William CARPENTER {M} = Malinda CARPENTER {F}

Married 23 January 1868, Magoffin Co, KY

William CARPENTER:

Born 6 January 1845, Breathitt Co, KY
Died 15 March 1913


Malinda CARPENTER:

Born 20 June 1852, Breathitt Co, KY
Died BET 1945 AND 1948, Magoffin Co, KY
Buried Fredville, Magoffin Co, KY at Carpenter Cemetery on the form
Death: Date of death is not on tombstone. Obituary says: "Mrs. Malinda
Carpenter, 93, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ervin Lovely of
Bloomington Magoffin Co. on Fri. May 17. Mrs. Carpenter was the widow
of the late W. M. Carpenter who preceded her in death about 33 years
ago. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Ervin (Mary) Lovely,
Bloomington; Mrs. H. C. (Sola) Franklin of Malone; Mrs. Floyd (Martha)
Howard, West Liberty. Mrs. Albert (Rose) McGuire of Ardmore, OK
preceded her in death about 9 years ago. (She leaves ) 8 children, 21
grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren and more than
20 great great grandchildren. Mrs. Carpenter was the sister of George
Carpenter, a Salyersville banker who passed away about 10 years ago.
She was the last survivor of a large well-known pioneer family of
eastern Kentucky. For the last 20 years, "Aunt Linda" as she was knows
to her friends and acquaintances, made her home among her daughters'
homes. During the last five years she was unable to walk because of an
injury received by a fall but was able to go about in a wheel chair.
Over 40 years ago she united with the Baptist Church and lived and
practiced the Christian way of life until the end. Funeral rites were
held in the Baptist Church in Salyersville, May 19th amidst a vast
crowd of relatives and friends. Burial in the Carpenter Cemetery near
Royalton with the Prater Funeral Home in Charge."