Flavius Josephus Carpenter

Born| March 24, 1851

Franklin County, Georgia

Died| August 2, 1933

Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas,

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]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Carpenter Dam" photo at: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=5942, undated (retrieved 17 Jun 2009).
3. ^ Richter, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1204#.

* Biography portal

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

This biographical article related to the United States Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a person of the American Civil War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template