Laburn Alexander Lafayette Carpenter (1840 - 1930)

Born 12 Aug 1840 in Haywood County, North Carolina

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Died 18 Mar 1930 at age 89 in Haywood County, North Carolina

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Biography

Laban Alexander (Alex) Carpenter was the son of John Jessie and Catherine "Cottie" Carpenter. He was born in Catawba County North Carolina, and in 1858 moved with his parents and siblings to Haywood County, where they settled on Sheepback Mountain, near current Maggie Valley. Apart from his military service, he lived and worked the remainder of his life in this area. He was married to Mary Melvania "Viney" Curtis Carpenter, and they had nine children, including sons John and Dan Carpenter.

Alex enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 31, 1861, and served for the full four years of the Civil War in Company C of the 25th North Carolina Regiment. His regiment saw action at Antietam, Petersburg, and played an important role in the Battle of Fredericksburg. He was captured and held prisoner at the war's end in occupied Richmond, Virginia on April 3, 1865. His service rifle from the war is on public display at the Shelton House Museum in Waynesville, NC.

After the war he was a successful rock mason, and with his father expanded the Carpenter homestead on 800 acres of land at Sutton Fields, Sheepback Mountain. The homestead became a widely recognized landmark of the Smoky Mountains before it left family ownership and was demolished in the 1980s. Alex lived his final years with his grandson Johnny Carpenter, surrounded by a large family. He and Viney are buried in a private cemetery in Maggie. His parents John and Cottie are buried in adjacent unmarked graves.

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• BIRTH 1840

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• CENSUS 1860

Laban A Carpenter born 1844 Source: United States Census, 1860, State: North Carolina, County: Haywood, Enumeration Date: 8/9/1860, Enumerator: G. Edmonston ,Page:123, District: Ivy Hill , House #: 864 , Line: 21

Name: Laban A Carpenter Event Type: Census Event Date: 1860 Event Place: 37th Division, Haywood, North Carolina, United States Gender: Male Age: 16 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1844 Birthplace: North Carolina Page: 123 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John J Carpenter Male 43 North Carolina Catharine Carpenter Female 38 North Carolina Laban A Carpenter Male 16 North Carolina Susan E Carpenter Female 7 North Carolina Charles Carpenter Male 4 North Carolina

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• MILITARY 1861

Name: Alexander L. Carpenter Event Type: Military Service Military Beginning Rank: Private Military Final Rank: Private Military Side: Confederate State or Military Term: North Carolina Military Unit: 58th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry Military Unit Note: Formed July, 1861, from 5 (Palmer's) Battalion N.C. Partisan Rangers. Consoladated April 9, 1865, with 60 N.C. Infantry, forming (New) 58 N.C. Infantry (State Troops). Military Company: A Affiliate Film Number: 6

Source: United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865

• MARRIAGE

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• CENSUS 1910

Alexander Carpenter born 1842 Source: United States Census, 1910 North Carolina, Haywood County,Ivy Hill Township, Enumeration District: 64, Sheet #: 3-A Enumeration District: 142, Enumeration date: 4/16/1910 , Enumarator: William E Justice, House # 26, Line #: 35

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• CENSUS 1920

Laban A Carpenter born 1841 Source: United States Census, 1920, North Carolina, Haywood Co., Ivy Hill Township, Enumeration Date: 2/2/1920, Enumeration District: 76 , Enumerator: Jane H Pherline , Sheet #: 8-B Line: House #:142 ,Line # 77

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• DEATH 18 Mar 1930

Source: North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930 GS Film number 1943022 Digital Folder Number 4219850 Image Number 657 Reference ID fn 1406 cn 57

Name Johnnie Carpenter Birthplace Catawba Co., N.C. Gender Male Wife Kate Shuford Son Alexander Carpenter Other information in the record of Alexander Carpenter from North Carolina Deaths Name Alexander Carpenter Event Date 18 Mar 1930 Event Place Ney Hill, Haywood, North Carolina Gender Male Race (Original) White Race White Age (Original) 89y 8m Birth Year (Estimated) 1841 Birthplace Catawba Co., N.C. Marital Status Widowed Spouse's Name Melvina Carpenter Father's Name Johnnie Carpenter Father's Birthplace Catawba Co., N.C. Mother's Name Kate Shuford Mother's Birthplace N.C. Occupation Farmer Cemetery Henry Graveyard Burial Date 20 Mar 1930 Informant's Name (Original) X Citing this Record "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3ZM-GS2 : 8 December 2014), Johnnie Carpenter in entry for Alexander Carpenter, 18 Mar 1930; citing Ney Hill, Haywood, North Carolina, reference fn 1406 cn 57, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,022.

• BURIAL

Place: Henry Cemetery Maggie Valley Haywood County North Carolina, USA Plot: Gravesite: N35 30 25.7s, W82 59 22.7s

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