Claude Benjamin Harrison Carpenter (1890 - 1961)

Born 14 Mar 1890 in Madison, Arkansas, United States

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Died 28 Apr 1961 at age 71 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Claude Benjamin Harrison Carpenter was born on March 14, 1890, in Madison, Arkansas. He was the son of John Carpenter and Samantha Short.

The 1900 U.S. Census for Boston & Goodwill Townships, Madison, Arkansas, finds the following household: John B. Carpenter, head, age 45, born in AR; Samantha Carpenter, wife, age 37, born in KY; Martha A. Carpenter, daughter, age 16, born in AR; Thomas Carpenter, son, age 13, born in AR; John D. Carpenter, son, age 12, born in AR; Claud H. Carpenter, son, age 10, born in AR; Henry H. Carpenter, son, age 6, born in AR; Pearl C. Carpenter, son, no age listed (an infant?), born in AR; Lucenday L. Lewis, female, boarder, age 25, born in MO; Lizzie Lewis, boarder, female, age 4, born in MO; Colburn Lewis, boarder, male, an infant, born in AR.

1910 U.S. Census for Goodwill, Madison, Arkansas, shows the following family: John B. Carpenter, age 54, born in AR; Samantha E. Carpenter, age 46, born in KY; Claud H. Carpenter, son, age 19, born in AR; Henry H. Carpenter, son, age 15, born in AR; Pirl C. Carpenter, son, age 12, born in AR; Emma E. Carpenter, daughter, age 9, born in AR.

Claude married Lula Pearl Best on July 16, 1916, in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma. The groom was 26; the bride was 18.

The 1920 U.S. Census for Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, records the following family: Claude Carpenter, head, age 29, born in AR; Pearl Carpenter, wife, age 21, born in KS; Finley B. Carpenter, son, age 2, born in OK; Eletha Carpenter, daughter, an infant, born in OK.

The 1930 U.S. Census for Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, finds the following family: Claude Carpenter, head, age 40, born in AR; Lulu P. Carpenter, wife, age 32, born in KS; Finley B. Carpenter, son, age 12, born in OK; Eletha Ohio Carpenter, daugher, age 10, born in OK.

The 1940 U.S. Census for Lone Star Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, finds Claude Carpenter as the 50-year-old head of household. he is white, married, born in Arkansas about 1890. Also listed is his wife, Lula Carpenter, age 42, born in Kansas.

Claude Benjamin Harrison Carpenter died on April 28, 1961, at the age of 71, of leukemia. He was living in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, at the time. He is buried in Park Grove Cemetery in Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife.

Sources

• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36L-Z2T : accessed 3 October 2018), Claud H Carpenter in household of John B Carpenter, Boston & Goodwill Townships, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 18A, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,067.

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-HYM : accessed 3 October 2018), Claud H Carpenter in household of John B Carpenter, Goodwill, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 1B, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 57; FHL microfilm 1,374,070.

• Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-HXC4 : 27 September 2017), Claud B H Carpenter and Lula Pearl Best, 1916.

• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD5-BWP : 13 March 2018), Claud Benjamin Carpenter, 1917-1918; citing Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,240.

• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9F-QL4 : accessed 4 October 2018), Claude Carpenter, Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 194, sheet 3B, line 40, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1486; FHL microfilm 1,821,486.

• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4L-VLD : accessed 4 October 2018), Claude Carpenter, Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3B, line 77, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1933; FHL microfilm 2,341,667.

• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKB-X3S : 15 March 2018), Claude Carpenter, Lone Star Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-11, sheet 7B, line 77, family 135, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3338.

• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPTP-JMW : 17 October 2017), Claude Benjamin Harrison Carpenter, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find-A-Grave Memorial for Claude Benjamin Harrison Carpenter