This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2135.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you know anything about this James Carpenter and who his parents were? Descendants of James Carpenter Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 CARPENTER was born Aug 1859 in Illinois. He married SARAH A.. She was born Feb 1860 in Illinois. Children of JAMES CARPENTER and SARAH A. are: i. RALPH W.2 CARPENTER, b. Nov 1882, Illinois. ii. ETHEL E. CARPENTER, b. Jul 1884, Illinois. iii. FLETA Z. CARPENTER, b. Jul 1887, Illinois. 2. iv. ERMA HESTER CARPENTER, b. 24 Aug 1891, Henton, Illinois; d. 21 Jan 1984, Protection, Kansas. v. HENRY C. CARPENTER, b. Jul 1893, Illinois. vi. ERVING O. CARPENTER, b. Oct 1896, Illinois. vii. NELA Z. CARPENTER, b. Jun 1898, Illinois. Generation No. 2 2. ERMA HESTER2 CARPENTER (JAMES1) was born 24 Aug 1891 in Henton, Illinois, and died 21 Jan 1984 in Protection, Kansas. She married LEROY ROSS SMITH 20 May 1923 in Protection, Kansas, son of THEODORE SMITH and CATHARINE SHUCK. He was born 16 Mar 1881 in Lanesville, Indiana, and died Feb 1965 in Kansas1. More About ERMA HESTER CARPENTER: Burial: Protection, Kansas Cemetery Notes for LEROY ROSS SMITH: 1910 U S Census Kansas Comanche Valley Twp District 30 Page 2 Dwelling 11 Leroy Smith male age 24 married 2 years farmer born Indiana Ethel wife age 21 born Kansas had 1 child 0 children living Willie Cox brother-in-law age 24 single born Kansas 1920 U.S. Census Protection Twp., Comanche Co., Kansas ED#36 Image 7 of 34 Dwelling 76 Leroy Smith male age 38 widowed mechanic born IN Martha daughter age 8 born Kansas 1930 U.S. Census Protection, Comanche Co., Kansas District 9 Image 14 Dwelling 162 Leroy Smith male age 49 occupation Blacksmith born Indiana Erma wife age 38 age first married at age Photographer 32 born in Illinois Sybert son age 4 Wylie son age 3 Royce son age 1 Children of ERMA CARPENTER and LEROY SMITH are: i. SEYBERT LEROY3 SMITH, b. 27 Jul 1925, Protection, Kansas; d. 24 Sep 2001; m. HELEN MAXINE CHAMBERS, 13 Jan 1952, Pittsburg Kansas; b. 12 Apr 1925, Pittsburg Kansas. ii. WYLIE ROSS SMITH, b. 13 Nov 1926, Protection, Kansas; m. (1) MARTHA LOUISE BRIDGES, Feb 1951, Winfield, Kansas; b. Winfield, Kansas; m. (2) FRANCES LOUISE EVANS, 03 Sep 1960, Las Vegas, Nevada; b. 07 Dec 1931, West Middlesex, Penn.. iii. ROYCE LEE SMITH, b. 06 Nov 1928, Protection, Kansas; m. BETTY JANE WRIGHT, 24 Oct 1953, Rayton, MO.; b. 07 Feb 1934, Kansas City, Missouri. iv. VERLYN ZELL SMITH, b. 08 Jun 1930, Protection, Kansas; m. OLLIE MAY GADDY, 15 Dec 1950, Pittsburg Kansas; b. 18 Feb 1931, Pittsburg, Kansas; d. 14 Jan 2005, Mesquite, Texas. Notes for OLLIE MAY GADDY: Obit: Wife of Speck Smith dies Ollie Mae Smith, age 73, of Mesquite, Texas, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2005, at the Medical Center of Mesquite. She was born February 18, 1931, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Sterling and Zenna Gaddy. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Verlyn "Speck" Smith of Mesquite; her children, Steve Smith and his wife LaJuana, Roger Smith and his wife Jimmie, and Tina Trotter and her husband John; six grandchidren, seven great-grandchildren; brother, John Gaddy and his wife Bonnie; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and her inspirational interest church and family. Graveside services were Monday morning, January 17, at Laurel Oaks Memorial Park, followed by memorial services at 11:00 a.m. in Mesquite at the Anderson-Clayton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Harris officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Lawson Road Baptist Church Building Fund. More About OLLIE MAY GADDY: Burial: 17 Jan 2005, Laurel Oaks Memorial Park, Mesquite, Texas v. COLEEN ZOE SMITH, b. 13 Aug 1934, Protection, Kansas; m. ALFRED FRANCIS BROWN, 04 Jun 1955, Ashland, Kansas; b. 17 Oct 1926, Sitka, Kansas.