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William Ambrose Carpenter

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William Ambrose Carpenter

Birth
Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Death
5 Apr 1944 (aged 69)
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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20 JUL 2021, Notes for incoming transfer, sighted; added gender. 1) Bio section as written by the original creator of the memorial has been retained, and is below the divider.~
William was born in Boonville, Clinton, Mississippi to Ambrose and Rachel Jane C. Davis Carpenter. After the death of Ambrose and about 1880 Jane moved with her children to Oklahoma. According to son William, because they weren't treated well in Mississippi. William told stories to his granddaughter Barbara about going to Oklahoma in a wagon, going to school with the Indian children and where the teacher carried guns to school for protection. William was the father of six children, Herbert, Olga Carpenter Brown, Swin, Laura Carpenter Brown, Eula Carpenter Carter, and Mary.
20 JUL 2021, Notes for incoming transfer, sighted; added gender. 1) Bio section as written by the original creator of the memorial has been retained, and is below the divider.~
William was born in Boonville, Clinton, Mississippi to Ambrose and Rachel Jane C. Davis Carpenter. After the death of Ambrose and about 1880 Jane moved with her children to Oklahoma. According to son William, because they weren't treated well in Mississippi. William told stories to his granddaughter Barbara about going to Oklahoma in a wagon, going to school with the Indian children and where the teacher carried guns to school for protection. William was the father of six children, Herbert, Olga Carpenter Brown, Swin, Laura Carpenter Brown, Eula Carpenter Carter, and Mary.


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