Brief Life History of Boyd Ruby
When Boyd Ruby Carpenter was born on 12 October 1899, in Marshall, Mississippi, United States, his father, William Merritt Carpenter, was 31 and his mother, Mattie Elizebeth Lyles, was 23. He married Effie Lee Skelton on 10 May 1917, in Benton, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Beat 2, Marshall, Mississippi, United States for about 30 years. He died on 18 August 1977, in Michigan City, Benton, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Lamar, Benton, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Boyd Carpenter, "United States Census, 1930"
- Boyd Carpenter, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Ruby Boyd Carpenter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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