I am seeking info on my G-G-G-Grandfather James S.(possible Sumner) Carpenter b- 28 Nov 1829 in Ohio. Married 6 Aug 1854 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to Mary Elizabeth Klumph d/o Thomas S. Klumph & Eliza Mary Eby Klumph. Family stories say James, along with brothers Gabriel B. Carpenter, Zack Carpenter (and also Aunt Lisle)left Iowa in the early 1870's to move to Kansas. The families live in Kansas and Southern Nebraska from then on. The family stories say that our Carpenters were Dutch and arrived in Pennsylvania with the name of Zimmerman, later changing it to the English Carpenter. The lived in Pennsylvania for "quite a span of years" before moving to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. Supposedly James S. Carpenter's parents were also born in Ohio. Any info you may have on James or his family would be greatly appreciated. I have been at a stand still with this family forever!!! Thanks, Toni Schlaefli