Brief Life History of Erastus Snow
When Erastus Snow Carpenter was born on 31 March 1845, in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States, his father, John Steele Carpenter, was 22 and his mother, Margarett McCullough, was 22. He married Emma Millard on 6 November 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He lived in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880 and Mexico for about 8 years. He died on 16 January 1918, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Erastus S Carpenter, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Erastus Carpenter, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Erustus Snow Carpenter, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Mexico severs diplomatic relations with United States. Beginning of Mexican-American War.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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Erastus Snow Carpenter 1845 - 1918
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ERASTUS SNOW CARPENTER Thatcher, Arizona, May 4, 1909 UTAH PIONEER -1857 (Older Brother of James Delaplane CARPENTER) Thinking a life sketch might be interesting in later years t …
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