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William Joel Carpenter
4 Jun 1854 – 13 Jul 1921
| Birth | 4 Jun 1854 |
| Death | 13 Jul 1921 |
| Cemetery | Rowlett Creek Cemetery Plano , Collin County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Nathan Carpenter on 17 Apr 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10901157 |
Bio
Dallas Morning News July 1921 Carpenter Plano, Texas. July 15 W.J. Carpenter, a retired farmer and oldest son of the late Capt. R.W. Carpenter, died here Wednesday night at the family residence. He was born in Collin County in 1854. He is survived by his wife, one son and daughter, B.B. Carpenter of Plano and Mrs. H.A. Brown of Allen. The Rev. E.M. Martin of the Christian Church conducted the funeral services at the family residence this afternoon. Burial will be made at Rowlett Cemetery. Parts of a diary, or journal, kept by Mrs. Carpenter covering the [18] sixties, and early seventies, are in the possession of the family, and some of these events were taken from it.... She wrote often of her seven little boys: Willy, Gippy, Johnny and Jeffy, Bobby, Bennie and Eddie. Willy, the eldest, was an adventuresome sort of lad, and hard to keep in school. During the war, in 1862, he obtained a job with the Wells Fargo Co., at the age of eight, as a pony express rider, and held this job until the end of the war. He managed to make most of the cattle drives into Missouri and Kansas. Like the Confederate infantry he was unhorsed, by superior orders at the age of 14 and sent to Bro. Muses Boarding School in McKinney, for two semesters, which along with some previous schooling received at Spring Creek, rounded out his education. But lack of schooling hindered him little, as in later years he accumulated a fortune, in land and livestock, and in partnership with his cousin, Frank Mathews, built and operated one of the first steam powered cotton gins in the county. (They ginned for toll - one sixth - and seed was considered worthless and burned). He helped establish the First Guarantee State Bank of Plano and served as vice president of that institution. He married Emma Smith, (a cousin) of Lexington, Kentucky, and raised three children: Bert, Elizabeth, and Annie Kate, none of whom survive.
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Siblings
- Gipson Edgar "Gip" Carpenter 1856–1933
- John Henry Carpenter 1859–1930
- Dr Jefferson Davis Carpenter 1861–1930
- Robert Elzie "Bob" Carpenter Sr 1866–1922
- Benjamin Owen Carpenter 1868–1917
- Edward Albert Carpenter 1871–1923
- Mary Katie Carpenter 1877–1878
- Gene Weldon "Gano" Carpenter 1885–1969
Children
- Bert Breckenridge Carpenter 1878–1949 FaG
- Lizzie Carpenter Mallow 1880–1907 FaG
- Annie Kate Carpenter Brown 1882–1937
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