Hello, Pete Apple and others.
There is reason to believe my John Carpenter might have changed his name
from Zimmerman. He could have been born in 1799. His family is described
below. Let me know what you think about this possible match.
Donald A. Carpenter
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John Carpenter (my g.g.g.grandfather) d.1836-37
(family story located him in Greene Twnshp, Brown Co, OH, or Greene
Co, OH)
(thought to be a son of an Isaac Carpenter/Zimmerman)
...m. Francis (Fanny) Ellen Garver,
.......b. 4 Dec 1809 (one family story located her in Mason Co., KY)
.......d. 23 Feb 1899 in Washington Co., Iowa
...........four children all supposedly born in Highland County, Ohio --
...........Elizabeth Jane, b. 18 Sep 1830, d. 3 Apr 1892 in Washington Co.,
IA
...........Catherine, b. 16 Sep 1832, d. 11 Oct 1913
...........Daniel (my g.g.grandfather)
................b. June 5 1834
................m. Emily Edmonson
................d. 15 May 1912
.....................8 children, incl. John Wesley (Tint) (my
g.grandfather)
..........................b. 14 May 1856 in Kalona, Iowa
..........................m. 23 Jan 1876 to Roxanna Ayers
..........................d. 22 May 1925
...............................9 children incl. Nathan Summers Carpenter
(my grandfather)
...........John (Jack), b. 14 Feb 1836
...After John Carpenter's death, Fanny Garver Carpenter married Ephraim
Adams.
......They had six more children, the first born in OH, others born in IN,
IL or IA.
......Eventually, they settled in Kalona, Washington Co., Iowa.