Person:Frances Carpenter (4)

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Frances Carpenter
b.Abt 1745
d.Abt 1789 Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1732
  1. Frances CarpenterAbt 1745 - Abt 1789
Spouse and Children
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m. 1766
  1. John BowyerAbt 1767 - 1851
  2. Henry BowyerEst 1769 - Bef 1809
  3. William BowyerAbt 1771 - 1823
  4. Mary 'Polly' Bowyer1774 - 1847
  5. Thomas BowyerAbt 1775 - Bef 1841
  6. Frances "Fanny" BowyerAbt 1779 - 1853
  7. Elizabeth BowyerAbt 1783 - Abt 1869
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Name Frances Carpenter
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1745
Marriage 1766 Augusta, Virginia, United Statesto Capt. Michael Bowyer, of White Sulphur Springs
Death? Abt 1789 Virginia, United States
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Information on Frances Carpenter

From "Family Facts and Fairy Tales" By Evelina Gleaves Cohen, pg. 2:

Captain Michael Bowyer married Frances Carpenter, the daughter of Nicholas and Kate Carpenter who owned the Sulphur Springs in Virginia. When the Carpenter family were attacked by Indians, Kate helped make the bullets and to load the guns, and when all the defenders had been killed she managed to escape with her infant daughter Frances. It was she for whom Kate's Mountain is named and I have an arrowhead that was found recently on the grounds of the White Sulphur. Captain Bowyer was one of the members of the Assembly on the Committee appointed to select the site of the University of Virginia and his sons, John and Henry, graduated in the first class.

Michael and Frances lived at White Sulphur and built their home "The Meadows" which stood until a few years ago when it was torn down to make room for an airfield. Both of them are buried there.

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