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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- 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"
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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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