Husband: Stephen Ellis Carpenter
Born: Nov-18-1855 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Feb-23-1931 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Buried: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Occupation: teamster 1
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 2
Wife: Virginia L. Richards Married: Jul- 1-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1861 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 6 Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Mishie B. Carpenter Born: Apr- 2-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Died: Apr-24-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Cause of death: tuberculosis 10 Resided: 1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Husband: Charles Wesley Husk b. Mar-11-1880 d. Oct-26-1957 Also known as: Charlie Husk 11 Married: Apr-5-1908 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Eska O. Carpenter Born: ca 1889 2 Resided: 1956 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Charles Walton b. Sep- 3-1881 d. Jul-26-1956 Married: Jun- 5-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Stephen Carpenter. Parents "not known." Informant: Myrtle Husk Carpenter, wife. (5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Stephen E. Carpenter, 28, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Virginia L. Richards, 25, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jul 1 1886 in Ritchie Co. MR p. 60. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Age at death 28y 22d. DR Bk 2, p. 65. (10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (11) Birth record of son. (12) Death record of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Nov 18 1855, but 1900 Census shows it as Nov 1856. Birthplace given in 1886 marriage record as Harrison County, but in 1900 marriage record as Lewis County. Note (2) Listed as a boarder, Stephen Carpenter, 43, b. Nov 1856, farm laborer, widowed, in household of William W. & Mary J. Husk, who three weeks later became his in-laws when he married their daughter Myrtle. His motherless children were found in this census as foster children, listed as boarders, in various homes. Son Ellis was listed as Elles Carpenter, 10, in the household of Joseph & Nana Wilson in Calhoun County. Daughter Eska was listed as Esta Carpenter, 10, b. Apr 1890, in the household of William Freshour & his widowed mother Jane in Calhoun County.