... J. H. [Carpenter] continued a constant resident in Nicholas County, until October 1881, when he located in Lafayette County, Mo., and is engaged in farming, and in the occasional practice of his profession; ten children were born to him, viz: James A., William, Laura, James, Edmond, Ella, Sanford, Mattie, Beauregard and H. M.; Mattie married to Conway; William and James reside in Mason County, Sanford, in Nicholas; Edmond, in Florida; H. M. in Bourbon County; the others are deceased;
