For those who are also searching for info on Jeremiah M. Carpenter born TN abt 1847, & died 1944 in Whitley Co. KY: I have located a few more pieces to Dr. Jerry's complicated marital history, & to the identity of his parents. The new pieces come from Knox County KY clerk's marriage records i.e. a marriage to Obedience "Biddy" Wilson in 1912, to a Lu Hopper in 14 Feb 1918, & to Ollie Lawson in 1919. On the 1912 application, for number of marriages, the groom replied that this marriage was his "5th-- first 2 dead, 1 divorced & now marrying again." Underneath the word marrying is a note that says either "the 4th one" or "that one." Here are the dates & names that I have. 1st marriage= Elizabeth Hamblin Rose. Married 29 Nov 1868 in Whitley Co. KY. She died 1880. 2nd marriage: unknown woman, unknown date 3rd marriage =Obedience "Biddy" Wilson. Married 27 Oct 1883 in Cambell county TN. 4th marriage Polly Unknown. Listed on 1910 census with Jerry. Married 1901? (I had a note but the computer ate my source). 5th marriage= Biddy Wilson again. 25 Oct 1912 in Knox County KY. 6th marriage= Lu Hopper, on 14 Feb 1918 in Knox Co. KY. 7th marriage= Ollie Lawson 1 Dec 1919 in Knox Co. KY. On both of the Knox County applications that have information on them, Jerry gives his mother's name as Allie Carpenter (despite the fact that she was listed as Edy on the census). One certificate lists his father as Ensley Carpenter, but the last one lists him as Anderson Carpenter. Per usual, Jerry can't count or wanted to forget a wife or 2, but this does at least give a little more structure to his busy love life AND seems to confirm that his mother's name was Allie as opposed to Edy. Pat Hobson