BUTLER COUNTY MISSOURI     carpenter cemetery
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            CARPENTER CEMETERY - DERRINGTON CEMETERY
                    CARPENTER CEMETERY (#91)
                         T25N R6E SEC 13
                             Map #8u


This cemetery, long abandoned, is overgrown with trees and brush.
At one time the cemetery covered an acre or more, but now it is
impossible to distinguish many of the graves.  Many of the stones
that can be found are no longer legible.

     John Levi CARPENTER md Elizabeth KEENER CARPENTER. They came
from Lincoln Co., NC
     to settle in what was then Wayne Co., MO along with other
members of the CARPENTER and
     KEENER families.The CARPENTER family origins are in
Switzerland, where the family name
     was ZIMMERMAN. It may be assumed that John Levi CARPENTER is
also buried here, although

     no stone bearing his name can be found today. John &
Elizabeth had 9 children: Sarah E.,
     Margaret K., Henry A., John W., Ephriam R., James M.,
Joseph, Lucy Ann, & Susan E..

CARPENTER , Elizabeth    19 Apr 1808 - 20 May 1903   [Wife
of John Levi CARPENTER]
CARPENTER , Madonna    17 Jun 1881 - 21 Nov 1902    [Madonna
(STOUT) CARPENTER was the
     1st wife of Henry M. CARPENTER, son of Ephriam R
CARPENTER]
CARPENTER , Margaret    27 Feb 1883 - 24 Feb 1898
CARPENTER , Rosy May    9 Apr 1883 - 26 Jun 1900   age 16y
9m 7d

WELKER , Sarah E.    27 Feb 1883 - 3 Oct 1902   age 19y

HALLOWAY, Jessie    d. 1 Dec 1908   age 7y   [not found:
information fromBrown, Fitch Funeral Home Records, p. 17,
#174. Ordered by E. O. HALLOWAY]


                               Canvassed by Betty Hanks 1968
                          Additional research by Betty Hanks
             Special acknowledgement to Mrs. Frank Birkhead,
 descendant of John Levi & Elizabeth (KEENER) CARPENTER, and
           J. E. Carpenter, son of Ephriam & Alameda (STOUT)
                                                  CARPENTER,
          who provided much historical background and aid in
                           identifying family relationships.
                              

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