Carpenter-Hutton Portrait

My dad’s grandparents, Cell and Ethel Carpenter with daughter Francis Carpenter (Gray) and Emory and Annie Hutton with grandaughter Deloris Hutton (Simmons).

Gr-grandma and -grandpa Carpenter

This is Cell and Ethel on their wedding day. I like her hair.

Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Carpenter

Someone else in my family must have loved watermelon, too! This is Marcellus “Cell” and Nancy Ethel Carpenter.

Robert Emory Hutton’s Death Certificate

Here is the death certificate of Robert Emery Hutton, featured in a previous post with his future wife, Annie Carpenter.
He was tragically killed by a bolt of lightning while hauling a sled full of grain across the hill to the barn. The horse he was riding and one of his team of horses died with him.

Beaus

The picture with the story below reminds me of this picture of my great-grandfather Robert Emory Hutton and his bride-to-be Anna Laurie Carpenter Hutton in their courting days. They kept the horse, Old John, until he died. (Rev. 7-28-06)
Just think, what if someone tried to take their land like the Nazi’s did the Jew’s land–or the people who are still trying to wipe the nation of Israel off the planet. We’ve been blessed in America. We need to support God’s chosen people.

Marcellus Carpenter homeplace

Here’s a picture of the restored home of Marcellus “Cell” Carpenter, father of my grandmother and her eight brothers and sisters.

Josiah sings with Danny Carpenter at Bethel