NOTE: Lowry City later became Lowry Air Field then Lowry Air Force Base. When it was shut down Lowry bcame a suburb of Denver.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1920 US Census - with parentsMARRIAGE: 1929 - image
Name: Ralph L Carpenter
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1904
Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1929
Marriage Place: Jackson, Missouri
Registration Place: Jackson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Lola Beason
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
SEE ALSO: no image
Name: Ralph L Carpenter
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1929
Marriage Place: Missouri
Record Place: Jackson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Lola Beason
Certificate Number: 1929A0039915
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Marriage Records. Jackson County Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri.CENSUS: 1930 US Census - where is family?
Name: Ralph L Carpenter [Ralph S Carpenter]
Birth Year: abt 1905
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Home in 1930: Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Forth St
Ward of City: Second
Institution: Cecil Hotel Lines 27 to 47 inclusive
Dwelling Number: 12
Family Number: 12
Age at First Marriage: 25
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Finisher Ce
Industry: Concrete Construction
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Elmer E Cecil 38
Sarah J Cecil 38
Mary V Cecil 12
Paul Schultameier 32
Nettie M Thoman 41
Charles W Thoman 43
Shirley J Keith 48
Frank J Ogugalha 30
Mort P Suiter 31
John T Abbey 44
Ralph L Carpenter 25 <-----------
Rudolph Weidner 26
Neighbors:
Source Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska; Roll: 1290; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2341025
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.CENSUS: 1940 US Census
Name: Ralph Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Rock Creek Election Precinct, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Missouri
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Jefferson, Nebraska
District: 48-27
Family Number: 41
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 55
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 2251
Digital Folder Number: 005460557
Image Number: 00438
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ralph Carpenter Head M 35 Missouri
Lola Carpenter Wife F 36 Kansas
Eugene Carpenter Son M 8 Kansas
Victor Carpenter Son M 3 Nebraska
Gwynlan Carpenter Daughter F 1 Nebraska
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MW-838 : accessed 29 December 2015), Ralph Carpenter, Rock Creek Election Precinct, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-27, sheet 2B, family 41, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2251.
NOTE:
From: Private
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 6:58 PM
To: John R. Carpenter
Subject: Re: An addition
Hi John when they found out my grandmother had cancer she moved in with Steve Beason her brother in Wichita Kansas along with the children; they were still Together at that point. My grandfather’s job required lots of travel.
Kraig CarpenterDRAFT: WWII
Name: Ralph Leon Carpenter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Lucerne, Missouri, USA
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1904
Residence Place: Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Occupation: Unemployed
Weight: 210
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Black
Height: 6 2
Next of Kin: Lola Carpenter
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Ralph Leon Carpenter Self (Head)
Lola Carpenter Wife
Source Citation
The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Nebraska, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 16
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.CENSUS: 1950 US Census - due out in 2022
CENSUS: 1960 US Census - due out in 2032DEATH:
Both Ralph and Clara were killed in an auto accident on 1 Jan 1966. The accident took place in dense fog where two vehicles collided head on on US Highway 75 (73) about six miles south of Nebraska City per the newspaper article Kraig provided.
See: RIN 154285 Ralph Carpenter Death.pdf
Kraig adds the following.
Ralph and Clara never had any children, so my father, the eldest child, was sent home from Vietnam to attend to the estate.
Turned out, my grand father didn’t have a will but Clara did. Since she outlived him, her side of the family got all the assets.
She was nice, and I’m sure she thought she would die and old widow woman, years after Ralph would have passed away.
Ralph worked building Federal and State highways, thus, he was gone a lot.
My father feels his Uncle Beason was his second father; plus the Beason’s were tight and “very family.” They accepted the
children as their own until they returned to Ralph’s later. I was raised being around the Beason’s more than the Carpenter’s.
After my father retired out of the USAF in 1968, we moved to San Mateo, near his cousin “Aunt” Patsy Beason. We visited them a lot.
One summers afternoon, my cousin Johnny and I ,ages 14 & 13 (?), buried a half stick of dynamite in the backyard and lit it off. It made a big hole in the yard and neighbors called the police to the door within minutes!
Well, “Aunt Patsy” as older and more savvy so she answered the door.
The policeman said “There’s a report of a large explosion from this area” at which my Aunt says “I don’t know anything about it officer, but I assure you, it will never happen again” at which the policeman ,some how assured, and knowing he had the culprits said “I’ll take you word for it” and then left. I was shocked, but Aunt Pasty always knew what to say. Of course we both got in hot water for it.
Sincerely, Kraig Carpenter
GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71368156
Ralph Leon Carpenter
Birth: Aug. 26, 1904
Death: Jan. 1, 1966
Family links:
Parents:
Jasper Newton Carpenter (1868 - 1949)
Annettie Adaline Jackson Carpenter (1873 - 1942)
Spouse:
Lola Adenia Beason Carpenter (1904 - 1946)
Siblings:
Jessie Pearl Carpenter Russell (1893 - 1956)*
Mable Gertrude Carpenter Lee (1895 - 1981)*
Archie Ray Carpenter (1897 - 1975)*
Ralph Leon Carpenter (1904 - 1966)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Fairbury Cemetery
Fairbury
Jefferson County
Nebraska, USACreated by: lmikeal
Record added: Jun 14, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71368156
CENSUS: 1920 US Census - with parents
Name: Lola A Beason [Lola Adenia Beason]
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1905
Birthplace: Kansas
Home in 1920: Wakeeney, Trego, Kansas
Street: Gennesse St
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Ephriam D Beason
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's name: Adenia Beason
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Ephriam D Beason 61
Adenia Beason 58
Bettie A Beason 27
Jessie G Beason 24
Harold P Beason 17
Lola A Beason 15 <---------------
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Wakeeney, Trego, Kansas; Roll: T625_552; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 240
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.MARRIAGE: 1929
Name: Lola Beason
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1929
Marriage Place: Missouri
Record Place: Jackson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Ralph L Carpenter
Certificate Number: 1929A0039915
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Marriage Records. Jackson County Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri.GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71369342
Lola Adenia Beason Carpenter
Birth: Mar. 4, 1904
Death: Apr. 5, 1946
Family links:
Parents:
Ephraim David Beason (1857 - 1929)
Adenia Stephens Beason (1861 - 1944)
Spouse:
Ralph Leon Carpenter (1904 - 1966)*
Siblings:
Rosa May Beason (1879 - 1881)*
Joseph William Beason (1881 - 1888)*
Olive Lavina Beason Benson (1883 - 1957)*
Grover Cleveland Beason (1884 - 1965)*
Mary Levada McCune (1889 - 1968)*
Stephen Montroville Beason (1890 - 1978)*
Betty Alpha Beason Harrel (1893 - 1930)*
Jesse Beason Bellairs (1895 - 1950)*
Macy Virgil Beason (1897 - 1988)*
Harry Beason (1899 - 1900)*
Harold Paul Beason (1902 - 1991)*
Lola Adenia Beason Carpenter (1904 - 1946)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Created by: lmikeal
Record added: Jun 14, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71369342
GRAVE:
Clara C Rothert Carpenter
Birth: 22 Apr 1905
Death: 1 Jan 1966
Burial: Harvard Cemetery Harvard, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Memorial #: 87224415
Created by: Catherine Renschler (47362685)
Added: 22 Mar 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87224415/clara-c-carpenter
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2017), memorial page for Clara C Rothert Carpenter (22 Apr 1905–1 Jan 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 87224415, citing Harvard Cemetery, Harvard, Clay County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Catherine Renschler (contributor 47362685) .
NOTE:
Others buried in Harvard Cemetery appear to be her parents and a brother.
Ernestine F Rothert 1878 – 1955 86323196
Julius A Rothert 1869 – 1947 86323178
Walter H Rothert 7 Feb 1902 – 23 Jun 1961 86323166