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| Birth: | 27 Dec 1802 in Monroe County, Virginia (now WV) |
| Death: | 9 Feb 1880 in Raleigh County, West Virginia |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Isaac Carper b. 1775 in Washington County, Maryland |
| Mother: | Susannah Sovain b. 1774 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia |
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| Changed: 22 Jan 2007 1 2 2 |
| Burial: Grandview Cem., Raleigh, West Virginia |
| Ancestral File #: 3DG9-80 |
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| Virginia Jane Shumate (Wife) b. 17 Dec 1809 in Rich Creek, Giles, Virginia
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| Marriage: | 16 SEP 1824 in Monroe County, Virginia (now WV) |
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 Hester Elizabeth Carper b. 23 Nov 1825 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
 Andrew Jackson Carper b. 1 Aug 1827 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- George Washington Carper b. 7 Apr 1831 in Monroe County, Virginia (now WV)
- William Decatur Carper b. 27 Dec 1832 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Susan Jane Carper b. 10 Sep 1835 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Isaac Perry Carper b. 1837 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Mary Ann Carper b. 1839 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Hardin Houston (Huse) Carper b. 19 Mar 1842 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Virginia C. (Jennie) Carper b. 1843 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Samuel Harrington W. Carper b. 1847 in Brush Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now WV)
- Isabella R. (Bell) Carper b. 1849 in Monroe County, Virginia (now WV)
- Joseph W. Carper b. 18 Aug 1853 in Grandview, Raleigh, Virginia (now WV)
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Individual:
(Text of unknown newspaper article sent to me by Mitzi Wortman, edited s
lightly.)
Joseph Carper married Virginia Jane Shumate. After Joseph was born his p arents went to Peterstown in Monroe County. After he married he moved to Cashmere. where at 22 years of age he embarked on farming, operating a tannery and making rifles.
His guns were hard to beat. Whenever there were guns to be shown, Carpe r rifles were to be seen. Far and near, before the Buick slogan became known, it was commonly believed that "When better mountain rifles are made Joseph Carper will make them." Samuel Carper succeeded his father as gunsmith. While he was a chip off the old block he never measured up to his old man when it came to making rifles. Tools were few and far between in Joseph Carper's day, so he made his own tools. These homemade gun tools stood the wear and tear of time and were as sturdy as the rugged Teutonic hands that manufactured them.
Guns made by Joseph Carper sold for around $25 each and were worth ever y penny of it. Carper bought barrels for these guns in Pennsylvania but made much of the other parts of the guns himself. Somewhere it was even said that he made a few gun barrels.
One distinguishing mark of a gun turned out by Joseph Carper was its fu ll stock. On the stock of each rifle he made a face rest. Stocks were commonly made of curly maple just like those produced by James Honaker. Carper also liked chestnut because it worked up well. His guns were a thing of beauty and hence a joy to its owner. Sights on the Carper guns were as good as skill could make them. Few smiths excelled Joseph Carper in making and putting on gun sights. He engraved his name in steel on the butt of the barrel. The barrel was forty inches on a full stock of curly maple and had rich brass ornamented equipment. It had .36 caliber.
The year 1849 found him at Sweeneyburg in Raleigh County where he lived s ix years. By 1855 he had 1,100 acres of land.
He was one of the twelve magistrates who incorporated Raleigh County. I n 1855 the Carpers moved again, to a place to which he named Grandview. There he operated a tannery and engaged in gun making until Feb. 9, 1880 when he died in Raleigh County, West Virginia. His wife Virginia died Dec. 18, 1891 in Raleigh County. Both are buried in Grandview Cemetery, Raleigh County.
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- Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Co
pyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)
- Title: John F. Vallentine, Ph. D., Chapter titled "Carper-Peck-Borden-Sovain A
ncestral Line" in the book "Ancestral Families of Robert Lee Pack". (Printed privately 15 May 1998)Page: Page 1.
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