He was born January 4, 1833 on Three Mile Creek, N.C. and at the age of 22, married Evaline Pyatte. Jacob Carpenter II, affectionately called Uncle Jake, is a well known man in this area of western North Carolina because of a type of diary he kept, which is now known as "Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death." Jake called it his "Son-of-a-Gun Book" or his "Jot-em-down-Book." It was a red-backed account ledger where Jake noted when someone in the local area died. He would write the person's name, date of death and a brief note about the deceased. From 1845 until 1920 he recorded the deaths of many of the local citizens with his limited knowledge of spelling or grammar.
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James Lewis Simmons
He was born January 4, 1833 on Three Mile Creek, N.C. and at the age of 22, married Evaline Pyatte. Jacob Carpenter II, affectionately called Uncle Jake, is a well known man in this area of western North Carolina because of a type of diary he kept, which is now known as "Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death." Jake called it his "Son-of-a-Gun Book" or his "Jot-em-down-Book." It was a red-backed account ledger where Jake noted when someone in the local area died. He would write the person's name, date of death and a brief note about the deceased. From 1845 until 1920 he recorded the deaths of many of the local citizens with his limited knowledge of spelling or grammar.
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James Lewis Simmons
Inscription
Thy trials ended,
thy rest in won.
Family Members
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Alexander L. "Alec" Carpenter
1834–1906
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William N. Carpenter
1837–1899
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Turner Levi Carpenter
1838–1861
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Sophie Lucinda Carpenter Stamey
1843–1917
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Lydia L. "Liddie" Carpenter Isaacs
1845–1940
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Joseph L. Carpenter
1845–1862
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Nancy Matilda "Tilda" Carpenter Franklin
1850–1924
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Elizabeth Carpenter
1850–1869
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