Memorials › Dr Jefferson Davis Carpenter
16 Apr 1861 – 18 Jul 1930
| Birth | 16 Apr 1861 |
| Death | 18 Jul 1930 |
| Cemetery | Little Elm Cemetery Little Elm , Denton County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Len Hott on 02 Jan 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22984942 |
M.D.
Parts of a diary, or journal, kept by his mother, 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. Jeffey was a doctor and very successful in his medical profession and in business. In partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. Rogers, they one owned almost the entire town of Little Elm. They were the doctors, there, with a large practice, and owned a general store, drug store, post office, cotton gin, and were buyers for cotton and other produce for that section of the country. They also owned farm land. He pioneered in oil and gas development in Nueces County, and saw his entire lifes accumulation, swept away....[rest missing]
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