Cavendar/Carpenter was the son of Ransom Gaer and Mary M. "Polly" Lamb Gaer.
He married Clementine Watson Smith in Bond County, Illinois on 12 May 1829 and they had 5 children:
Almarion, Matilda, Irene, Delila, and Malipa (spellings may not be correct).
He is listed in these census records:
1830 (age 21) – Bond County, Illinois
1850 (age 41) – District 16 of Marshall County, Iowa
1860 (age 51) – Union Township of Harrison County, Missouri
1870 (age 61) – Resided with son Almarion Gaer in Lipscomb Township of Marshall County, Iowa
1880 (age 71) – Resided with son Almarion Gaer in Lipscomb Township of Marshall County, Iowa
1895 (age 86) –Polk Township of Shelby County, Iowa
Cavendar/Carpenter was the son of Ransom Gaer and Mary M. "Polly" Lamb Gaer.
He married Clementine Watson Smith in Bond County, Illinois on 12 May 1829 and they had 5 children:
Almarion, Matilda, Irene, Delila, and Malipa (spellings may not be correct).
He is listed in these census records:
1830 (age 21) – Bond County, Illinois
1850 (age 41) – District 16 of Marshall County, Iowa
1860 (age 51) – Union Township of Harrison County, Missouri
1870 (age 61) – Resided with son Almarion Gaer in Lipscomb Township of Marshall County, Iowa
1880 (age 71) – Resided with son Almarion Gaer in Lipscomb Township of Marshall County, Iowa
1895 (age 86) –Polk Township of Shelby County, Iowa