The following was posted by Circe (Carpenter) Bisby <CabPt90@aol.com> on Thu, 17 Jun 1999 on the Tehama County USGenWeb Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surnames: CARPENTER I am contributing to your page, not sure if i'm doing this right, but here goes. These relatives are from the Sacramento area, mainly form Tehama County, Red Bluff area, Cottonwood, Hunter areas. John Sales Carpenter, b. Sept 9, 1830, Indiana. d. Dec.1925, Farquhar district. (when he died he was one of calif. pioneers and oldest settlers)Crossed the plains to Cal. in 1852, settled at Diamond Springs, Eldorado County. 1863 he married Mary Jane Elam, b. May 8, 1838, Illinois. d. July 19, 1900, Red Bluff, Ca. They moved to Tehama County.He is listed as a farmer in the Hunter area since 1872. They had at least 10 kids. they are not listed in any specific order. I am assuming they are all listed in 1880 Cottonwood census. Sarah Francis Carpenter-b.1869 m. to John Ellison Trewblood Lilla May Carpenter-b.1874 m. to Money Elijah Hickman Ruby Lorena Carpenter-b.5/7/1888 d.3/24/73. m. to Mr. Blackman Jessie Belle Carpenter-b.1879 m. to Clarence C. Thorpe from Santa Cruz, Ca. John Franklin Carpenter-b.1872. m. 1/12/1896 to Eunice Helen Stivers, b. 1875, Ca. d 10/31/41 King county. William Walter Carpenter-m. to Rebecca Jane Tracey Edward Milton Carpenter b.9/10/1882 d. 5/15/58 never married Robert Lee Carpenter-b 6/29/1891 Martha Carpenter-b.1868 m. to Albert Frese Mary Jane Carpenter-b.1866 m. to Charles Alford (John Sales lived with her when he died) I have more info, (but am also lacking some) if this in infact the kind of stuff you are looking for, if you want it let me know and i'll give it to you. Circe (Carpenter) Bisby CabPt90@aol.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Tehama County USGenWeb Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Tehama>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Circe (Carpenter) Bisby <CabPt90@aol.com>. -- ============================================================ CAGenWeb CC -- Kern, Imperial, Tehama, & Siskiyou Counties, CA Kern Co: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/kerncty.htm Imperial Co: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/impercty.htm Tehama Co: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/tehamcty.htm Siskiyou Co: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/siskicty.htm MOGenWeb CC -- Pemiscot County, MO Pemiscot Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopemis2/pemiscot.htm OKGenWeb AsstCC: -- Grant County, OK Grant Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgrant/okgrant.htm GenConnect Surnames: Hobson, McMains [also following Park, Patterson, & Hawkins] ============================================================