Thomas Jefferson Carpenter (1864 - 1920)

Born 27 Mar 1864 in Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Matilda (Puckett) Carpenter — married 30 Apr 1890 in Marion County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1920 at age 56 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Dwight Petersen [send private message]

Research Notes

Family tradition from daughter Thomas was born in "Alexander" Indiana. As the Carpenter family has roots in this general area of Indiana, I take this as Alexandria, Indiana, as grandma only lived in Indiana as a child.

Biography

Birth/Parentage

• promising lead based on birth record of sister Sarah
  • "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR53-24Z : accessed 6 June 2016), Richard Carpenter in entry for Sarah Catherine Carpenter, 01 Jan 1872; citing Akin, Richland, Wisconsin, reference p 400, cn 234; FHL microfilm 1,305,151.

Marriage

• 1890 Marion County, Indiana

Residences

• 1900 Marion County, Indiana
• 1910 Harrison, Mississippi
• 1915: Owner; 447 Florence, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa; since 1914
• Education
• 8th grade

Religious affiliation

• 1915 Methodist

Employment

• 1900 Architect
• 1910 Farm Laborer
• 1915 Carpenter
• 1920 Building Contractor

Death

• 1920 Waterloo, Iowa

1920 Iowa Marriage of daughter Eddith

Sources

• pedigree chart prepared about 1970. My mother and grandmother were both alive at the time and I would have gotten the information from one of them.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHX-C96 : 24 December 2015), Thomas Carpenter in household of Mary Carpenter, Akan, Richland, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 229, sheet 4D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1445; FHL microfilm 1,255,445.
• I have a certified copy of the marriage certificate for Thomas James Carpenter and Sarah Matilda Puckett from the clerk of the circuit court of Marion County, Indiana. The citation is Vol 22/465. Note the name "james" instead of "jefferson". Petersen-1298 15:13, 15 September 2014 (EDT).
  • Extract:Certificate of Marriage, Marion County: I the undersigned Minister, do hereby certify that Thomas James Carpenter and Sarah Matilda Puckett were legally joined together as Husband and Wife, on the 30th day of April-1890; Rev. M.B. Hyde. Vol 22/465.
  • I will assume, until I have further documentation, that the middle name was actually Jefferson. This is how my grandparents remembered him. It does seem likely that 'James' was the middle name at birth and 'Jefferson' was a name affected later in life.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFD9-H2S : accessed 20 March 2016), Thomas J Carpenter and Sarah M Puckett, 30 Apr 1890; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 499,376.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9MS-P56 : accessed 16 March 2016), Thomas J Carpenter, Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,387.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8F-48V : accessed 16 March 2016), Thomas J Carpenter, Beat 3, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,754.
• "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4R-QV8J : accessed 16 March 2016), Thomas J Carpenter, 1915; citing , Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,379,470.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJJ7-8ZB : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Thomas J. Carpenter in entry for Thomas E. Kendrick and Eddith C. Carpenter, 21 Jul 1920; citing Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
• "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV3G-WQQ : accessed 16 March 2016), Thomas J. Carpenter, 05 Nov 1920; citing Waterloo, reference 10360; FHL microfilm 1,561,086.