John Stilley Carpenter
Birth Date
On 1849 February 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1925 January 3 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States
1849 February 11
Mother
Margaret McCullough (1822 - 1915)
Father
John Steele Carpenter
Date Details
Occurred On 1849 February 11
Traveled in
Jacob Hofheins Company (1857)
1857 June 6 – September 21 (Age 8)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Elizabeth Emma Carpenter (Age 9)
James Deleplane Carpenter (Age 6)
Margaret McCullough (Age 34)
Erastus Snow Carpenter (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1857 June 6
Joined Company
Ended On 1857 September 21
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Samuel Bringhurst
1858 August 1 (Age 9)
Served in
Southern States Mission
1881 April 7 – 1883 March 29 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Widower
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Glendale, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Location Served
North Carolina
Date Details
Started On 1881 April 7
Set Apart
Ended On 1883 March 29
Released
Died in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States
1925 January 3 (Age 75)
Media
John Stilley Carpenter (1849 - 1925) Profile
Sources
Person
Garfield County News
"Death Calls Southern Utah Pioneer", Garfield County News, (9 January 1925), Page 3.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 April 1881, Vol. A, Page 55, Line 2340.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 April 1881, Vol. B, Page 59, Line 2340.
Pioneer
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913), Page 795.
Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Carpenter, John Stilley", Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 3, Page 42-43.
