Descendants of Benjamin
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DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN SAMSON CARPENTER
Benjamin
Samson Carpenter (bef. 1771, South Carolina – 1839) married
Martha C. “Milly” (abt 1780 South Carolina – aft 1850)
CHILDREN of Benjamin Samson Carpenter and Martha C.
1. William Bailey Carpenter (1808 South Carolina – October 30,
1883)
married Rebecca Savannah Donaldson
(abt 1815 South Carolina – April 1884)
CHILDREN of William
Bailey Carpenter and Rebecca Savannah Donaldson
2. Samson Harmon Carpenter (May
26, 1833 Alabama – 1863)
married
Elizabeth (October 22, 1836 – October 30, 1904)
CHILDREN of Samson Harmon Carpenter and Elizabeth
3.
Edward or Edmond Carpenter (1854 - ?)
3.
Lloyd Carpenter (1857 - ?)
3.
Mary A.E. Carpenter (1859 - ?)
3.
Harmon G. Carpenter (1863 -?)
2. Benjamin David Carpenter (Nov. 25, 1834 Coffee
County Alabama – Oct.13, 1919)
married Elizabeth Ware (August 31, 1838 Macon County
Alabama – January 11, 1924)
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CHILDREN of Benjamin David Carpenter and Elizabeth Ware
3. Savannah Carpenter
(June 10, 1857
Butler County Alabama – April 18, 1884)
married George Elias Wiggins (February 24,
1857
Butler County Alabama – August 1923)
CHILDREN of Savannah Carpenter and George Elias Wiggins
4. David Joshua Wiggins (March 3, 1877 – June 21, 1907) never married
4. Lucinda “Lulu” Wiggins (March 3, 1877 – August 24, 1955 Sedalia,
Missouri)
On May 24, 1899 married Albert Alma Weaver (October 11, 1875
Butler
County Alabama – May 5, 1976 Independence, Jackson County Missouri) Buried in
Sedalia, Missouri.
4. Samuel Wiggins (1880 – 1924) never married
4. Emmie Wiggins (1884 – 1915) married John Mock
4. Joseph Wiggins (1882 – 1910) married Jennie Smith
4. Hyrum Wiggins (1886 – 1956) married Ruby Hawkins
4. Lena Wiggins (1890 – 1964) married Sidney Weaver
4. Carrie Wiggins (1896 – 1947) married Sam Galloway
4. Dora Wiggins (1898 – 1965) married Merle Wilcox
3. Martha Jane Carpenter (March 2, 1858 Georgiana, Butler County
Alabama – April 18, 1884) married Elam Baldwin.
3. Susie Carpenter (March 13, 1861 Georgiana, Butler County Alabama -
?) married John Henderson.
3. James Madison Carpenter (January 12, 1866 Georgiana, Butler County
Alabama
– August 4, 1956 Butler County Al) James Madison is buried at South Butler
Cemetery,
Butler County Al. Married Mary Etta Ledlow (August 22, 1864 – December
9, 1899)
Second wife: Liza Jane Beasley
3. William Benjamin Carpenter (August 10, 1868 Georgiana, Butler County
Alabama – November 3, 1951) married Carrie Delona Henderson
3. John Wesley Carpenter (April 30, 1872 Georgiana, Butler County
Alabama – May 31, 1967) married Carrie Dee Arant (October 2, 1870 McKenzie,
Butler County Alabama – June 10, 1939 ) Parents of Carrie Dee Arant are
Emeline Americus McCormick and Calvin Luther Arant
3. Mary E. Carpenter (December 14, 1873 -?) married John Burkett
3. Sarah Carpenter (February 25, 1876 -?) John A. Huggins
3. Cleveland H. Carpenter (November 6, 1880 Georgiana, Butler
County Alabama –
October 18, 1883)
2. Emily
Carpenter (February 28, 1836 Alabama -?)
2. Sarah
Elizabeth Carpenter (October 28, 1838 Alabama – October 1, 1912) married
George Washington Nelson
(February 8, 1824 Covington County Alabama – May 19, 1892)
CHILDREN of Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter and George
Washington Nelson
3. Mary Nelson (Covington County Alabama - ?) married Andrew Jackson
Bryant.
Parents are Sarah and John Nelson
3. Emily M. Nelson (December 27, 1860 Covington County Alabama - ?)
married Jake Aldridge
3. James M. Nelson (December 27, 1860 Covington County Alabama –
December 7, 1950)
married Frances C. Nelson
3. Zilpha Susana Nelson (July 9, 1864 Coffee County Alabama – April
29, 1946)
married Stephen “Ted” Jackson (abt 1853 Alabama – December 25, 1916)
3. Benjamin David “Buck” Nelson (November 8, 1867 Coffee County Alabama
- April 25, 1944) married Elizabeth “Polly” Rushing (October 15, 1872 –
June 28, 1938)
3. Savannah “Nancy” Nelson (1869 Coffee County Alabama – 1946) married
Dorsey B. Bryant (1868 Coffee County Alabama – aft 1920)
3. Aquilla “Quillie” Nelson (January 8, 1871 Coffee County Alabama –
March 11, 1960) married Martha Rogers
3. Georgiann Nelson (November 18, 1873 Coffee County Alabama –
February 6, 1957) married William Jasper Atwell
3. Victoria “Babe” Nelson (1876 Coffee County Alabama – January
1962)
married Bill Henlely
3. Elwood Nelson (November 8, 1878 Coffee County Alabama – March
25, 1958)
married Alice R. Rodgers
3. Mannie Bazel Nelson (November 9, 1878 Coffee County Alabama –
December 4, 1960)
married Eula Cartwright
3. Joannah “Bama” Nelson (November 9, 1880 Coffee County Alabama –
January 1, 1964)
married George Holmes
2. Nancy Carpenter (December 6, 1841 Alabama -
?)
married William P. Brackin (April 15, 1855 -?)
2. Susan R. Carpenter (march 4, 1843 Alabama -?)
2. William Carpenter (January 18, 1845 -?)
2.
Suffronia Carpenter (January 19, 1847 -?
2.
Martha Carpenter (March 8, 1849 -?)
2. Jiles Bryant Carpenter (February 22, 1853 Butler County, Alabama –
October 26, 1929 McKenzie, Butler County AL) Buried in Elizabeth Cemetery
Butler County AL
Married Charity Brackin (North Carolina ? – July 1, 1923 Butler County
Al)
Buried in Elizabeth Cemetery. Parents are Delilah Grimes and Mathia Brackin.
CHILDREN of Jiles Bryant Carpenter and Charity
Brackin
3.
John Robert Carpenter (may 11, 1874 Butler County Alabama –
March 1939)
first wife unknown, 2nd wife Ada Rebecca Patrick (April
26, 1900 Butler County
Alabama – August 14, 1999)
3.
Amnitious (Babe) Iola Carpenter (July 2, 1875 – 1954) married
Eipson (Gip) Boyt Lee (December 4, 1869 Westover, Covington County
Alabama – November 6, 1962)
3.
Elias Dozier (Daniel) Carpenter (July 16, 1878 – January 27,
1957) married
Kate Ethel McKenzie (November 30, 1879 Crenshaw County
Alabama – January 25, 1952)
3.
Eldora (Dora) Elefore Carpenter (April 17, 1880 – April 23,
1958) married Joseph Franklin McKenzie (May 19, 1886 – November
30, 1959)
3.
William Ben Carpenter (April 13, 1882 Butler County Alabama - ?)
married Mollie Spears
3.
James Wesley Carpenter (April 14, 1884 Butler County Alabama –
August 1949,
Panama City, Bay County, Florida)) On February 16, 1905 in Geneva County
Alabama married Dixie Lee Burch (July 7, 1887 Geneva County Alabama –
December 6, 1924) On October 9, 1926 in Bay County Florida James Wesley
Carpenter married Eva Augusta Lunsford (January 29 1890 – January 22,
1948, buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Panama City, Bay County Florida)
CHILDREN of James Wesley Carpenter and Dixie Lee Burch
4. Bascom
“Bill” Leroy Carpenter (October 3, 1907 – December 1, 1947 Warrington,
Florida) married IDA
E. McGuire (November 11, 1907 – September 11,1948
CHILDREN of Bascom “Bill” Leroy Carpenter and Dixie Lee Burch
5. Dixie Carpenter (@1942)
4. Annie Merle Carpenter (@1910) married Carl Dane Kittrell
CHILDREN of Annie Merle Carpenter and Carl Dane Kittrell
5. Olivia Delores Kittrell (?) Olivia Delores Kittrell married
Bobby Raines, Jimmy Johnson and John Hamilton
CHILDREN of Olivia Delores Kittrell and Bobby Raines
6. Bobby Raines, Jr.
6. “Dee” Deanne Raines
5. Bascom Leroy Kittrell (@1938)
5. James Weston Kittrell (April 5, 1938 Pensacola, Escambia County,
Florida – November 23, 1999 Cantonment, Escambia County Florida) On September
12, 1958 James Weston Kittrell married Lorraine Holliman in Pensacola,
Escambia County Florida.
CHILDREN of James Weston Kittrell and Lorraine Holliman
6. Lisa
Cathleen Kittrell (June 9, 1959) On October 22, 1977 in Pensacola,
Escambia County Florida married Riginald Thelbert Rives.
CHILDREN of Lisa Cathleen Kittrell and Reginald Thelbert Rives
7. Crystal
Lorraines Rives (October 18, 1980 Pensacola, Escambia County
Florida)
6. Janie Merle Kittrell (June 11, 1960)
6. Cynthia Loraine Kittrell (June 28, 1962) On April 27, 1984 in
Pensacola, Escambia County Florida married David Weaver.
CHILDREN of Cynthia Loraine Kittrell and David Weaver
7. Weston Warren Weaver (October 30, 1987)
6. James Dane Kittrell (June 24, 1964 – April 14, 1996)
Married Shawn Cecilia Turner
CHILDREN of James Dane Kittrell and Shawn Cecilia Turner
7. Dana Lee Kittrell (June 4, 1983)
7. Jamie Lynn Kittrell (October 16, 1987)
4. Alvin
Adolph Carpenter (September 9, 1912 Black, Geneva County Alabama –
December 5, 1988 Panama City, Bay County Florida) About 1940 married
Susie Elizabeth Henderson
CHILDREN of Alvin Adolph Carpenter and Susie Elizabeth Henderson
5. Joe Bryan Carpenter (September 22, 1941)
5. Jewell Anita Carpenter (August 29, 1943) married Toby Engleby
5. Alvin “Chick” Adolph Carpenter, Jr. (October 24, 1944) married
Martha Armstrong
CHILDREN of Alvin “Chick” Adolph Carpenter, Jr. and Martha
Armstrong
6. Donna Yvonne Carpenter (January 1965 – 1966)
6. James Wesley Carpenter II (January 1, 1968 Wewahitchka, Florida –
December 3, 1988)
Children of James Wesley Carpenter II
7. James Wesley Carpenter III
6. Kelly Sue Carpenter (January 1969)
6. Dan Carpenter (December 21, 1970)
5. Ronald
Wayne Carpenter (October 5, 1945) About 1962 Ronald Wayne Carpenter
married Connie Dell Hall daughter of J. Hall and Evelyn Carroll
CHILDREN of Ronald Wayne Carpenter and Connie Dell Hall
6. Karyn Carpenter (March 30, 1963) married Cecil Miles
6. Deanne Marie Carpenter (1965 Norfolk, Virginia)
6. Lisa Carroll Carpenter (September 25, 1966)
6. Randall Wayne Carpenter (1967)
4. James
Lamar Carpenter (August 16, 1914 McKenzie, Butler County Alabama – March
3, 1999 Panama City, Bay County Florida) On March 30, 1939 in Butler County
Alabama he married UnaVay Pierce. UnaVay Pierce is the daughter of Manning
Pierce and Dannie Nichols
CHILDREN of James Lamar Carpenter and UnaVay Pierce
5. Larry
Lamar Carpenter (January 26, 1940 Panama City, Bay County Florida) On
September 11, 1966 in Boston, Mass. Larry Lamar Carpenter married Margaret
Theresa O’Brien daughter of Edward O’Brien and Margaret Rodriguez
CHILDREN of Larry Lamar Carpenter and Margaret Theresa O’Brien
6. Laura Ann Carpenter (March 27, 1967 Stoughton, Mass.) Married
Raymond Joel Clegg
CHILDREN of Laura Ann Carpenter and Raymond Joel Clegg
7. Nicholas James Lawrence Carpenter Clegg (November 12, 1988)
5. Elgie Lee
“Boots” Carpenter (April 30, 1942 Georgiana, Butler County Alabama) On
July 1, 1960 in Hiland Park, Bay County Florida married John William
Butler, son of Johnny Butler and Flossie Chandler. On November 13, 1990
in Atlanta, Fulton County Georgia Elgie Lee “Boots” Carpenter married
Steven Adair Flowers. On September 19, 1997 in Panama City, Bay County
Florida Elgie Lee “Boots” Carpenter married Joey Ray Granger.
CHILDREN of Elgie Lee “Boots” Carpenter and John William Butler
6. Lagina
Marie Butler (February 1962 Fort Benning, Columbus County Georgia – April
1, 2000 Tallahassee, Leon County Florida) On March 26, 1981 in Tallahassee,
Leon Florida married Joe Devonne Haveard son of Charles Haveard
and Shirley
CHILDREN of Lagina Marie Butler and Joe Devonne Haveard
7. Kristina Ann Haveard (July 11, 1981)
6. Cynthia
Dawn Butler (March 25, 1966 Tallahassee, Leon County Florida) On October
25, 1997 in Tallahassee, Leon County Florida married Kerri Lynn Buchman.
5. William
Earl Carpenter (April 25, 1944 McKenzie, Butler County Alabama – September
8, 1977 Panama City, Bay County Florida) On August 25, 1972 in Panama City,
Florida married Aleph Edwina Wilson, daughter of Clarence Wilson and
Pauline Lott.
CHILDREN of William Earl Carpenter and Aleph Edwina Wilson
6.Regina
Lynn Carpenter (December 7, 1973 Panama City, Bay County Florida) On
October 24, 1997 in Panama City Beach, Bay County Florida married Elvin
Todd Sharpe son of James Sharpe and Mary Porter
CHILDREN of Regina Lynn Carpenter and Elvin Todd Sharpe
7. Joshua Seth Sharpe (July 17, 2000)
7. Shelton Reed Carpenter (January 5, 1976 Chicago, Cook County
Illinois)
5. Annie
Pearl Carpenter (April 25, 1944 McKenzie, Butler County Alabama) On
October 3, 1959 in McKinley, Alabama married Raymond Lee Blaul, son of
Harry Blaul and Florence Lee. On September 28, 1968 in Chicago, Cook County
Illinois Annie Pearl Carpenter married Harold Leonard Walker (January
6, 1935 – September 1982). On May 2, 1993 in Panama City, Florida Annie Pearl
Carpenter married Rayford Clinton Jones, son of James Jones and Lillian
Carr.
CHILDREN of Annie Pearl and Raymond Lee Blaul
6. Clinton Kyle Blaul (January 22, 1961 Panama City, Bay County
Florida)
6. Scott Lee
Blaul (August 24, 1962 Chicago, Cook County Illinois) Married Debbie Saul
CHILDREN of Clinton Kyle Blaul and Debbie Saul
7. Kristin Nicole Blaul (April 30, 1985)
7. Brandon Michael Blaul (March 2, 1990)
7. Craig Brian Blaul (January 23, 1966 Chicago, Cook County Illinois)
On December 29, 1990 married Carole Wilson daughter of Ronald Wilson
CHILDREN of Craig Brian Blaul and Carole Wilson
8. Airiel Lynn Blaul (January 17, 1993)
CHILDREN
of James Julious “Jay” Walker and Rachel Ann Sherman
10. Brandon James Walker (August 26, 1992)
CHILDREN
of James Julious “Jay” Walker and Shannon Dionne Rich
11. Kyle Thomas Walker (march 13, 1994)
11. Elizabeth
Ann-Marie Walker (September 8, 1997 Panama City, Bay County Florida)
5. Judy
Carolyn Carpenter (July 16, 1946 Panama City, Bay County Florida) On June
19, 1965 married Alvin “Coot” Byronya Cox. On June 6, 1969 in
Houston, Harris County Texas Judy Carolyn Carpenter married Michael Dean
Kannady.
CHILDREN of Judy Carolyn Carpenter and Alvin “Coot” Byronya Cox
6. Terence Lamar Cox (Adopted by Michael Dean Kannady)
CHILDREN OF Judy Carolyn Carpenter and Michael Dean Kannady
6. Matthew Dean Kannady (March 3, 1970 South Carolina)
6. Terence Lamar Cox Kannady (December 4, 1967 Panama City, Bay County
Florida)
4. Elgie Lee Carpenter (February 1918 – October 1941) married Joe
Watson
CHILDREN of Elgie Lee Carpenter and Joe Watson
5. Margaret “Peggy” Angel Watson (?) married Junior Maupin
5. Paul Watson (October 1941)
3. Jurusha Mae Carpenter (May 8, 1888 -?) married Scott Cabiness
(1887 -?)
3.
Irene Opelia Carpenter (April 21, 1894 - ?) married Scott
Cabiness (1887 -?)
2. Daniel “Dosh” Dozier Carpenter (October 31, 1854 Alabama - ?)
married Ophelia Stewart
2. Carey Clack Carpenter (November 7, 1856
Alabama died 1930 Florala, AL.)
married JoAnna Griffin before 1880 Per
Lisagraham32@aol.com
(This is my direct lineage)
CHILDREN of Carey Clack Carpenter and JoAnna
3. Jessie Carpenter (@1875 -1930, Autauga, Co. AL)
married Emma Louisa Barnes
Per Lisagraham32@aol.com
3. Gus Carpenter (@1878 -?) married Emma Taylor
3. John “Dosh” Carpenter (?)
3. Willie Ozie Carpenter (?)
3. Mary Ellen Carpenter (april 10, 1886 – December 1965)
married Charles Braxton Farnam (Born in Brantley, Alabama)
Second wife of Carey Clack Carpenter - C.E. (Lizzy) Carter (May
1872 -?)
3. Martha Carpenter (1868 -?)
1. John G. Carpenter
(1810 South Carolina - ?) married
Sarah Jenima Bluford (1810 Georgia -?)
CHILDREN of John G.
Carpenter and Sarah Jenima Bluford
2. James M.
Carpenter (1835 -?) married Mary J. Possibly Jones
2. John J. Carpenter (1838 -?)
2. Benjamin R. Carpenter (1842 – September 2, 1862)
2. Zylphia J. Carpenter (May 8, 1844 – July 16, 1890) married
Richard Asa Smith (March 27, 1840 January 27, 1886)
2. Samson
James Carpenter (February 2, 1847 – April 7, 1906)
married Lucretia V. Smith (1853 Covington County Alabama -?)
2. Martha C. Carpenter (1850 -?)
2. Amanda D. carpenter (1858 -?)
1. Samson A. Carpenter
(1816 South Carolina -?) married
Nancy Ann Mayberry (1817 South Carolina -?)
CHILDREN of Samson A.
Carpenter and Nancy Ann Mayberry
2. Matamorgilla Carpenter (1839 -?)
2. John D. Carpenter (1842 -?)
2. Elizabeth A. Carpenter (1844 -?) married Ancil
M. Nelson
2. Clarinda Carpenter (1848 – before 1860)
2. Levi D. Carpenter (1850 -?)
2. Nancy A. Carpenter (1850 – before 1860)
2. Lovdy Pinkney Carpenter (May 20, 1851 Coffee
County Alabama - ?)
married Winfield Scot St. Clair (1848)
2. Joseph H. Carpenter (1853 -?)
2. Samson J.
Carpenter (1855 Alabama – November 10, 1932)
married Eliza Jane St. Clair (May 20 1851 Lavaca County Texas –
February 2, 1927)
2. Nancy A. Carpenter (1860 -?)
1. Nancy Carpenter (November 22, 1820 Coffee County Alabama – January
6, 1900)
married Richard M. Jennings (abt. 1827 – aft January 1854)
CHILDREN of Nancy
Carpenter and Richard M. Jennings
2. John J. Jennings (abt 1853 -?)
2. Lafayette “Fate” Euphrates Jennings (January 1854
– August 1928)
married Mary E. Mitchell ? -1930)
CHILDREN of
Lafayette “Fate” Euphrates Jennings and Mary E. Mitchell
3. John William Jefferson Jennings
(September 10, 1883 - ?) married Francis Lee Morgan (?)
3. General Columbus “Dock”
Jennings (March 6, 1885 -?) married Lela Regans
3. Daniel Early Jennings (November 8, 1886
-?) married Sasra Jane Farris (?)
3.
Lillie Frances Jennings (October 10, 1888 – January 11, 1894)
3.
Richard Leamon Jennings (July 18, 1892 -?) Elizabeth Morgan
(?)
3.
Lossie Madelaine Jennings (October 8, 1894 -?)
married Willis Lenord Casey (?)
3.
James Andrew Jennings (January 22, 1897 -?) married Pearl S.
Ward (?)
3.
Dove Green Jennings (August 18, 1899 - ?) married Mattie
Carpenter,
2nd wife Hilda Bass (?)
Second husband
of Nancy Carpenter was Calvin Thomas Mitchell (? – bef. 1870)
CHILDREN of Nancy Carpenter and Calvin Thomas Mitchell
2. Benjamin Mitchell (Bet. 1855 & 1859)
2. Emily Elizabeth Mitchell (1860 - ?)
2. Monete Mitchell (1866 - ?)
1. Elizabeth Carpenter
(1822 Coffee County Alabama - ?)
married Asa W. Thompson (abt. 1808 North Carolina
November 12, 1891)
CHILDREN of Elizabeth Carpenter and Asa W. Thompson
2. Pemina A. “Penny” Thompson (1843 -?)
2. Emily L. “Emma” Thompson (1844 - ?)
2. Sena R. Thompson (1846 - ?)
2. Benjamin S. Thompson (1848 - ?)
2. Elizabeth J. Thompson (1849 - ?)
2. Asa W. Thompson Jr. (1851 - ?)
2. Sallie W. Thompson (1853 - ?)
2. James H. Thompson (1855 - ?)
2. Nancy C. Thompson (1857 - ?)
1. Holley Carpenter (1826
Covington County Alabama - ?)
married Sarah J. “Unknown” (1838 South Carolina)
CHILDREN of Holley Carpenter and Sarah J.
2. Morphine B. Carpenter (abt. 1857 Alabama - ?)
2. Josephine V. Carpenter (abt. 1859 probably Coffee
County Alabama)