Dolores Grace Carpenter 1911–1960Hugh Othal West, Sr. 1903–1945Margaret Elizabeth Cavins 1875–1960Major Lindsey Carpenter 1870–1948Hanna Bessie Elizabeth Alexander 1870–1939George Washington West 1866–1938Lucy Ann (Lou) Quisenberry 1847–1915Thomas William Cavins 1844–1883Margaret Carpenter 1841–1908Lindsey Powell Carpenter 1825–1875Haddie Elizabeth Kunkel 1842–1936Rev. Hugh Paden Alexander 1836–1911Jane Ann Smith 1839–1931Wilbur Dennis West 1832–1918Chloe Jane Bush 1825–1900Stephen C Quisenberry 1821–1903Mary Frances Mansfield 1818–1892James Edwards Cavins 1819–1860Mary Ann Jones 1818–1897Adam Carpenter 1804–1877Sarah Sallie Powell 1805–1898George Franklin Carpenter 1801–1875Elizabeth Rudolph Gunkle Phebe Ann Bowen 1792–1847Matthew West c. 1793–1852Jeanette "Jane" QUISENBERRY 1782–1859James Ambrose BUSH, Jr. 1779–1873Mary Polly EUBANK(S)* 1795–1866Roger QUISENBERRY* 1792–1877Salina Eddings 1799–1888William Herndon Mansfield 1790–1880Margaret E Gorham 1796–1856William Cavins 1795–1846Catherine Spears 1760–1848Adam Carpenter 1760–1806Leah Frye 1778–1820Jacob Young Carpenter 1779–c. 1828Tryphena Rood 1770–1857George West 1769–1853Jane Burris-Quisenberry 1759–1811Rev. James Quisenberry, Sr. 1759–1830Lucy Gholson 1746–1814James Ambrose BUSH 1748–1815Mary Polly Bush 1755–1830Achilles Jackson Eubank, Sr. 1758–1844Jane Burris-Quisenberry 1759–1811Rev. James Quisenberry, Sr. 1759–1830Mourning Clark Mansfield 1763–1831Robert J Mansfield (Rev War) 1762–1833Margaret Craig 1759–c. 1810Edward Cavins 1755–1814Anna Sophia Schulteli 1735–1783George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Catherine Spears 1760–1848John Frye –1782ELIZABETH BOYER 1751–1818George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Jr. 1746–1819Mary Lawton 1738–1812Francis West 1735–1803Joyce c. 1722–c. 1797Aaron Quisenberry c. 1725–c. 1795Sarah Mary Carlton 1727–Richard Eubank 1730–1813Joyce c. 1722–c. 1797Aaron Quisenberry c. 1725–c. 1795Mary Prewitts c. 1725–1793John L Cavin 1720–1787Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Sarah Lawton –c. 1788Joseph Lawton –c. 1765Jane Tanner 1685–c. 1742William West 1681–c. 1742Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782Susanna Soule c. 1642–c. 1684Francis West c. 1632–c. 1696Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Mary Bucket –1676George Soule Anne Pope John Quisenberry, Sr. 1627–1717Anne Pope John Quisenberry, Sr. 1627–1717Ann Fallowell 1611–1683Thomas Pope 1608–1683Joane (Jesse) Johnson 1607–1672Thomas Johnson (Questenbury) Quesenberry 1608–1672Ann Fallowell 1611–1683Thomas Pope 1608–1683Joane (Jesse) Johnson 1607–1672Thomas Johnson (Questenbury) Quesenberry 1608–1672

a door into the family wing

You and I share 81 of these people.

This is the family-history wing of owentemple.com, built standing where I stand — every wedge above is a named ancestor. If you descend from Hugh Othal West, Sr. (1903–1945) & Dolores Grace Carpenter (1911–1960), every lit wedge is a direct ancestor of yours exactly as it is mine: 81 named people across 11 generations, back to the 1600s. The dim grey is the rest of my sky — lines you and I don't share. Click any lit wedge to meet the person.

How to read this place

Everything here is labeled from where I stand — ✦ direct ancestor, "my 3×-great-grandfather." Here is the useful accident of cousinhood: if you are my second cousin, we stand the same number of steps from everyone we share, so within your rooms my labels are literally yours, unchanged. One generation off — once removed either way — and every person page has an "I am:" picker that relabels the whole site for your generation and remembers your choice.

One honest caveat: outside the West & Carpenter rooms, a person marked ✦ is my direct ancestor but not yours — the fan above shows exactly where the boundary runs.

Your rooms

Of the eight family rooms in this wing, these are the ones that are your direct ancestry:

West

Plymouth Colony → Rhode Island → upstate New York → Bleeding Kansas → the Texas oil fields

The one New England line, and the one that reaches a Mayflower passenger. A man who went to Kansas Territory at twenty-two the year the fighting started, and a grandson who went to sea past Singapore and came home to the oil patch.

Step into the West room →

Carpenter

Hallau, Schaffhausen → the Shenandoah → Carpenter's Station, Kentucky → Missouri → Texas

Swiss Zimmermanns who turned the name into English; a long hunter who proved a Kentucky claim with a crop of corn in 1776; a widow of twenty-two who administered an estate, bought land in her own name, and lived to eighty-seven.

Step into the Carpenter room →

Stories already written about your people

The family albums

The albums live on Google Photos, shared by link. Unlike the tree, they may include living family — they are photographs, not records.

Start with these people

✦ Hugh Othal West, Sr. (1903–1945) & Dolores Grace Carpenter (1911–1960)
Our shared great-grandparents — the couple every reader of this page descends from. Their two pages are the place to start walking.
George Soule
West room
Crossed on the Mayflower in 1620, a servant in another man's household.
George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr.
1725–1778 · Carpenter room
Out of Hallau to the Shenandoah; enlisted in 1777 and vanished from the rolls.

The rest of the wing

Wrong door? The picker lists them all. And if you hold a piece of this story — a letter, a photograph, a correction — that is exactly what publishing it is for.