>Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 22:18:13 -0500 >To: PaWZake@aol.com >From: Terri Lee Wolfe <terrilee@ipa.net> >Subject: Re: CARPENTER-D Digest V99 #135 >In-Reply-To: <2bb5a100.24b0feff@aol.com> > >At 02:16 PM 7/4/99 EDT, you wrote: >>Terri--was very interested in your Carpenter that you thought might have come >>from Carroll County Ms Is that Mississippi (Msp) or Missouri? > > >I descend from a John Carpenter, who married Ester Kennedy in Franklin Co., GA in the l820's. They came to Carrol Co., MS, and settled in the Black Hawk Community. In fact, this is where they are buried, along with a son John, who died during the Civil War. Also in the Prairie Grove Community was an Owen Carpenter, who was related. In fact, a cousin or possibly a brother to my John Carpenter came to Ashley/Drew Co(settled right on the county line), AR, and was the first Owen Carpenter to come here. > >He was born March 21, l795 and died in l864. He is buried in the Flat Creek Cemetery near Fountain Hill, AR. Owen Carpenter the II m Amy Ratliff and was b March 25, l832 and d Nove. 25, l904. He had four children: Betsy b Oct. 6, l859 d march 8, l934; Mary, b July l5, l863 d Dec. l7, l935; Owen III, b May l9, l865 d Nov. 26, l947, and Dock B ?? d Apr. l0, l904. They are all buried in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. > >Owen Carpenter's 2nd m was to Lizzie Watkins, who was b Jan. ll, l846 and d Feb. l4, l922. Their children were: >Newton(twin) b Apr 4. l5, l873 d March l7, l930 bur at Prairie Grove; Fannie b apr. l5, l873 d Nov 23, l929 b at Flat Creek; Becky b Nov. 20, l876 d ??, l960 b at Flat Creek; Rufus, b Stp. l2, l878 d Dec. l9, l895 bur at Prairie Grove; Richard b March 28, l88l d May l8, l96l bur Prairie Grove; Emily b Feb. l6, l882 d Oct. 29, l934 bur Prairie Grove; Edna b march 5, l884 d Feb 22, l9l5 bur Prairie Grove; Lige(Elijah) b March l, l886 d aug 26, l959 bur Prairie Grove; Mack b july 22, l889 d Feb. 5, l920 bur Prairie Grove; William (bill) b Feb. 22, l875 d Dec. 8, l9l5 bur Prairie Grove. > >Owen Carpenter III m Zadie chadwich Aug. 29, l889. They were m in Carrolton, MS. Unto tjhis union three children were b. Tom, b Apr. l, l89l d July l5, l966 bur Campground Cem. north of Monticello, AR; Amuy b Jan. 9, l899; d Dec 21, l938, bur Prairie Grove; Bertie Mae b June 21, l90l d June 21, l90l bur Prairie Grove > >Owen Carpent III, 2nd m was to mary (Mollie) Mullins fox. They had 8 children: Owen(Bud)IV, b July 21, l903 d Jan 5, l979 bur Prairie Grove; William (Willie) b Nov. 28, l904, d May 2, l978 bur. Prairie Grove. Mary b Oct. 22, l906, d apr. ll, l934, bur Prairie Grove; Ester b jan. 29, l909; Frank, b July l2, l9l0; Rose Etta (Motie b July l7, l9l2; effie b March 5,l9l4; Margie Marie b Sept. 6, l9l5 d may l5, l9l7 bur Prairie Grove; Horace b June l9, l9l7. > >Fannie Carpenter m Mayborn Johnson. Unto this marriage two children were born, John and Mollie. > > >There was also a Staley Carpenter who would have been born about l880's. He was a brother to Mollie Carpenter, James Carpenter, and Willie Jo Mullins. If I am not mistaken, their mother was a Hubbard. > >another set of carpenters was John C., Peter, and George Carpenter. George m the above Mollie. Peter C. Carpenter m. Fannie Latner (Lat) Lagrone(who was the grandaughter of Sarah Carpenter, dau. of John Carpenter of Carrol co., MS.) John C. m Margaret minyard, who was the dau. of sarah Carpenter and grandaughter of john Carpenter of Carol Co., MS. They were cousins. This was Margaret's 2nd marriage. Her lst marriage was to a Lagrone. Margaret (Maggie) Minyard Lagrone Carpenter and Fannie Latner (Lat) Lagrone were mother and dau. and m. brothers, who were their cousins. > >All of the above carpenters are connected, but I'm not sure how. > >there was another Mollie Carpenter, but I am not sure how she was connected. > >also, in Ashley Co. was another set of Carpenters, who clain to be a differetn set of Carpenters. > >The John C. below would be generation 8 of the genealogy line I list below. >John C. Carpenter b aug. 24, l829 in NC or AL came to Ashley Co., AR in l857 d jan 30, l900 and is bur. in Promise Land Cem. He was a Confederate soldier from l8620l865 >as a Private in the 26th AR Infantry. He was also the ifrst Carpenter in Ashley Co.(according to Imie Noble Carpenter)....I'm not so sure that the Owen Carpenter could not have been........His wife was Nancy Mary Ann stell Carpenter b Sept l5, l840 in Pickens Co., AL m in l856 in Itawamba Co., MS and died in l923 aND IS BUR AT PROMISE lAND cEMETERY. > >cHILDREN: rOBERT w. hENRY dAVID, mAGGIE jOaNN, eLIZABETH, jOHN d., oLIVER sTANHOPE, gENIE sHAY, sARAH fRANCES, AND ALEXANDER. > >According to Imie Noble Carpenter......this ancestry was something like this: > >1 Wm. Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island, b l6ll in England, Wilshire, d l685. Wife: Elizabeth ARnold (brother Benedict Arnold, lst governor of Rhode Island) b l6ll, m l635 in England, d l635 > >2 Joseph Carpenter, b l635 in England, d Oyster Bay, New York m Hannah Carpenter (Joseph's 2nd cousin) b l650, the dau. to Capt Wm. Carpenter of Rehoboth, MAss and Abiligale Bennett, m l659. > >3 Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter (brothers Benjamin and Thomas) b l668 in Musketa cove, Long island, NY d l730 in westchester, Co., NY. m tamar Cole b l673 m l690 in N Y Colony d l730 in westchester Co., NY. > >4 Robert Carpenter b l693 in Long Island New York m elizabeth Carpenter Carpenter. > >5 Zopher Carpenter (came to Covengton, VA in l752) b l733 in Ny colong, d Feb. 2, l798 in Madison co., KY. m widow Mary Coles Davis m l752. > >In l756-57 he was a Drummer in Capt. Dickerson's Ranks in the French-Indian War. he was a Surveyor of Roads in Augusta co., VA and a patriot in the american Rev. > >6 Zenith Carpenter b l775 in Boletourt Co., VA d aft Sept 24 , l794 probably in Maure Co., KY. > >7 Jno Copernicus Carpenter (Sons: John, Washington, and Zeno) b l797 in SC d bef. l837 in AL m Mary Love b l800 in AL m Oct. l8, l828 in Laurence Co. AL and d bef l857 in MS. She was a widow in Butler Co., AL > >8 John Carpenter, whom I talked about earlier, b Aug. 24, l829 in NC or AL and came to Ashley Co., AR in l847 and d Jan. 30, l900 and bur Promised Land Cemetery. > >There could be many typos in this as I typed it hurriedly, but I thought that perhaps this information might help someone. > >I obtained it from the History of Ashley Co. l988 > >Reflections of ASHLEY COUNTY compiled by Robert Carpenter and Imie Noble Carpenter. >