CARPENTER CEMETERY (#91)

T25N R6E SEC 13

Map #8u

 

 

This cemetery, long abandoned, is overgrown with trees and brush.  At one time the cemetery covered an acre or more, but now it is impossible to distinguish many of the graves.  Many of the stones that can be found are no longer legible.

 

                John Levi CARPENTER md Elizabeth KEENER CARPENTER. They came from Lincoln Co., NC

                to settle in what was then Wayne Co., MO along with other members of the CARPENTER and

                KEENER families.The CARPENTER family origins are in Switzerland, where the family name

                was ZIMMERMAN. It may be assumed that John Levi CARPENTER is also buried here, although

                no stone bearing his name can be found today. John & Elizabeth had 9 children: Sarah E.,

                Margaret K., Henry A., John W., Ephriam R., James M., Joseph, Lucy Ann, & Susan E..

 

CARPENTER , Elizabeth    19 Apr 1808 - 20 May 1903   [Wife of John Levi CARPENTER]

CARPENTER , Madonna    17 Jun 1881 - 21 Nov 1902    [Madonna (STOUT) CARPENTER was the

                1st wife of Henry M. CARPENTER, son of Ephriam R CARPENTER]

CARPENTER , Margaret    27 Feb 1883 - 24 Feb 1898

CARPENTER , Rosy May    9 Apr 1883 - 26 Jun 1900   age 16y 9m 7d

 

WELKER , Sarah E.    27 Feb 1883 - 3 Oct 1902   age 19y

 

HALLOWAY, Jessie    d. 1 Dec 1908   age 7y   [not found: information fromBrown, Fitch Funeral Home Records, p. 17, #174. Ordered by E. O. HALLOWAY]

 

 

Canvassed by Betty Hanks 1968

Additional research by Betty Hanks

Special acknowledgement to Mrs. Frank Birkhead,

descendant of John Levi & Elizabeth (KEENER) CARPENTER, and

 J. E. Carpenter, son of Ephriam & Alameda (STOUT) CARPENTER,

who provided much historical background and aid in identifying family relationships.

 

 

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