Priscilla Frances Carpenter

Brief Life History of Priscilla Frances

When Priscilla Frances Carpenter was born on 24 March 1864, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Carpenter, was 23 and her mother, Sarah ( Kata) Brumley, was 22. She married Sylvester Myers on 16 September 1881, in Colfax, Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Magnolia District, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 5 October 1933, in New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Williams Cemetery, Manassas Park, Henry, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sylvester Myers
1861–1935
Priscilla Frances Carpenter
1864–1933
Marriage: 16 September 1881
Laura May Myers
1882–1970
Clyde Myers
1884–1884
William Cleveland Myers
1885–1954
Walter Michael Myers
1888–1959
Thurman Hugh Myers
1890–1940
Bessie Vera Myers
1893–1973
Edward Nelson Myers
1894–1917
Olive Cora Myers
1898–1987

Sources (19)

  • Persilla F Carpenter in household of Jacob Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Frances Myers, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
  • Francis Carpenter in entry for Thurman H. Myers and Olive E Word, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · Appomattox Campaign

Appomattox Campaign

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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