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 1
Wife: Myrtle Idell Husk
Married: Jul-19-1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: Feb-11-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,7
Died: Nov- -1977 6
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,6
Census: 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: William Wayne Husk (1854 - 1917)
Mother: Mary Jane Fox (1856 - 1928)
Notes
M Child 1: John William Carpenter Also known as: William Carpenter 8 Born: ca 1902 9 Died: bef May 1989 8 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 2: Columbia M. Carpenter Born: Dec-14-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,6 Died: May- 4-1989 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10,6 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (South), South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11 Resided: in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: 1957 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12 Husband: James L. Stoops d. bef May 1989
F Child 3: Kelcie Sewphire Carpenter Census name: Kelcy S. Carpenter Born: Sep- 1-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,7,14 Died: 1985 14 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: 1967 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1957, 1966 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,16 Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: ___ Ammons Husband: Henry Clay Coontz b. Nov-27-1895 d. Jan-30-1966 Married: Dec-19-1958 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Husband: Willie Isaac Scritchfield b. Nov-14-1906 d. Apr- -1978 Census name: Willie Maxwell Married: May-20-1967 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 4: Lewis Solomon Carpenter Born: Jan-29-1912 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,6 Died: Nov-20-1988 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,6,18 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930, Blue Stone Rd in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Isabell Margaret Jenkins b. Jan-30-1918 d. May-20-1998 Married: Jul- 4-1935 18
M Child 5: Edward W. "Bull" Carpenter Born: Nov-15-1915 6,15 Died: Jun- -1984 6,15 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 6: Archie Woodrow Carpenter
Born: Jun-27-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 20 (see note 4)
Died: Jun- 1-1944 near Cisterna di Latina, Italy 21,22,23 (see note 5)
Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24,21,25
Census: 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: (enlisted 2/26/1941) Pvt, Co M, 168th Inf, 34 Inf Div, US Army, WW II (POW, KIA) 23,21,26
Notes 23
F Child 7: Edith Mae Carpenter Born: May-11-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,7 Died: Aug-12-1945 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, West Union, WV 1 Cause of death: tuberculosis 1 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Husband: Troy Leon Pratt b. May-21-1922 d. Aug-17-2009 Married: Dec-24-1943 in Alma, Tyler Co, WV 7
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) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as S. E. Carpenter, 43, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Myrtle I. Husk, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 19 1900 "at the Brides residence on Blue Stone.", MR p. 232. (6) Social Security Death Index. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) Obituary of sister. (9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (10) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (11) Obituary. (12) West Union Herald. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (16) Death record of husband. (17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 7, p. 39. (18) Obituary of wife. (19) Birth record of son. (20) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Archie Woodrow Carpenter, b. June 27 1917 at West Union, son of Steven Ellis Carpenter & Myrtle Husk. BR Bk 4, p. 33. (21) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (22) Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 5/30/2004, p. A-6. (23) West Union Herald-Record, 5/26/1998, p. 13 - Article by VFW Post 3408. (24) Findagrave.com. (25) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (26) U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and US Army Quartermaster General's Office. 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. Note (3) Listed as a boarder in household of his cousin Bessie Jenkins and her husband Frank Platt. Note (4) Birth date on headstone is Jun 27 1918, but Doddridge County birth records show it as Jun 27 1917. His age in the 1920 Census, enumerated in January, was two. His age in the 1930 Census, enumerated in April, was 12. Note (5) near Cis Terna Di Littoria