Flavius Josephus Carpenter
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Flavius Josephus Carpenter | |
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| Born | March 24, 1851 |
| Died | August 2, 1933 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, US Marshal, Steamboat Captain, American Civil War Veteran |
Flavius Josephus Carpenter (March 24, 1851, in Franklin County, Georgia – August 2, 1933, at home in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas), was an American Civil War veteran, steamboat captain, U.S. Marshal, and entrepreneurial businessman.[1]
He selected sites for two Arkansas Power & Light (now Entergy Arkansas, a subsidiary of Entergy) dams on the upper Ouachita River: Remmel Dam, which created Lake Catherine, and Carpenter Dam[2]), which created Lake Hamilton in 1931. Carpenter Dam was named for him.[3] Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine in Hot Spring County, Arkansas now sit upstream and downstream of Carpenter Dam.
Early life
[edit]He married on June 2, 1877, in Clark County, Arkansas, to Jane Elizabeth Wallis, who was born in August 1857 in Missouri; they were the parents of eight children.
References
[edit]- ^ Wendy Richter, Arkansas History Commission: Flavius Josephus (Flave) Carpenter (1851–1933), http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1204#, last updated 13 December 2007.
- ^ "Carpenter Dam" photo at: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=5942, undated (retrieved 17 Jun 2009).
- ^ Richter, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1204#.
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