Census reports & his death record list his birth year as 1845. He Married Frances Rebecca Sewell, with whom he had three children:

John Watkin Carpenter
Andrew J. "Dan" Carpenter
Josephine Carpenter Branum

After Frances' death 8-15-1892 he married Martha "Mattie"Vann 10-30-1892 in Madison County. She was the daughter of Thomas Vann III and Sarah Walker and niece of the Martha Vann who was the grandmother of John Watkin Carpenter's wife Lavinia Branum).

Walter O Carpenter
United States Census, 1910
Name Walter O Carpenter
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place Owens Crossroads, Madison, Alabama, United States
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1845
Birthplace Alabama
Father's Birthplace Alabama
Mother's Birthplace Alabama
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 11
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Walter O Carpenter Head M 65 Alabama
Mattie Carpenter Wife F 62 Alabama
Ora Jones Servant F 22 Illinois
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7F-QFF : accessed 5 January 2017), Walter O Carpenter, Owens Crossroads, Madison, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 11B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 24; FHL microfilm 1,374,037.
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W O Carpenter
United States Census, 1880
Name W O Carpenter
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Beat 4, 6 and 19, Madison, Alabama, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Birthplace Alabama, United States
Father's Birthplace Alabama, United States
Mother's Birthplace Alabama, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 335
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
W O Carpenter Self M 34 Alabama, United States
F R Carpenter Wife F 36 Alabama, United States
J W Carpenter Son M 12 Alabama, United States
A J Carpenter Son M 8 Alabama, United States
Josie Carpenter Daughter F 5 Alabama, United States
W W Tuck Other M 26 Georgia, United States
W Carpenter Brother M 20 Alabama, United States
C Davis Other M 21 Alabama, United States
C Baker Other F 40 Alabama, United States
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VM-35H : 11 August 2016), W O Carpenter, Beat 4, 6 and 19, Madison, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 226, sheet 335A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0022; FHL microfilm 1,254,022.

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