Marcellus S. Carpenter

Josephine Thomas

Marcellus Carpenter (1897-1973)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Nell P. Brosius Olivia Anne Carpenter+ Marcellus Carpenter 1 Born: 21 Jul 1897, Paris, Lamar County, Texas 2 3 4 Marriage (1): Nell P. Brosius about 1925 Died: 4 Mar 1973, Gibraltar Hotel, Paris, Lamar County, Texas at age 75 2 3 5 Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas 3 6    Cause of his death was self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.3   General Notes: When Marcellus registered for the WWI draft on 31 Aug 1918, he was working for Wellington State Bank, Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas. His nearest relative was M. S. Carpenter. He was a retired city of Houston employee. Social Security had his last residence as Paris, Lamar County, Texas.   Additional Information: • Death Certificate Image: here. Marcellus married Nell P. Brosius, daughter of William Albert Brosius and Annie E. Eubank, about 1925. (Nell P. Brosius was born on 6 Sep 1893 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas,7 8 died on 22 Jan 1968 in Houston, Harris County, Texas 5 7 8 and was buried on 23 Jan 1968 in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas 9 10.). The cause of her death was congestive heart failure due to rheumatic heart disease.3

1 Ann Beeler, Beeler, Anderson et al ([email protected], RootsWeb.com Gedom annbee), Repository: Ann L. Beeler, 233 N. Ave. C, Cross Plains, Texas 76443.

2 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 455-01-5885; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 22314.

4 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Collingsworth County, Texas; Roll 1952489; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 FindAGrave.com.

7 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 455-01-4068; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.

8 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 03527.

9 Elizabeth Booth & Tony Booth, Evergreen Cemetery with Biographical Sketches (Wright Press, c 1985).

10 Ron Brothers, comp., Lamar County. Texas Cemeteries.