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Note: N8 Van is the only one of Stephen and Naomi’s children who has living descendants. Van was first found in the 1880 census living at home with his parents, 18, Piqua, Ohio. The1881 Columbus city directory lists him as boarding in his parents' home, in Columbus. In1899, his father's will states that he was in Columbia, South America, but the obits reported that he was in Peru, working with the Panama Railroad.
Mar 15, 1892: California Voter Registers, 1866-1898: Van Raneslear Carpenter #1885, Santa Clara, California, He was 33. 6'1". dark comp, gray eyes, black hair, piano tuner, b. Ohio, living in San Jose, 1st Ward, PO San Jose; registered Mar 15, 1892 Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 125; FHL Roll Number: 977289
Aug 16, 1892: California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 Folsom State Prison Register and Descriptive List of Convicts under Sentence of Imprisonment in the State Prison at Folsom Van R. Carpenter, #2727, born in Ohio, crime: forgery, received: Aug 16, 1892; sentenced 2 years, was in Contra Costa, 33 yrs. old, piano tuner 6' tall, dark complexion, d. gray eyes, black hair; discharged April 16, 1894 Source Information Ancestry.com. California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
In 1901, he visitted his mother and sisters in Miami, Florida. A newspaper article reported that was the first time he had seen his family in 18 years. He had spent those years travelling all over the world. For a period of 5 years his family had thought him to be dead. From 190l until his marriage to Isabel, he moved from place to place in Florida and Alabama, living in towns along the railroad. His main occupation was sign painting but he also painted buildings.
The1910 census shows he was boarding in Freeport, FL. He was listed as widowed and he worked as a sign painter, with a shop in Defuniak Springs, FL. We have his business card stating such, along with address and telephone number. He married Isabel in 1913 and they had moved to Perry, FL by 1915, the year my father was born. Photographs show him in his new business in Perry, Florida, sign painting.
He died in 1917. I found his grave in Perry in July, 1996. Prior to that time none of us knew where he was buried. My grandmother's letter back home told he died of dropsy of the lungs, apparently brought on by malaria. His 2 sons, my father and his brother, were just 1 and 2 years old.
BIRTH and PARENTAGE: 1880 Miami Co., OH census, son and 18 years old. Father's obituary, Ohio State Journal, 8/16/1899 and will, Franklin Co., OH, Probate Court #12931; Mother's will, Dade Co., FL, #3675; BUT ALSO in the 1880 census Silver Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado HH#521, Main St. Carpenter, Van R., 20/1, Mining, b. Ohio as well as both parents. Miller, Charles H., 36, Mining, b. Indiana
1910 census, Walton Co., FL, 49 years old (There are no birth records on file in Columbus, because they didn't keep them until July 1967.)
MARRIAGE: Marriage license, Walton Co., Florida, Marriage Record No. 5, p. 232A. Marriage license, Dec. 13, 1913, minister, Lynn R. Walker, Presbyterian
DEATH: Handwritten note from widow, 2 days after death. Grave inscription, Woodlawn Cem., Perry, Florida
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