: 2 Aug 1918 West Virginia, USA
Death: 22 Apr 1988 (aged 69) Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 117775505
Family Members
Parents
William E Carpenter 1866-1940
Arvilla Lowser Warrick Carpenter 1872-1950
Siblings
Samuel Walter Carpenter 1889-1941
Elizabeth B. Carpenter Huff 1898-1978
Audrey Carpenter Landy 1904-1979
Mary Ellen Carpenter Finley Tate 1906-1952
Cora Lillian Carpenter Furr 1909-1994
Edward E. Carpenter 1912-1965
Viola V Carpenter Furr 1914-1973
Created by: Tina Vaughn (48242229)
Added: 28 Sep 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117775505/ivy-pearl-meyer
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Ivy Pearl Carpenter Meyer (2 Aug 1918–22 Apr 1988), Find a Grave Memorial no. 117775505, citing Ashland County Memorial Park, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Tina Vaughn (contributor 48242229) .