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Major Lindsey Carpenter

1870–1948

Margaret Carpenter 1841–1908Lindsey Powell Carpenter 1825–1875Mary Ann Jones 1818–1897Adam Carpenter 1804–1877Sarah Sallie Powell 1805–1898George Franklin Carpenter 1801–1875Catherine Spears 1760–1848Adam Carpenter 1760–1806Leah Frye 1778–1820Jacob Young Carpenter 1779–c. 1828Anna Sophia Schulteli 1735–1783George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Catherine Spears 1760–1848John Frye –1782ELIZABETH BOYER 1751–1818George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Jr. 1746–1819Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782
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Life

Born
11 May 1870 · Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, USA
Died
19 Feb 1948 · Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
Buried
20 Feb 1948 · Humble, Harris, Texas, USA

Parents

FatherLindsey Powell Carpenter (1825–1875)✓ father proven
MotherMargaret Carpenter (1841–1908)✓ mother proven

Marriage & children

SpouseAlmeta Mann (c. 1869–1894) m. 30 Aug 1893 · Bexar County, Texas, USA
SpouseMargaret Elizabeth Cavins (1875–1960) m. 25 Dec 1895 · Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
Velma Bell Carpenter (1896–1987)
Roy Linsey Carpenter (1898–1959)
Estelle May Carpenter (1901–1997)
Dolores Grace Carpenter (1911–1960)
Gale Marie Carpenter (1914–1969)

Timeline

Records behind this page

1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington, Johnson, Missouri; Roll: M593_784; Page: 683B; Image: 570; Family History Library Film: 552283
1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Laredo Ward 3, Webb, Texas; Roll: 1678; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1241678
1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Humble, Harris, Texas; Roll: T627_4055; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 101-42
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Lamonte, Pettis, Missouri; Roll: 708; Family History Film: 1254708; Page: 77A; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 0410
Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: T624_1561; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1375574
Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 262
Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: 2353; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: 34.0; FHL microfilm: 2342087
Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019)
The Austin American; Publication Date: 20 Feb 1948; Publication Place: Austin, Texas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/385971379/?article=d32bedaf-720f-418f-ace4-bd53f037dca1&focus=0.7393341,0.45355955,0.8569626,0.4974614&xid=3355
Newspapers.com - The Austin American - 20 Feb 1948 - Page 2 (Austin, Texas: The Austin American, 20 February 1948)
Obituary for M. L. CARPENTER (Aged 77) 20 Feb 1948
Newspapers.com - The Laredo Times - 28 Jun 1899 - Page 3 (Laredo, Texas: The Laredo Times, 28 June 1899)
28 Jun 1899
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.

Research note · 27 Jul 2026
Audited 27 Jul 2026. PARENTAGE EVIDENCED TWICE. (1) Death certificate, Travis Co., 19 Feb 1948, file 9755, image 40394_b062322-03435 (Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry coll. 2272)): field 10 FATHER = 'Lindsey Carpenter'; field 12 MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME = 'Margaret' with the surname left as a dash; birthplace 'Knobnoster, Missouri'. Informant was the Texas Confederate Home for Men, an institution, so both parents' birthplaces read 'Unknown'. (2) 1880 U.S. Census, Lamonte, Pettis Co., Missouri, ED 116 p. 77A, image 4242029-00412: enumerated 'Carpenter ... Major, W M 10, STEP SON' in the household of John H. Divers, with his mother Margaret as Divers's wife and his sister Fannie Carpenter, 12, beside him. Step-son OF DIVERS - his mother's second husband - which corroborates rather than contradicts Carpenter paternity, since Lindsey Powell Carpenter died in 1875. CAUTION: the surname 'Carter' for his mother is NOT corroborated by either record.

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