CARPNTER (VETERAN 2WARS), MARTIN M - Franklin County, Arkansas | MARTIN M CARPNTER (VETERAN 2WARS) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Martin M CARPNTER (VETERAN 2WARS)

Carpenter Cemetery
Franklin County,
Arkansas

CAPTAIN
Mexican American War
Civil War Confederate
February 9,1819-October 11,1889

Husband of Martha Ann Moffett
Martin Carpenter, who was but two years of age when his mother died, lived with his father until seventeen years of age, when he had his home with an uncle. In 1840 he immigrated to Arkansas, and located in Franklin County near where he now lives, which county has since been his home. He served one year in the Mexican War, under William G. Preston, and participated in the battle of Buena Vista. At the outbreak of the late Civil War he enlisted as a private, was made second lieutenant, and subsequently commissioned captain of his company, serving honorably and actively until the close of the struggle. In 1844 Mr. Carpenter married Martha Ann Moffatt, a native of Tennessee, and of the ten children born to them four are living, viz.: Thomas J., Patterson, Cosenia and Robert E. Mrs. Carpenter died August 14, 1885. Mr. Carpenter is a member of Clarksville Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M. When but twenty-three years of age he was elected justice of the peace, which office he held two years. He has 150 acres of land under cultivation, and is an enterprising citizen of the county.
SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.

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Contributed on 2/20/14 by bill060
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Submitted: 2/20/14 • Approved: 2/21/14 • Last Updated: 2/24/14 • R983310-G0-S3

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