Thomas Bridgewater Carpenter was born Thursday, October 2, 1828, in Jackson County, Alabama. Documents indicate an alternate birth year of 1830. He was the son of Jesse Carpenter (1770-about 1845) and Mary Ann Sidwell (1792-after 1828).
Thomas married Tabitha Ann Garrett, his first wife, Sunday, April 10, 1853. He was 24 years, 6 months and 8 days old.
Thomas and Tabitha had six children, Margaret L. Carpenter (1855-1928), Martha Ann Carpenter (1859-1900), Richard Dixieland Carpenter (1861-1914), James Thomas Carpenter, (1863-1863), Jesse Lee Carpenter (1864-1918) and Alice Polly Leatrice Carpenter (1867-1935).
Thomas was step father to John Henry Tuggle and Mary Jane Tuggle, two children born to Tabitha from a previous marriage.
Thomas married Mrs. Elmina C. Hatch, his second wife, Sunday, September 27, 1885, in Independence County Arkansas. He was 56 years 9 months and 9 days old. No children were born to that union.
Thomas had two sisters, Jesse Polly Carpenter (1822-death unknown), Louisa Carpenter (1829-death unknown); and three brothers, David Carpenter (1824-death unknown), John L. Carpenter (1826-death unknown) and James Carpenter (About 1830-death unknown).
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company K, Shaver’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. That enlistment was in the Confederate States of America, CSA, on Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was 33 years, 10 months and 5 days old.
The following text is from “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.”
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the second of October, 1828, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Source Citation: Author Unknown, “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas”, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889, chapter XXII, page 648. Online library, archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist02good#page/648/mode/2up/search/thomas+b.+carpenter) : accessed 24 Jun 2016). [Image had been digitally retouched by Larry M. Ray on 24 Jun 2016, to remove artifacts and include black outline around image. Data not known to have been changed.]
Civil War, Confederate Company Muster Rolls offer the following information:
• Thomas enlisted Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. His term of enlistment was 3 years or during the War. He enlisted as a Private in Company K of Shaver’s 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment C.S.A., which was formed in the summer of 1862 until the surrender in May 1865.
• Thomas appears to be absent as stated on the Company Muster Roll for July and August 1863. Remarks on that Company Muster Roll states he was sent to Monroe Hospital in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 4, 1863, by order of Brigadier General James Camp Tappan.
Thomas died in 1895 in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was about 67 years old.
Thomas was buried in Sulphur Rock Cemetery, Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas in early July, 1895.
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The following was posted by: Donna Lee and David Wall
son of Mary "Polly" Ann [nee Sidwell] and Jesse Carpenter
BROTHER OF:
Jesse Polly
James
David
John L.
Louisa
1st married
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Thomas B Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Tabitha Quggle
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1853
Marriage County: Independence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1288645
STEP FATHER OF:
JOHN HENRY TUGGLE
MARY JANE TUGGLE (GENNINGS)
2nd married 27 Sept. 1885, Independence co., Ar., ELVIA
Military: Joined 8-7-1862, Sulphur Rock. Deserted 1-2-1863, muster 4-7-1863, PVT., Co. Ky., Col. R. J. Shaver's Reg't., Ar. Inf., C.S.A.
Farmer. Missionary Baptist. Democrat.
Goodspeed‘s Biographical & Hictorial Memoirs of Northeastern Arkansas:
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the 2nd of October, 1928, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Thomas married Tabitha Ann Garrett, his first wife, Sunday, April 10, 1853. He was 24 years, 6 months and 8 days old.
Thomas and Tabitha had six children, Margaret L. Carpenter (1855-1928), Martha Ann Carpenter (1859-1900), Richard Dixieland Carpenter (1861-1914), James Thomas Carpenter, (1863-1863), Jesse Lee Carpenter (1864-1918) and Alice Polly Leatrice Carpenter (1867-1935).
Thomas was step father to John Henry Tuggle and Mary Jane Tuggle, two children born to Tabitha from a previous marriage.
Thomas married Mrs. Elmina C. Hatch, his second wife, Sunday, September 27, 1885, in Independence County Arkansas. He was 56 years 9 months and 9 days old. No children were born to that union.
Thomas had two sisters, Jesse Polly Carpenter (1822-death unknown), Louisa Carpenter (1829-death unknown); and three brothers, David Carpenter (1824-death unknown), John L. Carpenter (1826-death unknown) and James Carpenter (About 1830-death unknown).
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company K, Shaver’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. That enlistment was in the Confederate States of America, CSA, on Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was 33 years, 10 months and 5 days old.
The following text is from “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.”
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the second of October, 1828, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Source Citation: Author Unknown, “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas”, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889, chapter XXII, page 648. Online library, archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist02good#page/648/mode/2up/search/thomas+b.+carpenter) : accessed 24 Jun 2016). [Image had been digitally retouched by Larry M. Ray on 24 Jun 2016, to remove artifacts and include black outline around image. Data not known to have been changed.]
Civil War, Confederate Company Muster Rolls offer the following information:
• Thomas enlisted Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. His term of enlistment was 3 years or during the War. He enlisted as a Private in Company K of Shaver’s 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment C.S.A., which was formed in the summer of 1862 until the surrender in May 1865.
• Thomas appears to be absent as stated on the Company Muster Roll for July and August 1863. Remarks on that Company Muster Roll states he was sent to Monroe Hospital in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 4, 1863, by order of Brigadier General James Camp Tappan.
Thomas died in 1895 in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was about 67 years old.
Thomas was buried in Sulphur Rock Cemetery, Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas in early July, 1895.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was posted by: Donna Lee and David Wall
son of Mary "Polly" Ann [nee Sidwell] and Jesse Carpenter
BROTHER OF:
Jesse Polly
James
David
John L.
Louisa
1st married
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Thomas B Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Tabitha Quggle
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1853
Marriage County: Independence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1288645
STEP FATHER OF:
JOHN HENRY TUGGLE
MARY JANE TUGGLE (GENNINGS)
2nd married 27 Sept. 1885, Independence co., Ar., ELVIA
Military: Joined 8-7-1862, Sulphur Rock. Deserted 1-2-1863, muster 4-7-1863, PVT., Co. Ky., Col. R. J. Shaver's Reg't., Ar. Inf., C.S.A.
Farmer. Missionary Baptist. Democrat.
Goodspeed‘s Biographical & Hictorial Memoirs of Northeastern Arkansas:
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the 2nd of October, 1928, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Thomas Bridgewater Carpenter was born Thursday, October 2, 1828, in Jackson County, Alabama. Documents indicate an alternate birth year of 1830. He was the son of Jesse Carpenter (1770-about 1845) and Mary Ann Sidwell (1792-after 1828).
Thomas married Tabitha Ann Garrett, his first wife, Sunday, April 10, 1853. He was 24 years, 6 months and 8 days old.
Thomas and Tabitha had six children, Margaret L. Carpenter (1855-1928), Martha Ann Carpenter (1859-1900), Richard Dixieland Carpenter (1861-1914), James Thomas Carpenter, (1863-1863), Jesse Lee Carpenter (1864-1918) and Alice Polly Leatrice Carpenter (1867-1935).
Thomas was step father to John Henry Tuggle and Mary Jane Tuggle, two children born to Tabitha from a previous marriage.
Thomas married Mrs. Elmina C. Hatch, his second wife, Sunday, September 27, 1885, in Independence County Arkansas. He was 56 years 9 months and 9 days old. No children were born to that union.
Thomas had two sisters, Jesse Polly Carpenter (1822-death unknown), Louisa Carpenter (1829-death unknown); and three brothers, David Carpenter (1824-death unknown), John L. Carpenter (1826-death unknown) and James Carpenter (About 1830-death unknown).
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company K, Shaver’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. That enlistment was in the Confederate States of America, CSA, on Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was 33 years, 10 months and 5 days old.
The following text is from “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.”
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the second of October, 1828, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Source Citation: Author Unknown, “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas”, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889, chapter XXII, page 648. Online library, archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist02good#page/648/mode/2up/search/thomas+b.+carpenter) : accessed 24 Jun 2016). [Image had been digitally retouched by Larry M. Ray on 24 Jun 2016, to remove artifacts and include black outline around image. Data not known to have been changed.]
Civil War, Confederate Company Muster Rolls offer the following information:
• Thomas enlisted Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. His term of enlistment was 3 years or during the War. He enlisted as a Private in Company K of Shaver’s 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment C.S.A., which was formed in the summer of 1862 until the surrender in May 1865.
• Thomas appears to be absent as stated on the Company Muster Roll for July and August 1863. Remarks on that Company Muster Roll states he was sent to Monroe Hospital in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 4, 1863, by order of Brigadier General James Camp Tappan.
Thomas died in 1895 in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was about 67 years old.
Thomas was buried in Sulphur Rock Cemetery, Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas in early July, 1895.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was posted by: Donna Lee and David Wall
son of Mary "Polly" Ann [nee Sidwell] and Jesse Carpenter
BROTHER OF:
Jesse Polly
James
David
John L.
Louisa
1st married
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Thomas B Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Tabitha Quggle
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1853
Marriage County: Independence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1288645
STEP FATHER OF:
JOHN HENRY TUGGLE
MARY JANE TUGGLE (GENNINGS)
2nd married 27 Sept. 1885, Independence co., Ar., ELVIA
Military: Joined 8-7-1862, Sulphur Rock. Deserted 1-2-1863, muster 4-7-1863, PVT., Co. Ky., Col. R. J. Shaver's Reg't., Ar. Inf., C.S.A.
Farmer. Missionary Baptist. Democrat.
Goodspeed‘s Biographical & Hictorial Memoirs of Northeastern Arkansas:
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the 2nd of October, 1928, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Thomas married Tabitha Ann Garrett, his first wife, Sunday, April 10, 1853. He was 24 years, 6 months and 8 days old.
Thomas and Tabitha had six children, Margaret L. Carpenter (1855-1928), Martha Ann Carpenter (1859-1900), Richard Dixieland Carpenter (1861-1914), James Thomas Carpenter, (1863-1863), Jesse Lee Carpenter (1864-1918) and Alice Polly Leatrice Carpenter (1867-1935).
Thomas was step father to John Henry Tuggle and Mary Jane Tuggle, two children born to Tabitha from a previous marriage.
Thomas married Mrs. Elmina C. Hatch, his second wife, Sunday, September 27, 1885, in Independence County Arkansas. He was 56 years 9 months and 9 days old. No children were born to that union.
Thomas had two sisters, Jesse Polly Carpenter (1822-death unknown), Louisa Carpenter (1829-death unknown); and three brothers, David Carpenter (1824-death unknown), John L. Carpenter (1826-death unknown) and James Carpenter (About 1830-death unknown).
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company K, Shaver’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. That enlistment was in the Confederate States of America, CSA, on Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was 33 years, 10 months and 5 days old.
The following text is from “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.”
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the second of October, 1828, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
Source Citation: Author Unknown, “Biographical Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas”, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889, chapter XXII, page 648. Online library, archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist02good#page/648/mode/2up/search/thomas+b.+carpenter) : accessed 24 Jun 2016). [Image had been digitally retouched by Larry M. Ray on 24 Jun 2016, to remove artifacts and include black outline around image. Data not known to have been changed.]
Civil War, Confederate Company Muster Rolls offer the following information:
• Thomas enlisted Thursday, August 7, 1862, in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. His term of enlistment was 3 years or during the War. He enlisted as a Private in Company K of Shaver’s 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment C.S.A., which was formed in the summer of 1862 until the surrender in May 1865.
• Thomas appears to be absent as stated on the Company Muster Roll for July and August 1863. Remarks on that Company Muster Roll states he was sent to Monroe Hospital in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 4, 1863, by order of Brigadier General James Camp Tappan.
Thomas died in 1895 in Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. He was about 67 years old.
Thomas was buried in Sulphur Rock Cemetery, Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas in early July, 1895.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was posted by: Donna Lee and David Wall
son of Mary "Polly" Ann [nee Sidwell] and Jesse Carpenter
BROTHER OF:
Jesse Polly
James
David
John L.
Louisa
1st married
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Thomas B Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Tabitha Quggle
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Residence: Independence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1853
Marriage County: Independence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1288645
STEP FATHER OF:
JOHN HENRY TUGGLE
MARY JANE TUGGLE (GENNINGS)
2nd married 27 Sept. 1885, Independence co., Ar., ELVIA
Military: Joined 8-7-1862, Sulphur Rock. Deserted 1-2-1863, muster 4-7-1863, PVT., Co. Ky., Col. R. J. Shaver's Reg't., Ar. Inf., C.S.A.
Farmer. Missionary Baptist. Democrat.
Goodspeed‘s Biographical & Hictorial Memoirs of Northeastern Arkansas:
Thomas B. Carpenter. A lifetime devoted with perseverance & energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed materially to the success which has attended Mr. Carpenter's efforts. He was the 4th of 6 children born to Jesse & Polly A. (Sidwell) Carpenter, & was born on the 2nd of October, 1928, in Alabama. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came to Arkansas while it was still a territory (@1833 or 34), & located in St. Francis County, where he followed carpentering, & was a general worker in wood, & at the same time conducted farming. Thomas was brought to Arkansas in his early youth, & was educated in the subscription schools of his adopted state. In 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Tabitha A. Tuggle, a native of the Blue Grass state, & their family now consists of 5 children: Margaret L., born in 1855, James T., who died at the age of 6 months, Dicie, who was born in 1861, Jesse Lee, whose birth occurred December 7, 1864, & Polly Alice, born February 26, 1868. In 1854, Mr. Carpenter made his 1st purchase of land, which consisted of 197 acres & by hard work, managed in a few years to put 40 acres under the plow & to erect a good double log house, barns, etc., also a cotton gin. In 1877, he sold this farm & purchased a tract of 211 acres in Christian township & has made some valuable improvements on this farm, also improving 75 acres. After making this his home for 12 years, he sold it in July, 1889, of a consideration of $3,000 & now thinks of giving up farming life & engaging in mercantile pursuits. He is a good Democrat in politics & he & his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He has given his children good educational advantages & they are now well qualified for any commercial position or pursuit. The youngest son, Jesse, has for some years been engaged as clerk in the mercantile house of a Mr. Van Ronkle, of Newport, Arkansas & is now a trusted manager of his employer's business. With this son, Mr. Carpenter contemplates embarking in business. Richard, the eldest son, is a successful farmer of Jackson County; Margaret is the wife of W. P. Young & resides in the county; Polly A., is still at home.
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