I have two Carpenter lines. My Dad's side of the house: Hans Zimmerman, Johannes
Zimmerman (John Carpenter), Margaret Carpenter m. Jonas Mosteller,, Nicodemus Mosteller,
Margaret Cornelia Mosteller, Columbus V. McCain, Elsie McCain (me). On my mother's
side: Nathaniel Carpenter b. 1814, Catherine Carpenter, Eva Laney, Martha Jane Robinson,
Elsie McCain (me).I am in the family finders mt dna program. Some of my matches have been
with Carpenter names that I could identify with. I have found many of my matches in the
Carpenter's A Plenty book, either under the Carpenter name or listed under a different
name. The book has been very beneficial to me in my genealogical research. I still have
not discovered who the father of my Nathaniel Carpenter b. 1814 Ohio is. Nathaniel went
from Ohio to Indiana, then Iowa. He married Rosetta Graves in Indiana. I have their
marriage record..They both died in Iowa.Nathaniel died before the 1880 census so I
don't know where his father was born.I do enjoy reading the stories of my ancestors,
and it is interesting to read about the hardships they went through after coming to our
country. To me, family history is not only who are ancestors were, but also about their
lives. Elsie McCain White