When William B Carpenter was born on 24 May 1835, in Weston, Missouri, United States, his father, William H Carpenter, was 44 and his mother, Hannah Clark, was 37. He married Anna Eliza Givens on 10 July 1855, in Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Clinton Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Gallatin Township, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 5 December 1918, in Weston, Missouri, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Barry, Clay, Missouri, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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