Dear John, Do you know if the family you referenced for Tiffany Shoop (who was looking for Elizabeth Carpenter's mothers info) was at any time in Louisiana? I've been looking for John D. Carpenter who would have been born around the same time as the one in the info you posted for her. >4. SAMSON A. CARPENTER (BENJAMIN SAMSON1) was born 1816 in South >Carolina. He married > NANCY MAYBERRY 1838. She was born 1817 in South Carolina. > >Children of SAMSON CARPENTER and NANCY MAYBERRY are: > i. MATAMORGILLA CARPENTER, b. 1839. > ii. JOHN D. CARPENTER, b. 1842. > iii. ELIZABETH A. CARPENTER, b. 1844. > iv. CLARINDA CARPENTER,b. 1848. > v. NANCY A. CARPENTER, b. 1850 > vi. LEVI D. CARPENTER, b. 1850. > vii. JOSEPH H. CARPENTER, b. 1853. > viii. SAMSON J. CARPENTER, b. 1855, AL; d. Nov 10, 1932, >Galveston, TX; m. ELIZA JANE ST.CLAIR, May 20, 1874; > b. May 20, 1851, Lavaca Co, TX; d. Feb 02, 1927, >Williamson Con, TX. > ix. LOVDY PINKNEY CARPENTER, b. May 20, 1851, Coffee Co, AL; m. >WINFIELD SCOT "SCOOT" ST. CLAIR; > born 1848. I see that some of the family were born in Texas and my great grandfather listed on his children's b.c. as from Shreveport. He married Mary Ella Martin from Houston which is not far from Galveston where one of the above named brothers was born. I may just be doing wishful thinking but they sound like they might fit. Any info you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Loretta Luquette