Brief Life History of Washington F
When Washington F Carpenter was born on 2 May 1835, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Rev John Madison Carpenter, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Horn, was 26. He married Margaret Hodges on 25 July 1866, in Bell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bell, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 2, Erath, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 15 March 1900, in Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States.
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- W F Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Washington F. Carpenter - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Washington F. Carpenter
- W F Carpenter, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
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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