Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

JAMES C. CARPENTER

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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Among the well known ranchmen in the vicinity of O�Banion Corners is James C. 
Carpenter, whose activities constitute a valuable contribution to the 
development and upbuilding of the district in which he lives.  He was born in 
the present house in which he lives in Sutter County, August 24, 1884, a son of 
James W. and Eliza (Bailey) Carpenter.  James W. Carpenter was born in England, 
and came to California in 1864, settling one and a half miles west of O�Banion 
Corners, where he purchased a quarter section of land on which he farmed for ten 
years.  Then he purchased 320 acres a half mile south of O�Banion Corners, later 
adding by purchase 240 acres; here he built a house and here his family of eight 
children were born: Eliza, Sarah, and Edward, all deceased; Rosa, now Mrs. 
Wesser; Henry, near Oswald; Frankie, Mrs. W. A. Coats of near Oswald; James C., 
the subject of this sketch, and Elmer, of O�Banion Corners.  James W. Carpenter 
lived to be seventy-eight years old, and his wife was sixty-four when she passed 
away.
James C. Carpenter received his education in the Gaither district school and 
from early manhood was associated with his father in grain farming.  When the 
father passed away his estate was divided and James C. received 107 acres as 
his.  This ranch he later traded for 105 acres which was the original home place 
and was owned by his brother, and here Mr. Carpenter has since resided.  
Seventeen and a half acres of this ranch is in bearing orchard, and recently 
five acres have been set to young fruit trees, the balance of the place being 
devoted to raising grain.
At Oakland, October 15, 1908, Mr. Carpenter was married to Miss Della Burks, a 
native of Missouri, daughter of J. M. and Matilda (Blankenship) Burks, natives 
of Missouri and Indiana, respectively, who farmed in Missouri and later in 
Oklahoma until coming West.  J. M. Burks brought his family to California in 
1900, where he became an orchardist of Sutter County.  Mrs. Della Carpenter is 
one of six children: Ora, Della, Ethel, Roy, Monte, and Hazel.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Carpenter are the parents of two sons, Jack and Verne.  Mr. Carpenter is a 
progressive politician and does not adhere to any strict party lines.  Mrs. 
Carpenter is a member of Bogue Wednesday Club.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 1248