(Obit - A pioneer citizen of Hopkins County died at his home north of Cumby late 
Christmas Eve, and the remains were buried at Cumby. He was 88 years old and a 
native of Ireland, having come to the United States when a young man. He enlisted 
in the Confederate Army in the army of Virginia. At the close of the civil war he 
went to New Orleans and came to Hopkins County about the year of 1868 and continued 
to make this county his home thereafter. He served four terms as commissioner of 
Hopkins County and one term as superintendent of the county farm. He is survived 
by his wife and four children, as follows: Bob Carpenter, Kansas City; Emmet and 
Edgar, Cumby country; and Mrs. Merritt Smith Commerce. ) ( Daily News-Telegram, 
Dec. 1924)